Today's highlights: Bubbler/InterComm Changes; NetWin SurgeMail Blog; Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Delayed; Vodafone Australia released iPAQ hw6515; Cerience RepliGo Professional for BlackBerry; New UI for Intranets.com;
- Five Across revised the name of its blogging and instant messaging services. Bubbler is now the "Bubbler Instant Publisher", and InterComm is now "Bubbler Instant Messaging". Glenn Reid, CEO of Five Across, said that the reason is to enable easier branding of the two services by third-parties. Five Across
- NetWin Ltd. released Version 1.0 of SurgeBlog, a blog server that is integrated with its SurgeMail enterprise email server. Users can create one or more blogs from their WebEmail interface, and can post blog entries by email or Web. Available immediately. tmcnet.com
- Microsoft delayed the shipping of Team Foundation Server, a component of Visual Studio 2005 Team System for collaborative software development. The server offers version control, reporting, work item tracking, process guidance and automated build capabilities. It will now be available 1Q2006, instead of November 2005. Computerworld
- Vodafone Australia launched the HP iPAQ hw6515 combined PDA / phone device on its GSM network. The hw6515 runs Windows Mobile 2003 SE, and includes an integrated keyboard. Geekzone
- Cerience Corporation released RepliGo Professional for BlackBerry, for viewing Office and business documents on BlackBerry devices. Requires an annual subscription to the RepliGo.net Service. Available immediately. prnewswire.com
- Intranets.com released a new user interface for its hosted team collaboration service. New features: full menu control, collapsible menu and home page windows, unlimited quick links, custom shortcuts, and new color scheme choices, among others. Available immediately. MarketWire
This Briefing was written by Michael Sampson, of Shared Spaces Research & Consulting Ltd. Email or IM Michael to discuss any of these items further.
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