New & Noteworthy: PowerMail; Smart Tags; Sony printer; Handspring trade-in; organizing downloads; more

PowerMail 3.0.9v2 is an email client with advanced indexing, filtering, and search capabilities. This update adds a new database rebuild mechanism for restoring databases which might have been damaged by bad disk errors, and under Mac OS X only, the help file can now be viewed from within the application itself and there is a French language version available. A number of bugs have also been fixed.

Microsoft Smart Tags Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal takes a look at a Windows XP feature that could impact the entire Web. Smart Tags can re-edit others' sites, and more than a few folks are upset at the potential misuse of such Web functionality.

Digital photography: printing Sony will release its DPP-SV77 printer in July for about $500. The printer prints images at a size of 4 inches by 6 inches or 3.5 inches by 4 inches on paper that uses dye sublimation technology.

Handspring Will Take Hand-Ins Handspring has announced a $100 trade-in program for handheld computer users who purchase a new Visor Edge from Handspring's site. Interestingly enough, one of the products that qualifies for the rebate is Apple's Newton.

Clean up your desktop using folders as download organizers This article, by Henry Norr, explains how to keep downloaded files organized.

48 GB 5400 RPM Drive For Apple Powerbooks Trans Intl has announced the online availability of a new high capacity notebook 2.5" IBM TravelStar disk drive. This press release has more details.

iBook review by AP Still more praise for the new iBook, this time from Associated Press.

A spam cop closes its doors without explanation The Open Relay Behavior Modification System (ORBS) site has all but shut down. Visitors to the site now find nothing more than a gray blank page and a simple message: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, the ORBS Web site is no longer available." Salon has more.

Losing control of your computing experience Dan Gilmor warns users of the changes brought about by moving to centralized networks in the San Jose Mercury News: "Just as the entertainment industry wants us to rent songs or movies every time we play them on a digital device, other consumer-goods [software] companies are going to nibble away at customers' ownership rights -- if they can."

Macworld Expo NY Party list posted The Hess Macworld Events and Party, hosted by Digital Forest and maintained by our own Ilene Hoffman, has moved to a new URL. Also check out the fun stuff page.