ReportMill

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meI'd like to extend a warm welcome to my new Exclusive Sponsor, ReportMill Software.

ReportMill 7, their flagship product, was announced today. If you have a need for reports generated in PDF, HTML and/or Flash, you ought to to check it out.

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javaJava programming dynamics, Part 5: Transforming classes on-the-fly.

javaThe Servlet API and NIO: Together at last.

javaGood news: Tiger Beta available.

java blogBill — More EclipseCon Notes.

java blogRusty — IBM has released version 1.19 of Jikes.

blogDavid — To Spike Lee: Do The Right Thing and shut the fsck up!

java blogDominic — Applying Enterprise JavaBean quiz.

java blogJoe — ENOUGH about Eclipse!

java blogJames — The Tiger is out!

java blogWill — What ever happened to SVG?

java blogJohn — Survey: What do you want in the JavaOne2004 conference?

java blogSlava — FAQ: OutOfMemory in WebLogic.

windows blogAaron — Ant WAR Task & WEB-INF in lowercase.

blogKevin — Technorati is Hiring.

blogDanny — The 9 versions of RSS.

javaJASA 0.28. High-performance auction simulation software in Java.

javaLucane 0.6.2. A free and extensible groupware platform written in Java.

javaJava MessagePort Library 0.94. A general abstraction for many different stream- or message-based APIs.

linuxTrolltech updates Linux app dev framework. Qt 3.3, C++ application development framework, etc.

windowsMicrosoft teases users with 64-bit XP trial . Software seduction.

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linuxTutorial: Programming Linux sockets, Part 2.

javaThe Enhanced For Loop. Coming up with the JDK 1.5 (tiger) release of Java is a new feature of the enhanced for loop.

mobile blogJim — Predictive text: a cusser's guide.

blogMatt — Eastern Standard Tribe, Aikido and Ramping up for ETech.

java blogBurt — dev2dev now has an RSS feed.

java blogMarkus — More about JetBrains PIM application.

blogJeremy — Homeland Virus Alerts - What Happened?.

blogSteven — Belgian web designer for hire.

blogKevin — Spam is EVIL!!!!!!

macJellyfiSSH 3.1.1, a bookmark manager for SSH.

mobileNew DRM Play for Mobile Content. The Open Mobile Alliance has released an open spec for mobile DRM, but dissension may be rumbling among industry groups.

mobileVerizon Wireless Outpaces Rivals in New Subscribers. Can you hear me now?

netHack Your Own Search Engine Crawler. Want to build your own customized search tool that can search the web and mine virtually any other type of internet resource? Spidering Hacks shows you how.

java blogAndreas — jConfig v2.5 is coming.

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blojsom tee

6 min read

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linux blogMatt — More Linux in Your Pocket.

mobile blogRael — Nokia 3650 Accessories at NokiaUSA.

blogKevin — What bothers me about iTunes Music Service.

java blogMike — Yesterday XML-RPC, today SOAP! and X-Confluence-Http-Include-Stack-Depth.

java blogJanne — ETech 2004.

linuxI know chmod! [via Fishbowl]

mac blogPaul — OmniWeb 5.0 beta 1 for Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3 released.

mobile blogRui — blog/2004-02-03.

javaDrJava 2304, Java IDE.

macMacHack morphs into multi-platform event. MacHack will now be known as the Advanced Developers Hands On Conference - ADHOC.

javaJMP 0.39, a runtime profiler of the JVM, with object and method statistics.

technologyOut-of-memory problem caused Mars rover's glitch. Need more RAM!

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora build 1138 available.

netGoogle tutorial. GoogleGuide is a tutorial on building good Google queries.

java blogMatt — Approved for Google Ads.

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meI just received the following email:

Sorry I had to send an XL, but that was all I had left. I just wanted to extend some thanks for keeping us all up on the tech happenings. Take care.

-David

Isn't he the greatest? — Thanks!

javajTidy extension for Oracle JDeveloper 10g preview. Clean your HTML files and turn an HTML page into an xHTML document.

java blogCarlos — Spring Framework Versus JBoss Application Server.

linux blogMatt — KDevelop 3.0.

java blogDion — Eclipse foundation names board members.

java blogJoe — New IntelliJ build… 1136.

java blogJason — J2ME RSS feeds wanted.

java blogDaniel — Getting around security.

java blogKeif — SUN JDK: some assembly required.

java blogMichael — I have the No. 2 Java blog site on Internet?

java blogPawn — XpoLog Xtrim Log Viewer 1.0 Released.

java blogHani — Jikes for morons.

java blogKeith — Simple Service Locator with Spring.

linux blogBrian — Suse has a Sense of Humor.

java blogWerner — Eclipse: Building Commercial Quality Plugins.

java blogCedric — Java field of dreams.

blogRogers — Janet's breast throttled my Web server.

javaJQuantity 0.5 alpha, a Precision Math Java Framework.

mobileKazaa Wireless 0.40. What's that?

blogJeremy — eBay to use MySQL?

musicMike — Cheaper CDs Available Again At CD Wow… But How?

wirelessWi-Fi Group Claims 175 WPA-Certified Products. More than 175 products from 40 vendors have received Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security certification since last April.

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meI got a blojsom t-shirt in the mail yesterday. Thanks, Dave!

javaSun's Open Source OS Is an Elegant Windows Mimic. The product once known as 'Mad Hatter' is far from crazy.

javaJaxor 3.4, generative programming to provide transparent persistence in Java.

zaurusRael — MyZaurus Tips and Tricks.

mobile blogJim — Cheap N-Gage in the UK, an Irish business opportunity?

java blogBhagvan — Interesting links related to struts.

java blogBernard — JConfig Class Library and cajo distributed object framework.

java blogKevin — Can JavaWorld tips be used for anything?

java blogDavid — Static Fields Through null Variables.

development blogJuancarlo — -2000 Lines of Code.

java blogMark — ANN: Jira Plugin 0.1.4.3.

java blogJan — Magic & Java.

java blogGoldy — Integrating Tomcat with IIS.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

perl blogChris — Perl implementation of Lucene.

blogHaiko — Quick Links, February 03.

tvMarc — Interesting TiVO landmark….Janet & Justin

java blogMike — Mobile development (J2ME) job!

blogAlan — TCP/IP Speed Limit.

windowsWinCvs 1.3b15. Major update with many bug fixes and new features.

javaJSynoptic 0.7, a graphical sheet editor.

javaJWacom 1.0, a Java library for Wacom tablets.

javajSai 0.5, an alternate servlet authentication implementation.

windowsCrypTool v1.3.05, a freeware program which enables you to apply and analyse cryptographic mechanisms.

windowsTextDiff, another diff tool, freeware.

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PircBot

5 min read

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meErik's Pulse has been published.

meI spent part of the weekend creating a new bot for #mobitopia using PircBot.

Paul has really put together a very nice API. I was able to emulate (and improve) on the functionality of the current ChumpBot in just a few hours.

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java blogRick — Defensive Programming and Desktop Java.

java blogCarlos — Most Valuable Personalities in Java.

mobile blogJim — Taco Enabled.

java blogRuss — Stress Monkey.

java blogAngus — Java Job in Williamsburg Va.

java blogBill — Source Beat is Live!

java blogRusty — I am pleased to announce the release of XOM 1.0d23, my open source, dual streaming/tree-based API for processing XML with Java.

java blogPeter — java 1.4.2 for osx.

blogPaul — RSS Reprieve.

java blogAdrian — A new Eclipse site launched … but, wait !

development blogKeith — Xerces 2.6.1 — nasty CDATA bug?!

mac blogBrent — NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.8.

javaPMD-1.5. New rules added, etc.

macApple releases Safari update. 10.3 only.

javaJavaThrottle 0.4. A pipe bandwidth limiter.

javaEclipse position on Sun's open letter. A response from the Eclipse Foundation.

windowsMicrosoft patches IE flaws. No more usernames and passwords embedded in URLs. What kind of fix is that?

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javaTutorial: Building Java Web Services with Apache Axis, part 2.

javaTutorial: Secure Java servlet Web apps with HttpSession.

java blogDaniel — Sun's letter to Eclipse.

javaLive JDK 1.5 Code Examples. Live code examples for the Google Web Services API, the Amazon Web Services API, the PayPal API, and others.

javaJDebugTool 3.3.5 a graphical Java debugger built on top of JPDA.

javaOracle9i JDeveloper 9.0.3.4 available for download.

blogDiego — my wired | tired | expired.

mobile blogMatt — Mobile Interface Myths.

blogRuss — Waiting for Apple's Big Thing, Up on Tomcat 5 and Stereolab.

mobileReview: The Motorola MPx200 Smartphone 2002.

mobile blogAnthony — I Want My Mobile Content.

blogAngsuman — How to create URL without A tag + A demonstration of the famed IE bug.

blogDave — The Weblog Community Aggregator.

java blogBrian — WinLAF 0.4 Released.

java blogRusty — The XML Apache Project has released version 2.6.1 of Xerces-J.

java blogMichael — .NET and Java for Shareware Application Development.

java blogMatt — Tomcat's Ant Tasks and [AppFuse] Use Velocity instead of JSPs for your view?

blogPawn — Top Ten List.

java blogCarlos — More on the Naked Objects remake.

development blogJan — Adding Users to a Microsoft ActiveDirectory via LDAP/JNDI.

java blogVinny — IDEA 4.0 and WebLogic.

java blogGoldy — Free Java Source Codes.

python blogMark — Universal Feed Parser 3.0 beta.

blogRajesh — Kaaza and Skype Creators.

mac blogBrent — ecto 1.0 released.

java blogLance— An Ant Target that every project should have…

mac blogErik — Rock Star, Build 13.

java blogPankaj — Accessing Windows Certificates from Java.

mac blogRealRadix — art4iTunes - album art generator for iTunes.

linux blogRui — HOWTO/Set Up daapd on Fedora Linux.

java blogPierre — Java Games for Nokia phones.

java blogCharles — Source of Duplicate Posts on Javablogs.

javaInforma 0.5.0, a RSS Library for Java.

javaInline::Java 0.45. A tool to write Perl classes in Java. 

javaTrio Forms Eclipse Plug-In Portal. EPIC, Eclipse Plug-In Central.

blogMike — Entertainment Exec Says Pepsi iTunes Ads Libelous Against Kids.

mobileT-Mobile to offer Wi-Fi to Comcast customers. Free "day pass", free trial month, free month with annual subscription.

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Backups

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java blogDominic — Matt Raible/AppFuse picks up where Pixar left off.

blogCameron — Port 80, revisited.

pcGateway to Buy EMachines for $235 Million. Gateway is hoping to reverse its sagging fortunes in the personal computer business.

java blogJeff — Which is the better camera phone for Java programmer?

java blogRusty — IBM's alphaWorks has released Debug Tracer, an XML-based scripting tool for debugging, tracing, and monitoring Java programs.

java blogJared — Do you still document your source with JavaDocs?

java blogMatt — Want to use Struts with EJBs?

java blogHani — The top 50 asshats.

python blogAaron — rss2email.

musicTuneRecycler takes unwanted winning iTunes/Pepsi codes. Unwanted winning codes will be used to buy "quality music from honest independent labels."

java blogVinny — Struts and EJB.

zaurusReview: Sharp Zaurus SL-5600 Personal Mobile Tool

javaFrom Sun, An Open Letter to Eclipse Membership: "Get Serious". Suggesting a "more serious" mission.

macCrickey! The Mac OSX irc client. As seen on #mobitopia.

java blogSimon — NeoOffice/J gets Clipboard Support.

blogMike — Lindows Using File Sharing To Distribute Operating System.

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pythonApache mod_python Denial of Service vulnerability. Mod_python 2.7.9 was released to fix the vulnerability, however, because the vulnerability has not been fully fixed, version 2.7.10 has been released.

java blogMatthew — Cocoon goes TV.

java blogBill — Debugging Servlets In Tomcat w/ Eclipse.

java blogDave — Why wait for XDoclet2?

javaDaniel — Improving Performance.

development blogLuke — IDEA#.NET is coming…

java blogMike — The ServerSide's Most Wanted.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogMarc — Banned from Orkut.

humorChris — Linux stole SCO code (error page).

javaSwingWT 0.7.8. An implementation of the Java Swing and AWT APIs for SWT.

technologyMicrosoft Offers $250K Reward for Virus.

blogMike — Napster 2.0 In Trouble.

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Happy B-Day, Dad!

4 min read

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javaDebug Tracer. An XML-driven debugging automation tool for Java.

blogMatt — Send in the Links.

linux blogRuss — Redhat Linux.

blogAnthony — Build Your Own Synth.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora, build 1128 is available.

java blogMerrick — Velocity Templates for XDoclet 1.2.

mac blogBrent — Mac Software Business mailing list.

blogJeremy — Why Google needs Orkut.

mac blogRoger — Scripting Addition: Extra Suites 1.0.1.

javaApache Ant 1.6.1 beta1. Minor bugfixes.

blogMike — Pixar And Disney Part Ways and Most People Still See Nothing Wrong With File Sharing.

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javaJava theory and practice: Garbage collection and performance.

javaJ2EE pathfinder: Filtering with Java Servlets 2.4.

javaSun Microsystems Gets an 'A' for the Java Desktop System. Sun Java Desktop System to the K-12 and higher education market.

javaSun Integrating JXTA into Commercial Products. Extending the extending the Java Desktop System and peer-to-peer features.

perl blogRuss — PHP Web Projects Continue to Impress Me.

mobile blogAnthony — WTAI.

java blogRusty — Version 0.94 of Chiba, a web-based implementation of XForms based on servlets and XSLT.

java blogMatt — What's new in Tomcat 5.

blogCheah — Firebird 0.8 on the horizon.

java blogAaron — Superb article on Generics in C# & Java.

blogSteve — Dio for America has my vote..

java blogCedric — More on super and inheritance.

windows blogRogers — Trillian users hog RSS bandwidth.

development blogEric — Getting Started with Your Own Software Company.

perlCGI:IRC 0.5.4. Use IRC from a web browser.

netNet tax bill could make smokers pay. Smokers may pay more to buy cigarettes online.

mobileNo T-Mobile Treo 600 until March. It's been so long now since the Treo 600 has come out that we'd almost forgotten that T-Mobile still hasn't come out with their version…

java blogRuss — Apache 2.0 + Tomcat 5.0 Hell.

mac blogJames — Running WebLogic on OS X.

java blogNiel — MyEclipse Is Worth The 30 Bucks a Year.

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javaJWinSvc 1.3c, a Java Service wrapper for Windows.

javaWhat's New in Tomcat 5 and Java vs. .NET Security, Part 3.

netGoogle Asks Booble To Cease And Desist. "Recent rulings may favor Google in the case, since Booble may be trying to profit from the marketability of the parody."

java blogEvan — Joel's linker.

java blogGru — Drools' Visual Rules Editor.

java blogJonathon — DbModeller 0.3.1 Released.

java blogDaniel — Finishing Touches.

java blogMatt — Tapestry vs. Struts and RE: Mock Shmocks!

java blogMasayoshi — Release Note: RSSSearch v.0.6 - multiple pages supported.

java blogPankaj — Will you encrypt password with a fixed string?

macApple offers iBook repair. A program to repair some iBooks that have a faulty logic board.

wirelessWi-Fi Wizards at Your Service. Several major cable companies offer installation and maintenance of wireless home networks in many areas.

sponsorToday's sponsor is Mobitopia.

ecto

4 min read

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javaTutorial: Using Data Sources the Right Way Learn how to set up a version 5.0 data source through the IBM WebSphere Application Server.

javaDelivering SOAP Faults with Handlers. A way to make the handler generate a SOAP fault and return that fault back to the client.

javaExploit JavaMail's SMTP and MBOX Support. Take a look at using this provider-based, J2EE API to send mail using SMTP and manage mailboxes using MBOX.

javaUncoupling Struts. Support SOA with loose coupling of components.

javaC# Lessons: From a Java developers Perspective.

mobile blogRael — Sprint Treo 600 Update 1.10.

mac blogBrent — Darwine.

java blogCedric — Don't call super.

javaJML 4.1_rc5, a Java Modeling Language.

java blogPinocio — java.net nightmare.

mac blogJeremy — Organizing Software For The Mac.

netMyDoom variant attacks Microsoft.com. Same author, less damage.

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java blogDaniel — Teachable Moments.

netHomeland Security Announcing Cyberalert System Today. From the US National Cyber Security Division.

java blogKevin — ServerSide series on Naked Objects.

java blogJames — Guide to embedding Groovy inside a Java application and Groovy logo: the winner is…

mac blogErik — Recent Tunes 2.0 Available.

blogPaul — Interesting new Napster 2.2 feature: Cheaper bulk purchases.

mac blogRogers — Card-based programming environment stacks up.

blogNick — All Zip's attachements now blocked to chalko.com..

musiciTunes-compatible AAC music store launches. Nupha has announced the launch of its international, cross-platform digital music store…

javajGnash 1.7.1. A personal finance application written in Java.

java blogJoe — New IntelliJ build… 1126.

java blogDion — Jakarta Releases POI 2.0 Final.

blogFrank — Orkut up again!

blogMatthew — Cluetrain resumes.

mobileIntel preps 540MHz XScale chip. Bulverde to appear in May?

java blogMichael — Innovative UI design for mobile devices.

windowsMicrosoft to remove support for usernames in http urls. No more @.

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blogAlan — Douwe Osinga Neat Toys.

javaAtlassian Confluence 1.0 beta 4, a Professional J2EE Wiki.

blogFrançois — Video conferencing: future is now! :yes:

blogMatt — TiVoberry.

netE*Trade Says Profit More Than Tripled and Amazon Reports First Full-Year Profit.

blogToby — How to land a 747.

mac blogDavid — ecto 0.2.3.

java blogGru — Integration testing.

java blogSimon — Pebble 1.4 beta 2 almost ready (and JIRA rocks!).

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

mobile blogPaul — Free Tetris.

humorAra — Hani Simpson ;-)

blogCedric — Another game.

java blogRick — New Java Web Host.

macMIDI tutorial for GarageBand. A tutorial discussing some of the basic answers to common questions about using MIDI devices with Apple's new GarageBand music software…

javaJava Implementation of Speex 0.9.2. A Java port of the Speex speech codec.

linuxLinux on Mac: a POWER programmer's primer.

pcSanDisk ships 1GB Secure Digital card. $499.99.

netSCO offers $250,000 reward for arrest of Mydoom worm author. Offering up to $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for creating the Mydoom virus.

musicReview: Apple iPod 20GB versus Toshiba Gigabeat G20.

netHidden Google Tools. Not so hidden…

blogMike — Typo Arbitrage On eBay.

blogA visit from the FBI. SecurityFocus columnist Scott Granneman.

java blogJames — Java profiling tools for OS X.

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Frangible

2 min read

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blogMatt — Oscar Nods.

java blogDaniel — Not a Design Pattern.

zaurusBuy Zaurus, Run OS X Apps. mySTEP.

windows blogJeff — FREE AntiVirus program.

java blogRusty — Sun has released JFluid 1.3.1, a profiler for Java, and Rahul Kumar's Raining Sockets is an open source framework for writing servers based on Java 1.4's non-blocking I/O.

java blogJayson — Blarg #6: How do I become an expert Java developer?

java blogMasayoshi — Release Note: RSSSearch v.0.5 - Technorati now supported.

javaSwingWT 0.78, an implementation of the Swing/AWT APIs over SWT.

blogMike — DVD Jon To Sue Police.

blogBrent — TypePad and the Atom API.

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meErik's Pulse has been published.

java blogThomas — Cool JSP tag.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

java blogLance — Ant 1.6 import tag (#include one ant file into another)…

pdaPalm OS 5.4 ships to developers. A pre-release of version 5.4 of the Palm OS is now available for developers.

javajStart32 0.4, a Win32/exe wrapper to start Java applications .

javaJava Performance Tuning: Learning From Code: Fast Fail Iterators.

javaJava XTools 1.16. A collection of functions and features for Java and Java 3D.

netFast-Moving Virus Launches DDoS on SCO. A fast-spreading e-mail virus appears to be using infected machines to launch a distributed denial of service attack on the SCO web site.

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