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javaYourKit Java Profiler 2.0, a CPU and memory profiler.

javaJava News Center. A New site with a collection of Java News.

mobile blogMatt — Doing the Numbers.

java blogDavid — blojsom 2.10 available.

java blogJason — RSS to WAP, a reality.

java blogHani — Commons Collections 3.0 ha ha ha!

java blogMark — IntelliJ IDEA EAP #1122 out.

mac blogBrent — Apple Knowledge Base RSS feeds.

blogMike — Music Royalties At All Time Highs.

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java blogDaniel — Help Wanted.

javaWebWindow 3.13, a Java Web browser.

javaRimfaxe Web Server 1.01. An open source JSP/Servlet container and web server.

java blogBob — Drools 2.0-beta-13 and GUI.

mac blogPaul — Mac market share hits new low in 4Q 2003.

macFWB source code available for sale on eBay. Hard Disk ToolKit 4.5 - CD-ROM ToolKit 3.0 - DriveUp! 98 1.0. Bid starting at $65k.

windows blogMary Jo  — Mike Rowe Makes Out Like a Bandit.

technologyNokia introduces visual radio. FM with pictures.

javaTech Tips: JSP 2.0 Expression Language.

javaJamVM 1.1.1. A Java Virtual Machine conforming to the JVM specification edition 2 (blue book).

blogMatthew — Vertical Weblogs.

blogRuss — Jet Planes, Tow Trucks and Snow Covered Runways.

mac blogFrank — Steve Ballmer in Apple 1984 ad?

java blogJon — TDD *is* about testing.

java blogMichael — J2EE beyond the enterprise (Nokia MMS Server Blurprint).

blogDon — Ads in Feeds.

java blogJason — Things I learned about Hibernate.

wirelessCreative Makes Beautiful (Wireless) Music. The Sound Blaster Wireless Music, a PC, and some speakers are all you need to deliver tunes anywhere in the house.

musicBeer spill shorts out Iron Maiden concert. Some idiot…

java blogGabriel — The Guide to Beheading Java.

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developmentPKWare and Winzip Reach A Secure Zip Compromise. Compatible archive password protection.

mac blogFrank — Macintosh through the eyes of his creators.

java blogNick — JDK 1.5: Monitoring the JVM.

java blogBernard — Metrics 1.3.4.

java blogBill — Eclipse Debugger Rocks!

java blogKevin — Groovy 1.3b3 out - lots of stuff.

java blogJayson — Blarg #5: Are you aware that the source-code for www.jspbook.com isn't available?

java blogPhilippe — DbUnit.

java blogMatt — [Review] Java Open Source Programming.

mac blogSam — Apple's marketshare is irrevalent.

humorJuha — Weird Facts.

java blogVinny — Commons Collections 3.0 released.

mobile blogWendong — More Mobile Sites and MobileClipper: clipping service for mobile devices.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogMarc — MyYahoo RSS feeds.

blogSimon — Sir Bill.

javajTDS 0.6, a JDBC 2.0 type 4 driver for MS SQL Server.

netNetflix 2007, $1 Billion; Online Music Stores Up in 2004. A little bold, aren't we?

pdaEuro PDA biz sees first growth since 2000. Q4 sales rocket.

netPrior consent does not mean opt-in. Email marketing.

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TGI Atkins

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mobile javaDanger Adds Java to Hiptop, Promises Software Downloads. J2ME and online software catalog.

javaJGoodies Forms 1.0.3, helps you lay out and implement elegant Swing panels quickly and consistently.

javaJNode: A new attempt at a Java Operating System.

mobile blogRuss — Nokia 3660 is Coming…

mac blogEvan — objective c: first difference.

java blogMichael — "In Search of a Gentler Java".

java blogKeith — LinkedList vs. ArrayList performance tests and I won a Java keychain from Sun.

development blogMike — PHP Mesh - what the?! :)

blogKevin — Orkut Is Failing.

development blogSteve — Learn to Program (with Ruby).

mac blogBrent — NetNewsWire 1.0.8fc1.

java blogCedric — Trace wizardry.

blogChuq — Spammers losing the spam war?

blogOmar — Bill Gates on Orkut.. well not really.

mac"First Macintosh Press Release". The basic Macintosh package will have a suggested retail price of $2,495 and will include the main unit, keyboard and a mouse.

javaQuartz 1.3.1. An Enterprise Job Scheduler.

meWe went to TGI Friday's for dinner to give the new Atkins-approved menu a try.

We had the Tuscan Sipanish Dip for appetizers. Sizzling NY Strip with Bleu Cheese and Sizzling Chicken with Broccoli for entrées. Quite good and affordable. Too bad they don't have any low-carb desserts.

Happy 20th, Macintosh!

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macThe Mac turns 20. Despite Microsoft's dominance, Apple fans remain loyal.

developmentCreate an Object-Oriented JavaScript Calendar Using the Façade Design Pattern.

javaJavaDOCHelper 1.5, a Javadoc View and Search Tool.

javaBrian — IDEA 4.0 - Is It Worth The Money?

mobile blogMatt — Thumbnails From 3GP Video.

blogRuss — Orkut.

mac blogFrank — Happy Birthday Apple Macintosh!

mobile blogRael — Abacus Wristband Adjustment.

mobileMobitopia: Unfinished Revolution.

developmentApache License Updated to 2.0. Starting March 1st.

blogKevin — Furl: your web page filing cabinet.

java blogRusty — JetBrains has posted the first release candidate of Intellij IDEA 4.0.

java blogDominic — Asynchronous Java web services.

mobile blogBill — Developments in Nokia-land.

java blogRobert — Looking for an Interesting Short Term Contract?

java blogFred — New SDK MIDP2 for SonyEricsson Handsets-J2ME.

java blogMark — Yum and repository mirrors, Quickies… and JIRA Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA 0.1.3.

development blogNeil — Using HTTP/1.1 Persistent Connections to Speed Up HTTP GETs.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

mac blogBen — 20 years ago.

linux blogChris — Useful SSH tips. [added to the wiki]

perl blogKevin — Announcing LibDB.

mac blogPaul — Macky Birthday.

mac blogSteve — Bye Bye OS X.

development blogJon — Open source lock-in.

mac blogErik — Happy Birthday, Macintosh!

java blogCédric — More DBUnit woes.

mac blogPaul — Macworld's Jobs interview raises questions.

javaUseful Java Application Components 0.9.5. A collection of components which may be useful for your project.

blogTodd — Bill Gates needs to call Hector Santos.

blogMike — Music Industry Exec Defends Some File Sharing.

musicApple's iTunes European Debut Held Up by Red Tape.

java blogWeiqi — Tab Groups in IDEA 4.0.

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What a difference a ';' makes...

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windows blogWerner — Are they for real? - Part II The Disspointment.

blogMike — Pepsi Ad Using Kids Sued By The RIAA.

moviesTrailer for Kill Bill, volume 2 is out. [via Amy]

netNetscape, Playboy settle search trademark case. Netscape not liable for the unauthorized use of trademarks in search engine ads.

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java blogDavid — One year ago today …

java blogMark — JIRA Plugin 0.1.1 for IntelliJ IDEA.

java blogMatt — A few thoughts on AppFuse.

mobileDon't Bet on Fuel Cells, Manufacturer Says. Don't count on the power packs to solve the energy crisis.

java blogKevin — The Ant Rebellion.

windows blogSimon — SpaceMonger.

macMac to turn 20 tomorrow. From icon to iPod.

java blogCarlos — J2EE Clustering Without An Operating System.

mobile blogSteve — review: nokia 6600.

javaJAD decompiler plugin for IntelliJ IDEA. New Release for Aurora 1113+.

musicFormer Judas Priest Drummer Convicted. David Holland guilty of one charge of attempted rape and five counts of indecent assault.

java blogDaniel — The Testing Bug.

python blogKenneth — Python RegEx Editor Visual Regular Expressions.

java blogHani — J3EE is moron bait.

blogMike — Sir Howard Says RIAA Lawsuits Lead To Sony Music's Turnaround, How To Comply With A Total Failure and Kazaa To Sue Entertainment Industry For Copyright Infringement.

javaDesign Pattern Toolkit. An Eclipse-enabled tool for generating applications based on customizable, model-driven architecture patterns.

blogMatt — On the Ever Increasing Pentium 4 Pipeline.

java blogJames— groovy 1.0 beta 3 released with new user guide and groovy jdk documentation.

java blogCedric — DBUnit doubts.

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javaBeyond the Basics of JOptionPane and Monitoring Class Loading and Garbage Collection.

mobileMobitopia: Going Underground and T-Mobile Germany announces Blackberry programming contest.

java blogTobias — JAXB and Typsafe Enums.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

humorStefano — Geek Humor.

javaDbUnit 2.0, a JUnit extension targeted for database-driven projects.

mobileJwapmail 1.1, a WAP-based IMAP email client written in PHP.

blogTodd — Identity Theft on the Rise.

blogMike — FBI Arrests Actor's Friend For Putting Screener Online.

meI've installed Tomcat 5.0.18 on my server, pretty smooth upgrade process overall. The included version of jsvc doesn't compile. I had to edit native/home.c and add a semicolon at end of line 110.

javaSmartboot, J2EE on a CD.

javaJ2EE Article: Load Control Filter.

java blogArjun — Generic Java sour grapes!

blogRobert — New Open Source RSS News Aggregator.

java blogBrian — Java Class Modeler: Actually Quite Useful :)

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APIs...

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java blogJuha — Ant vs. Maven.

java blogAlan — WebProxyBOT v1.1.

java blogAndrej — Unit tests to validate html?

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora EAP #1117 available.

java blogFelipe — Extra! Extra! Lomboz has gone open source!

java blogLasse — Code coverage article in January's JavaRanch Journal.

java blogMatt — Turn off sessions in your JSPs and Tomcat 5.0.18 Released.

java blogMark — IntelliJ IDEA EAP #1117 changes licence filename and location.

mobile blogMike — Python/Perl for Series 60.

development blogSimon — Simple tricks for more usable forms.

netYahoo to tango with Fandango. Multiyear deal.

netGoogle debuts Friendster-clone Orkut . Will you be my friend?

moviesHollywood drops DVD lawsuit. Decryption code is not a trade secret anymore.

windowsNewzCrawler v1.6 Beta 3, my favorite RSS aggregator.

netmod_python 2.7.10. This release addresses a vulnerability in mod_python 2.7.9 whereby a specific query string processed by mod_python would cause the httpd process to crash.

blogJeremy — My Yahoo! RSS Beta Launched

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java blogDaniel — The java.net Linux community.

javaSnipSnap 0.5.1. A Weblog and Wiki tool.

development blogMatthew — User forums on OSDir.

netRSS Ads. Coming soon.

javaJSch 0.1.13. A pure Java implementation of SSH2.

musicBritish Parliament takes on the iPod's dirty secret. Battery life controversy.

wirelessIntel: On Track to Deliver WiMAX This Year.

meI've been knee-deep in APIs lately and getting a little help from my friends. I'm starting to think Diego was right when he IM'ed me: "This is why I write my own code for all this crap." — Thanks, man.

javaReading Data from the Internet. Yakov shows that working with the streams over the Internet may be as simple as dealing with files on your local disk, in the sixth installment of Java Basics

javajZonic-cache v1.1, a Java framework for web-application supporting XML workflow, XML sitemap management, connection pooling, etc.

javaNovell to Join Eclipse. Novell endorses Eclipse as "the integrated development environment of choice for all Novell products."

javaBusiness Integration-Information Conformance Statements for Java. An XML vocabulary and Java implementation for declaring comprehensive business information conformance.

java blogGuillermo — Java Server distro CD?

linux blogCedric — 2004 the year of Linux? I don't think so.

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javaMicrosoft .NET and Java: Achieving Interoperability.

javaJava/.NET Interoperability via Shared Databases and Enterprise Messaging. Not as sexy as Web services, but…

javaHosting NET Controls in Java. Using JNI and some COM interop magic, you can host .NET Windows controls directly in your Java applications.

developmentCalling Java Classes Directly from .NET. Adding an interoperability layer that gives .NET direct access to Java classes.

javaRick — Java Tools Dominate "Codie Award" Finalists.

linux blogMatt — Unofficial SUSE FAQ.

blogMatthew — What is myCokeMusic.com missing?

mobile blogRuss — Getting my hands on a Sprint Phone.

development blogAngsuman — Blogger API Reference for Blogger.com.

java blogCarsten — The truth about the Java endorsed directory.

development blogPunit — Portal Software Market Share.

java blogMatt — Poor Open Source Developers.

java blogWendong — PayCircle: open payment APIs.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogBill — Other interesting RSS Feeds.

blogOvidiu — SCO attacks GPL.

blogErik — 10 Things to Improve Writing.

javaJSwat 2.20, a JPDA based graphical Java debugger.

netAOL tests caller ID for e-mail. Antispam filter.

blogMike — How Do You Remember Sites?

musicWeb music piracy fight 'working'. The global record industry says it is winning the fight against internet piracy.

javaFaces Console 1.0 Beta 2. A standalone Java Swing application for managing JavaServer Faces-based applications.

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JL

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javaJavaMail's Flexible Protocol Support. The JavaMail API and its support of mail and other protocols makes it ideal for creating e-mail tools.

javaMatt & Rick Invent New, Super-Secret Java Handshake.

javaEffective Unit Testing with DbUnit. Writing unit tests first can be impractical when your code will depend on access to a database.

javaManaging Your Dependencies with JDepend. Attributes like scalability and maintainability are qualitative in nature and hard to quantify, even hard to know until your code fails.

mobile blogMatt — Scripting Symbian: The Plot Thickens.

mobile blogRuss — PalmOne continues getting it, now how about PalmSource?

musicRIAA Back in Court. Here we go again.

java blogPete — Using Java Web Services with CFMX.

java blogBlaine — Java based photo gallery constructor.

java blogDion — SuSE's BEA partnership boosts Java on Linux.

java blogJoe — New… handshake?

mobile blogMatt — Mock Shmocks!

java blogMark — Atlassian Jira IDEA Plugin.

humorBill — Debuggers are for pussies.

java blogMike — DbEdit new release.

mobile blogSteve — a new class of device.

mobile blogKevin — FeedParser in CVS with Atom Support.

blogRui — Link Mode.

moviesAOL: You've got 99-cent movies . Time Warner's America Online is offering broadband users downloaded movies for 99 cents each.

mobileCell phone most hated, but needed. Americans are ambivalent about their cell phones.

blogTodd — Wired comes out with 2003 Vaporware Awards.

development blogMike — Writing Software? Setting Up A Website? How Many Patents Do You Violate?

gadgetsMicrosoft watch requires three-fingered reboot. A SPOT of bother.

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javaTaming Tiger: Pre-release of Tiger is now available.

mobile javaJ2ME 101, Part 4: The Generic Connection Framework.

javaTutorial: Migrate your Swing application to SWT.

javaJSOS ver. 3.65 released. Servlets office suite.

java blogRusty — Nokia has submitted Java Specification Request 234, Advanced Multimedia Supplements, to the Java Community Process.

java blogBenoit — Quelques pointeurs sur java.util.regex.*.

java blogMatt — Coldtags - I dig the product and the support.

java blogSimon — Testing MVC actions, mock objects and code coverage.

java blogAdam — Generating UML Class diagrams.

blogRealRadix — Generate album covers for iTunes.

blogMichael — Free After Rebate.

java blogKnut — First experiences with Confluence.

linuxIBM Developerworks offers Linux on Mac primer.

developmentMySQL develops new graphical admin tool. Announcements at LinuxWorld.

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meMy evil brother, Erik Thauzin. Thanks, Rick.;-)

Javalobby is doing a fantastic thing with mycgiserver.com. Now's that what I call community spirit.
mobile blogRuss — AT&T Wireless EDGE Developer and Integrator Training.

mobile blogFrank — SPOT on, Microsoft! and Rumour: Handspring Treo 610 announced.

java blogBill — Farewell, JavaWorld, and Thanks.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

java blogAslak — Static or Dynamic Mock: A brief comparison.

netNetcraft: Fastest Growing Large Hosting Companies in 2003.

mac blogRui — HOWTO.

javaIBM's Java-Based "Glass Engine". Developed at IBM and written in Java, a research project at IBM has spawned new way of searching and organizing information.

java blogNick — Talking about Java 1.5.

development blogJim — The Joy of Specs. Amen!

java blogDaniel — Starting Simple.

java blogSteve — Struts limitation.

javaEclipse RSS Reader 1.1.0. Nice!

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XHTML

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javaIntroduction to JavaServer Faces. Developing Web Interfaces with JSF.

java blogRuss — URL Rewrite Filter.

java blogDion — Opinion: Porting between Java and C#.

development blogSatya — A quick refresher on CSS selectors.

java blogBob — Mock objects made easy..

blogOvidiu — Ben Affleck's stupid car.

java blogRui — Java/MIDP/Bluetooth Browser.

perlSpamAssassin 2.63, a mail filter which attempts to identify spam using text analysis.

musicMicrosoft settles music download suit. E-Data's patent-infringement suit against a European division of Microsoft and others ends in a deal.

linuxSCO sues Novell for slander of title over Unix. Engaged in bad faith efforts to deny rights to Unix and UnixWare.

blogMike — Booble For Porn Before Google's Lawyers Show Up.

mobileCingular Offers $27 Billion for AT&T Wireless. Opening bid.

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java blogDaniel — Easier but not dumbing down.

java blogJoe — Write Once, Test Everywhere?

java blogMathias — Quartz and OpenSymphony and OSCore 2.2.2 Released.

java blogAra — Memento.

blogHani — How to be popular.

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blogRuss — It's my Birthday! Happy B-Day! 

mobile blogMike — Sony Launches The Smart Display Microsoft Just Dumped.

java blogAndrew — Jakarta Tapestry Resources.

java blogDavid — blojsom 2.09 available.

java blogMatt — AppFuse vs. Spring.

development blogMarkus — Sun working on new Language.

blogHaiko — Quick Links, January 20.

mac blogSteven — Don't install GarageBand!

macNavicat 5.0, a MySQL manager for OS X that I use on a regular basis.

javaJCache Open Source 1.0a5, an implementation of the JSR-107 JCache API.

linuxRed Hat offers SCO insurance. Is anybody NOT offering insurance?

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

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