Elvis

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javaTech Tips: Styling Digital Images with ConvolveOp and Using HttpURLConnection to Access Web Pages.

java blogSimon — Running a JSP container on port 80 with Mac OS X.

blogRogers — Google drops Atom bomb on RSS.

blogCharles — Pronunciation of SQL.

java blogDiego — configuring apache 2 + tomcat 5 + mysql + jdbc access on linux and windows.

java blogDavid — What shall we call the new for loop?

java blogDion — Maven Resignation.

mac blogSimon — Run IntelliJ IDEA with the menubar at the top of the screen on Mac OS X.

blogFred — SCO Death Blow Delivered by Novell.

java blogHani — Our Fearless Leaders Suck.

java blogLaszlo — jFreeSafe 0.2.3.

blogChristian — R&D-Live - My ETech learnings.

java blogChris — Due credit: SiteMesh.

blogJeffrey — How to Have Fun At Conferences.

blogRogers — More on Google's Atom bomb.

tvTiVo wins Pause Technology patent suit. a favorable ruling in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by Pause Technology in 2001.

windowsNew Microsoft security hole stretches wide. Released a critical software update to patch yet another security hole.

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netHackers Hall of Fame. 15 bios of modern and not so modern hackers.

java blogAlan — J2ME avenges Corel Office for Java?

blogRobin — Open Letter to Bill Gates.

javaJDistro 0.29. A desktop and a shared runtime built on Java and Swing.

mobile javaMIDP IDE [via Mobitopia

blogJeremy — Is ETech Elitist?

javajGossip v 1.0.0 RC1. Forum implemented on the J2EE platform using Struts framework with MySQL.

mobile blogJim — Nokian - Is the fat lady singing yet?

java blogRusty — Sebastiano Vigna has released version 4.1 of fastUtil, a collection of type-specific Java maps and sets.

java blogAdam — Recruiting.

blogSteven — Being spammed by your own kid.

development blogRogers — How virus writers catch the coding bug.

mac blogRob — Apple details iPod legal issues.

java blogMichael — Looking for Java API's Online Drives Me Insane.

blogRick — Poomonkey Anthony is upset, too bad!

blogRobert — Technorati at O'Reilly Conference.

mac blogSteven — Unison 1.0.2.

musicAlpine's iPod car stereo system. With a simple one-cable connection…

linuxHow to restart Squid with a clean cache. [via Mobitopia, added to wiki]

java blogGuy — Java 1.5 Example: Revisiting Word Frequency Count.

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java blogDaniel — Introducing IoC.

netIs Your TCP Port 3127 Open? Then Watch Out for "MyDoom.C"

mobile blogFrank — Security Alert: Multiple vulnerabilities in Nokia mobile phones.

pdaSony Officially Launches Three New Clies - TJ27, TJ37 and TH55.

development blogFejes — How to create your Gush RSS feed list - Applied XQuery.

java blogHenri — simple-jndi 0.9 released and gj-config 1.0 released.

java blogSimon — Testing thread safety - updated.

java blogNick — Excellence Award: Java Service Wrapper.

java blogMark — Re: DBUnit doubts.

java blogVasanth — Eclipse 3.0 compatible with 2.1 plugins.

developmentSybase EAServer 5.0 Released. Integrates J2EE 1.3, secure Enterprise Web services, C/C++, PowerBuilder and COM.

mac blogChuq — Happy anniversary to me….

java blogLance — File Format Identification in Java.

technologyPalmSource to rebrand OSes Garnet, Cobalt. One for smartphones, the other for PDAs.

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mobile javaPrint "Hello World" in a Mobile Phone Using J2ME. It all starts here.

javaAtlassian Releases Confluence RC1. Confluence RC1 brings a host of new features, new macros, general improvements and bug fixes.

javaJ2ME Debugging with Eclipse. Step by step.

blogEwan — O'Reilly Diary - Sunday.

mobile blogMatt — Russ at ETech and Too Much Wireless.

blogRuss — Elvis has left the conference.

mobile blogEwan — Are You Attending the OPL Presentation?

java blogLaurent — Core Dumps are Coming to Tiger.

blogKevin — Making your blog Google compatible.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora build 1151 available and blojsom 2.11 available.

mobile blogPetri — 3G Round Up.

java blogDavid — Equality and Autoboxing.

java blogKeith — Some interesting files in the JDK1.5 beta javadoc.

java blogGreg — NIO and the Servlet API.

mobile blogMichael — Nokia, Symbian, Microsoft Smartphone and J2ME.

java blogPatrick — JDK1.5 Metadata or Annotation.

java blogTom — Speed through smaller methods.

mobile blogWendong — Markup languages for phones.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogRajesh — RSS Top 55.

blogPaul — About the new Mozilla Firefox branding.

java blogRogers — Native2ascii handles Java's character flaws.

javaJava Serialization to XML 2.1.5 . A system that can instantly read and write any object data in XML.

javaClustered JDBC 1.0 release candidate 1. A cluster of databases through JDBC.

javaCompuware Releases New Web Services Tools. OptimalJ.

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ETech

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mobileReview: Sendo - X.

java blogRick — Update on Evermore Office & Javalobby.

javaElection Time for Java Games Community Board of Directors. You have until Feb 13 to vote.

java blogMatthew — Eclipse interview.

mobile blogRael — Protecting Your Mobile Life… and Creating Web Content for Mobile Phone Browsers, Part 1.

mobile blogRuss — Nokia Buys Out Psion - Controls Symbian.

newsJuniper Acquires NetScreen for $4 Billion. Stock swap.

newsPeopleSoft Rejects Oracle's $9.4 Billion Takeover Offer. I am shocked. ;-)

java blogRusty — JAPISoft has released EditiX 1.0.1, is $39 payware XML editor written in Java.

blogMatt — Mozilla Firebird 0.8 - I'm not impressed.

java blogGeert — RIFE v0.6.59 has been released.

java blogNiel — GPS and Java? Here's a Few.

java blogCedric — JUnit pain.

mobileSony Ericsson T650 sneak peek. The presumed successor to the T610 and T630.

java blogTim — Java Performance under OS X.

javaJHelpBuilder 1.1 beta 1 is available for download.

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javaDocument any project using the Eclipse help system. The Eclipse Platform includes its own help system based on an XML table-of-contents referencing HTML files.

mobileBreaking News: Nokia buys Symbian.

javaJNIWrapper 2.3 for Windows, XtremeJ Management Console v2.0 and InfinityDB 1.0.20.

netMozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name. Firefox.

blogEwan — O'Reilly Diary - Saturday.

blogMatt — From the Lobby at ETech.

blogRuss — Emerging Tech Photos.

mobile blogRael — Faster Bluetooth Palm Synching.

java blogRusty — Smile 0.31, an open source implementation of JSF and Voruta 1.0 is an open source library that reduces the JDBC code.

java blogDavid — blojsom Gallery Plugin v0.1.

java blogEugene — Bouncy Castle crypto API and JCE provider 1.22 released.

java blogRichard — 13 improvements for EJB.

java blogMarc — 10 Don't do's in Java WebApp Programming.

java blogMatt — [ANN] WebWork 2.0 and XWork 1.0 Released!.

java blogMike — If you were a method, what would you be?

mac blogTed — Mac Tips and Tricks updated.

java blogLeslie — Quick Links.

java blogConor — Is JDK 1.5 too clever?

blogDave — Blogging from O'Reilly's ETech.

windows blogSanjay — Re-enabling username/password URLs.

java blogMark — sandler 0.5 released.

newsFormer Lineo CEO takes helm at Metrowerks. Matt Harris.

mobileReview: Siemens SX1 Smart Phone.

development blogJames — Why C Is Not My Favourite Programming Language.

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Bored

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javaJSyntaxColor 1.2.4. A SWING editorKit for coloring user input.

javaJacksum 1.4.0, a free utility for computing and verifying checksums, CRCs and message digests as well as timestamps of files.

javaTutorial: Learn how to modify classes as they're being loaded with Javassist.

mobile blogChris — Unpacking the Nokia Series 60 SDK on Linux.

java blogDiego — eye of the tiger… and …and the great IDE hunt.

mobile blogMatt — Charging Gadgets for Etech and Hotspots as Portals.

java blogRuss — J2ME Personal Profile Plug-In.

mobile blogMatthew — GPS Running.

javaJava 1.4.2 for OS X new references:

java blogJoe — An Excellent Blog Entry.

java blogMichael — Who the hell wants printf anyway?

mobile blogWendong — Mobilize your blog site.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

development blogRick — I Know Why Software Sucks.

blogPaul — I'm Learning Morse Code.

blogKeith — Links.

javajEdit 4.2pre9, a couple more pre-releases, then 4.2final.

javaIdeaJad 1138-2, a JAD decompiler plugin for IntelliJ IDEA.

macMore Filemaker 7 Details. Special Report: FileMaker Pro 7 features revealed.

javaJBother 0.8.1, a Jabber client written in Java.

netThe Pornography Industry vs. Digital Pirates. The copyright rumble is playing out a little differently in the red-light districts of cyberspace.

java blogNalla — Java Adventure Builder Reference application v1.0 released.

java blogJon — Why I'm excited about JDK 1.5.

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JWeather

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development blogFilippo — Open Source Issue Tracker.

blogKarl-Martin — Links… and More links….

java blogBob — Exception Handling in Web Applications and Moving to java.net….

java blogSimon — Java 1.4.2 Developer Package - documentation and Javadocs.

java blogSlava — Staging Unofficial WebLogic FAQ.

java blogMiko — My overview of EclipseCON.

development blogJon — Things that shouldn't need to be said.

blogRui — No Time For More.

blogChristoph — Undocumented MT tags and UltraEdit Wordfile for MT templates.

javaJava Weather Library 0.2.3. A Java library for parsing raw weather data. I use it within mobibot. David, the author, even stoped by #mobitopia to check it out.

javaJaMp 0.3.0 alpha 1. A Java-based MP3 player.

perlInline::Java 0.46. Lets you write Perl classes in Java and wrap/use existing Java classes.

macMore Free Garage Band Loops. Access Music has posted 46MB of free Garage Band loops.

macMacBand.com lets GarageBand users share music. Community site for GarageBand.

javaJPluck 2.1 pre 1. A Plucker document creation toolkit.

mobile blogRuss — MaxDox and Blue Lava Wireless.

java blogDave — #roller.

java blogCharles — A Killer NetBeans 3.6 Beta is Released.

mac blogErik — Rock Star Contest: Win $100.

mobileNextel to test '4G' broadband service. Set to begin testing a new, "fourth generation", wireless broadband offering later this month.

linuxSCO abandons trade secret attack on IBM. The SCO Group abandoned a major rationale of its case against IBM by dropping its trade secret claims.

java blogDavid — Pop Quiz: Java Shift Operators. You can also use shift operators to speed up common math operations.

java blogKumar — J2SE1.5: javax.pack is awesome but ..

development blogJay — XML is not good enough.

development blogMarc — Jabber (XMPP) is now offocially the standard.

developmentSoftware innovation is dead. All that's left is compatibility fixes, security patches, and minor-version-number incremental improvements. The problem isn't a lack of ideas; it's a lack of motivated developers.

javaJavaDOCHelper1.5.1, a Javadoc view & search tool. Bug fix release.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora build 1147 available.

java blogJuha — StringBuilder vs. StringBuffer.

javaJNetStream 0.2.0, a Java Network Streams Analyzer Library.

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Optimizing....

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meA fellow Erik just informed me that I'm now #1 on Google.Cool!

meJeff, the author of ReportMill, suggested that I use Borland Optimizeit to determine the memory requirements, etc. for mobibot. Me likee!

java blogDaniel — Caring about your work.

mobile blogRael — RSS Feed Reader for 6600 and P900.

java blogKevin — JSTOR has Java contract work in Ann Arbor.

java blogDion — javax.pack: Crunching jars up to less then 10% of their size.

blogNorman — Hacking the iTunes/pepsi contest.

mac blogPaul — Apple responds to furor over Panther-only Safari.

blogSimon — The dangers of PageRank.

java blogGuy — Other Goodies in Tiger.

newsWoman files class action lawsuit over Janet's nipple baring. [via Amy]

mobile javaMidlet Dictionary 0.0.2, english/russian, released.

pdaWhat's next for PDAs and smartphones. Brighthand overview of fourteen new PDAs and smartphones that are due out (or rumored to be due out) in the next couple of months.

blogMike — Tower Records Declares Bankruptcy.

mobile blogRuss — PalmSource and the smart phone wars continued…

java blogMichael — Do programmers want J2SE on their cell phones?

java blogJoe — Running Orion from a non-writeable directory.

mac blogNorman — Convert protected AACs to MP3s.

netSuper Bowl Ads Supercharge Online Traffic. But Janet beat 'em all. ;-)

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javaAnnouncing TheServerSide Java Symposium, May 6-8, Las Vegas.

java blogNeil — New "Ocean" LAF in Tiger.

java blogSimon — Pebble 1.4 beta 2 available.

mac blogMatt — iChat AV can now talk to Windows users!

mac blogSteven — Unison 1.0.1.

java blogKevin — Make Your Swing App Go Native, Part 3.

java blogMike — OSX Confluence Client Prototype.

windows blogDerek — JetBrains Will Refactor Your Personal Info.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora build 1144 available.

java blogKeith — JavaBeans : the good and bad.

java blogVinny — New Java books from O'Reilly.

linuxKDE Brings Safari Improvements to Linux. Refinements to the Konqueror Web browser derived from collaboration with Apple's Safari browser team.

mobileNokia 7600 Review. [via Mobitopia]

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

javaEclipse Hex Editor Plugin 1.0 released.

linuxSCO adds copyright claim to IBM suit. Throwing in the kitchen sink too.

blogTodd — Real Player Security flaw found.

developmentTake a Look at Some AMD64 Source Code. AMD's Paul Devriendt worked with Alan Zeichick to present the source for the AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 processor driver for Linux.

mobile javaNokia Mobile Server Services Emulator 1.0. A development and testing environment for Nokia MMSC, Delivery Server and Terminal Management Server.

javaJDK 1.5.0 plugin for Eclipse. Provides only preliminary support for JDK 1.5.

musicKazaa Raided in Australia. The Music Industry Piracy Investigations raided the offices and homes of Kazaa executives.

java blogAlan — JDK1.5 used to be installed on my machine … then i had to take it off and My Java Car.

java blogRusty — JDOM beta 10/rc1 and Jericho HTML Parser 1.0.

java blogDon — SVG Image Server.

java blogJoe — Running Orion 2.0.x under 1.5.

java blogMichael — AspectJ & JDK 1.5 anybody know if it works underwater?

linux blogScott — gzip all of today's web server logs?

mac blogBrent — Gus Mueller does “Edit in BBEdit”.

java blogSimon — What's wrong with J2EE.

javaRadeox 1.0-BETA. A Wiki markup rendering engine.

linuxTutorial: VNC (Virtual Network Computing) 101.

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mobibot

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java blogDaniel — Tiger goes beta.

javaNetBeans 3.6 Beta. Available starting tomorrow.

mac blogRael — Bluetooth Headset and Printer support for Mac OS X.

java blogBrian — Java Jerks.

java blogKevin — Eclipse 3.0 plan updated, M7 due next week.

java blogMats — Cool log4j hack.

java blogEugene — Crunching jars up to less then 10% of the original size.

java blogMatthew — The Future Of Orion- Does it Exist?

javaJFig 1.4.1, a configuration utility.

javaJatha 1.5.6, a Java LISP library.

javaFScript 1.14. A very simple embedded scripting language for Java.

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javaFirst Java IDE with full support for JDK 1.5.0 available. CodeGuide 6.1.

javaColdtags suite ver. 1.65 released. 165+ custom JSP tags for common programming tasks.

mobile blogEwan — Same Game Updated to v1.10.

mobile blogFrank — BlueFOAF.

java blogFilippo — Application Server market share.

java blogBrian — JDeveloper Projects and Ant.

java blogGuillaume — Groovy-JDK doc : Parsing Java with QDox.

java blogMatt — How much CPU Power does a Java/Tomcat app need?

java blogMike — Terrible javablogs ripoffs - or how not to copy a site…

linux blogAndreas — KDE 3.2 Final Released.

java blogSimon — Projection.

development blogBertrand — XML 1.1 - ready for this Amharic-language newspaper!

mobile blogJohn — KaZaA wireless?

java blogCharles — The Java Seige Mentality.

javaJaCSy 1.2. The Java CreditPoint System is for Distributed Programs and Internet Software sales.

macApple CFO Anderson to retire June 1. Peter Oppenheimer stepping in.

javaCVS-SSH2 Plug-in for Eclipse 0.1.2. An Eclipse plug-in to allow CVS access on an SSH2 session.

javaNoUnit 0.7. A JUnit test measurement tool.

java blogKeith — Code to safely delete a directory containing symbolic links.

javaJPreference Framework 0.2 beta, a preference system framework modeled after Java's property system.

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meI've deployed the new version of mobibot in #mobitopia. Russ has updated the links and RSS pages accordingly. I'll put the source in my public CVS repository soon.

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javaEclipse: A Java Developer's Guide and Using JUnit With Eclipse IDE.

javaJ2SE 1.5 in a Nutshell. An overview of the exciting changes in J2SE 1.5, from the J2SE team.

mobile blogPaul — If it works keep the mold.

mobile javaThe J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.1 and Getting Started with MIDP 2.0.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora build 1141 available.

java blogGavin — Hibernate 2.1.2.

development blogVinny — Exploiting Software: How to Break Code.

java blogBrian — Finally Played with JDK 1.5 Some… I Likee!

mac blogBen — Apple quickies.

development blogJeffrey — PayPal SDK for ASP.NET.

mac blogStefan — Where Does Apple Go from Here?

blogSylvain — No donut for Orkut.

tvAOL wants refund for nipple slip. Super Bowl pop-up gone wrong.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

macJBuilder sur OSX. Il est remarquablement facile d'installer JBuilderX sur son Mac.

linuxBuffer Overflow for Beginners. Buffer overflows are a common vulnerability on all platforms, but are by far the most commonly exploited bug on the linux/unix Operating systems.

java blogBrian — Tiger and the Magic of Synth.

windowsNewzCrawler 1.6 Build 1989 Beta 4. My fav desktop aggregator.

java blogHenri — Payload 0.2 released.

development blogGeert — Codeguide Amethyst build 809 released.

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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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