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4 min read

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meErik's Pulse has been published.

java blogDaniel — Endorsing a front runner.

blogMatthew — Movies are not razor blades!

blogRuss — Cube Humor.

mobile blogRael — Textamerica Camera Phone Tips.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora EAP #1113 available..

java blogAlan — NotGoodEnough.com.au.

javaJMXUnit 0.1, supports JMX vendor independent testing of JMX MBeans.

javaNew Java Widgets For Eclipse. German-based Innoopract released an Eclipse plug-in to its popular World Wide Web Windowing Toolkit (W4T).

blogMike — Coca-Cola Music Site Experiences Technical Difficulties.

java blogGoldy — 7 tips to improve Server Side Java Performance.

humorThe Periodic Table of Condiments. [via Fishbowl]

mac blogAndrew — What's on my laptop?

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java blogFrank — Bluetooth & MIDP 2.0 sites.

blogAnthony — Persistent Login Cookie.

musicApple posts latest iPod ad. "Channel Surfing" by Feature Cast.

blogDiego — feedexplorer. Ubber cool!

java blogHoward — More on Tapestry and JSF … and greater issues, such as the JCP and the future of Sun and Java.

java blogRusty — Sebastiano Vigna has released version 4.0 of fastUtil.

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mobile blogRuss — Sending SMS Messages From Your Computer, Why JSTL Continues to Rock, Mobile Publishing and Avatars for Mobile Video Conferencing?

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora EAP #1108 is out.

java blogGregg — MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench Rocks!

java blogMatt — [Review] J2EE Design and Development.

java blogMike — JavaBlogs and response codes.

java blogRobert — Examples for "More on getters and setters".

java blogMark — Blackdown Java 1.4.x for AMD64.

python blogTed — Some Python tips.

java blogWerner — Re : Sending SMS Messages From Your Computer.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogDave — XML Error Handling in Web Browsers.

blogDave — Digital Audio Round-up.

blogKeith — Links.

mac blogErik — FTPeel 1.1, MailDrop 1.3.1.

java blogCharles — Confluence Beta 2… er… 3.

javaJava SOS 3.65, a Java Servlets office suite.

developmentTweaking MySQL (4.x) Primer. Optimizing your MySQL 4.x database server.

meI spent five hours on the phone with Rick Ross (of Javalobby) on Saturday afternoon. I think we effectively fixed everything that is wrong in the world. Stay tunned. ;-)

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MobKnowledge

2 min read

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java blogOcean — Helma.

java blogJason — P900 J2ME Toolkit/Bluetooth Woes.

windows blogMatt — Win2VNC is very cool.

java blogWendong — More MIDP 2.0 Phones from Motorola.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogJeffrey — Evengelizing wikis.

blogKeith — Links.

pythonDrPython 2.0.3. Cross-platform IDE for Python. 

mobile blogRobert — NewsGator Mobile Edition.

javaJILetters 0.0.5. A Java-based alphabet learning assistant.

developmentOpen Source Awards 2004. Valgrind, VideoLAN, JACK, and Pango.

blogDiego — movies, movies, movies.

mobile blogRuss — MobKnowledge.com and Nokia to release Perl for Series 60!

windows blogArjun — iPod in the house!

java blogRusty — JBarcodeBean 1.0.2 and EditiX 1.0.

java blogBen — Java in Your Stereo?

java blogJon — Using Ruby to build Java systems.

java blogKevin — ClassLoader's are tricky… here's a few tips.

java blogJon — jCoverage 1.0.5 GPL Version.

java blogKen — pay good money for good tools.

blogMasayoshi — Release Note : RSSSearch v.0.4.

blogMatt — Revoking a GPG key.

blogJeremy — Craigslist RSS Search Script.

java blogAra — J3EE on the horizon.

mobile javaEclipseME 0.1.0, cross-platform Eclipse IDE plugins to facilitate development of J2ME applications.

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Napster Download Cards

6 min read

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mac blogTom — .NET on Panther.

javaAsymmetric Encryption Keys With the KeyPairGenerator and Encryption and Decryption Using Symmetric Keys.

meMy feed is now listed on java.net.

javaBeepLite Networking Layer. A Java implementation of BEEP (Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol).

javaDaniel — Not wild enough.

mac blogMatthew — iLife '04 and Microsoft.

mobile blogRuss— Unsurprisingly…, Nokia to release Perl for Series 60! and 1350 Referrers.

musicThurrott returns to the HP iPod. WMA support is disabled in the iPod's firmware, HP wants it.

java blogAnthony — Java RSS Parsing.

java blogRusty — DateChooser 1.2.4.

blogBlaine — Free font - my scribbled printing.

development blogDominic — .NET Compact framework Namespace posters.

java blogJames — [email protected] - "The Demos".

java blogToni — Tomcat Tutorial: HelloWorld for Complete Fools ;-)

java blogMichael — Functionality first, compatibility second.

java blogMatt — Resin 3.0.5 Released! and AppFuse 1.3 Released!

java blogHoward — Kito Mann Interview about JSF.

java blogHani — Kill the TDD crowd.

humorAdam — photo fuck.

java blogRick — Non-obvious Code Should Obviously Be Killed.

linux blogBill — Extracting files from an RPM archive. [added to wiki]

mac blogErik — The Transition to X.

mac blogUsing WebObjects: More Practical Tips and Tricks.

javaJava Telnet Daemon 1.0. An embeddable telnet daemon written in Java.

musicNew 20GB MP3 player from Philips. HDD120.

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meI just discovered IZArc and I like it, especially the fact that it supports association with JARs and WARs. I emailed the author about supporting EARs too.

windowsFeds Order Microsoft to Fix Music Browser Override. “Shop for Music Online” to be tweaked.

development blogCarlos — WebStart for .NET.

netFavIcon Generator. Easy favicon.ico generator.

mobile blogKenneth — HP Ipaq H2210/H2215 Review.

mobile blogPaul — Palm Tungsten C v Sony UX-50.

mobileW3C moves ahead with mobile Web standard. CC/PP 1.0.

mobile blogJim — Infamy.

mobile blogKenneth — AMD Ships Mobile AMD 64 Processors.

neteBay joker auctions off West Virginia. Drew 56 bids and nearly enough $ to fill in the state's budget hole.

javaWhat's New in the J2EE Connector Architecture 1.5 (Part 2). Learn more about the Message Inflow and Transaction Inflow contracts.

mobile blogPinocio — Releasing two MIDP 2 games.

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mobile blogRuss — Task Switcher for Symbian Devices.

mac blogRael — Defending the miniPod.

java blogRyan — The Server Side.net using Java?

mac blogSteve — iBook woes - Is this number 6?

mobileNokia loosens reins for developers. The more you pay the more you get.

blogMike — Latest Studies Say RIAA May Have Declared Victory Too Soon.

newsJudge upholds ruling against Microsoft in browser patent case. Ordered to pay more than $520.

musicI went to QFC late last night to buy some milk and found out, to my surprise, that they are selling pre-paid Napster Music Download Cards at the cash register. $14.85 for 15 downloads.

javaSupercharge Your Java Web Applications with Translets. Translets, a brand new addition to Java, can improve your Web application performance multiple fold.

javaFatten Up Your Java UIs with JGoodies. A basketful of JGoodies is all you need.

mobile javaJTGL, a Java Tiny Gfx Library.

mobile blogMatt — Device Capability with RDF.

blogDave — Thoughts on Blogging The Market.

java blogAndreas — Brain Teaser #1: the same but not equal.

blogKeith — Links.

netMozilla updated to version 1.6. Several Mail enhancements.

developmentTutorial: MySQL Crash Course, Part 2.

gadgetsGillette Unveils Pulsing Shaving Razor. M3Power, a souped-up version of the Mach3Turbo featuring 62 patents, battery-powered.

javaAntRunner 2.1. Use Ant within JBuilder 4-9 and JBuilderX.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

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Wiki

5 min read

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javaJava Guru Spills The NetBeans, Welcomes Competition. James Gosling weighs in.

tvRankings for Basic Cable Networks. Fairly Odd Parents, SpongeBob and WWE.

mobileReview: Sony Ericsson T630.

wirelessIntel Adds 11g to Centrino. Took long enough. 

pcReview: Athlon 64 FX Motherboards.

java blogNick — TheClientSide.com??

blogKeith — Links.

macApple to be debt-free Feb. 16; sells remaining stake in Akamai.

javaJDraw 1.1.1, a pixel oriented image editor written in Java.

blogMike — Where Do They Come Up With These Patents?

newsPopeye turns 75. The Empire State Building plans to shine its tower lights green from sundown to midnight over the weekend. Spinach loving freak!

linuxEnd of Life for Red Hat 7.x, 8.0. RH 9 will reach its end-of-life on April 30.

javaZaval JRC 2.0, a Java Resource Editor.

javaJ2ME 101, Part 4: The Generic Connection Framework.

javaTutorial: XML programming in Java technology, Part 1.

java blogSue — MIDP 2.0 - Fun yes, but not just games.

netSun posts net loss of $125 million for the second quarter of its 2004 fiscal year.

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java blogDaniel — Clean Fill Dirt.

blogDiego — file sharing = piracy? Not really.

java blogRusty — Relaxer 1.0 and XMLBuddy Pro 2.0.2.

java blogBenoit — Mon avis sur hirbernate.

java blogJeremy — Java in Space.

java blogNiel — JSPWiki Has Many Templates.

windowsWinSCP 3.5 released.

mac<oXygen/> XML Editor 3.0 released.

macApple announces Logic Pro 6, Logic Express 6, Soundtrack 1.2. Computer-based music production.

javaPete's Blackjack 1.2, a blackjack card game.

musicCD singles to go 'in three years'. CD singles will be phased out in the US within three years, according to a leading chart expert.

multimediaSony Unveils New Aiwa Multimedia Players. Aiwa USB Audio players using the "Pavit" proprietary storage format.

newsMicrosoft Vows Appeal of Latest Browser Ruling. The controversial '906 patent spat has taken a new turn with a judge ordering Microsoft to pay $521M in damages.

java blogMike — One By One, Hollywood Admits Movies Show Up Online.

wirelessWant Free Wi-Fi With That Latte? Shlotzky's free Wi-Fi service.

java blogMichael — Ringtone is big business.

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meI started a Wiki. Right now it only has a collection of tips gathered over the years. I'm sure there will be more to come. I have to admit that JSPWiki totally rocks.

javaJava Scripting: Half the Size, Half the Time. BeanShell and PNuts.

javaHibernate your Data. One way to improve server-side performance is to cache data instead of generating it over and over again.

javaIntroduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming.

blogMatt — Revenge of the Roundup.

blogMatthew — Planet Apache.

mobile blogRuss — Nokia 6620: It MUST BE MINE!!!!!

mobile blogAnil — A Nokia 6600 with an EDGE (Nokia 6620 US).

netVive la Différence. A new site asks visitors to vote on whether an object is male or female.

java blogDominic — IBM J9 JVM works on my Toshiba e355.

java blogKathy — MIDP 2.0 is just too much fun..

java blogLuke — JBuilder, Eclipse or IDEA? No contest…

java blogMatt — MD-5 password encryption and the "secret key".

python blogTed — pydoc.

blogJeremy — The Future Of Domain Names?

development blogPankaj — Pretty Good Tutorial on XPath …

javaJFaceDbc 2.2.1, a JDBC client.

macApple finishes '03 as No. 5 PC vendor with 3.2% share. 0.2% decrease.

javaSync4j 1.2. An Open source SyncML server and framework.

linuxHP: $2.5 Billion in Linux Revenue in '03. Linux-related revenue was more than $2.5 billion in 2003.

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Today

4 min read

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mobile blogRuss — Nokia's Series 60 XHTML-MP Guide.

mobile javaDeploy Your J2ME Application on a Sprint Phone. Fun stuff with .jads.

javaTSS Article: Testing Java Classes with JUnit.

java blogMark — IntelliJ IDEA EAP #1101 out.

java blogNiel — iReport Further Improves Using JasperReports.

mobile blogScott — Cell Phone Ring Tones Hit $3.5 Billion in Sales and Washington Mutual to Trial CD Auctions Using eBay.

macTIL Over RSS. Apple's now got RSS feeds for the Knowledge Base.

mobileCameraphones as Weapons of Mass Disruption. The list of places where cameraphones are being banned is growing at an alarming rate.

java blogGuillaume — How SmartCVS saved my life.

mac blogRui — Backlog.

macApple posts $63M profit. Up 36% for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2004.

javaPrevent Web Application Hijacking. Let Web applications' vulnerability to security and policy breaches inspire you to build more secure apps

java blogGlen — Our first staffer (and our Java Spamfilter).

musicMini Pricing. It appears that the latest iPod mini from Apple costs twice as much as it should.

netYahoo meets estimates; revenue soars. $75 million net profit.

netHaiti government kisses ICANN ring, rewarded with control over own domain. .hk redelegation reveals rot at heart of Internet

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mac blogMichael — How many virtual machines can you nest?

java blogSam — New adventures in Character Encoding.

java blogMatt — Macromedia's Flex.

java blogDaniel — java.net Newsletters.

mobile blogJim — MobiSlackers or not?

linux blogMatt — Maestro: Works on Windows, Linux, and Solaris Too!

java blogChris — What about MMS Voicemail?

java blogDavid — blojsom 2.08 available.

wirelessDid you know that the Toyota Prius is equipped with Bluetooth?

technologyEclipse Foundation to separate from IBM. To be voted on during the Eclipse technical conference.

blogMatt — Sunken/Highlighted Input Fields with CSS.

java blogHoward — Andrew C. Oliver's Parting Words.

blogKeith — Links.

mobile blogMike — Interface design job at Nokia.

mobileExperts: No Mobile Phone Link to Health, but more research needed.

musicFCC chair wants to overturn decision on Bono curse. UnFuckingBelivable.

blogMatt — Kodak to Stop Making Film Cameras, But They Sucked Anyway.

java blogAaron — ColdFusion & log4j.

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

mobile blogRuss — More Bluejacking Fun!

newsKodak to Stop Selling Traditional Cameras in U.S. The move is an effort by Kodak to cut lines with declining appeal in favor of fast-growing digital products.

newsLarry Ellison weds again. Fourth time, to novelist Melanie Craft.

humorAnti-Richard Saunders's Weblog: I am against Richard Saunders.

java blogKeith — OSCAR Protocol Documentation Project updates.

java blogNick — IntelliJ… lost its way?

blogMark — The origins of X-Priority.

blogBruce — Rethinking weblogging (and everything else).

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogRajesh — Apple's Intelligent Pricing.

development blogSteve — An Epiphany.

mac blogRui — Projects/vcard 2 ldap.

java blogKevin — Are Applets Making a Comeback.

javaQuartz 1.3. Quartz Enterprise Job Scheduler.

macLearning Cocoa: Repurposing Variables.

javajZonic-Cache 1.0, a Java-based caching system.

tvNBC's “Today” show premiered in 1952.

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J'accuse

6 min read

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java blogRefux — Eclipse plugins I use everyday.

java blogCarlos — 101 Reasons Why Java is Better than .NET (Reloaded).

wirelessVeriSign To Run New RFID Root Directory. EPCglobal will pay VeriSign to build out and manage the ONS root directory platform on its behalf.

moviesBertolucci film 'The Dreamers' will be released as NC-17, the first film since 1997 so rated. [via Amy]

newsMustaches give cops more authority. An extra 65 cents a month to grow a mustache.

java blogDarren — Virtual vs Final.

blogMike — Songwriters Want Dual Payments For Copy Protected CDs and Shopping Cart Abandonment Due To Hidden Surprises.

musicCanadian MP3 player tax challenged. Apple Computer, Dell and HP are challenging a recent ruling in Canada that would impose an extra fee ($25) on digital music players.

java blogMarcus — Unit Testing Performance.

javaJava Implementation of Speex 0.9. A Java port of the Speex speech codec.

mac blogRael — Security by Profanity.

macMacworld review: Eudora 6.0.

javaJicarilla 0.3-alpha, a platform for developing Java applications and components.

pdaPalmSource stealth releases OS milestone. Hush hush.

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javaXML-RPC in Java programming. The simplest route to interapplication communication.

java2D animation with image-based paths. Take the heavy coding out of fixed-object animation.

java blogDaniel — Goodbye again, JavaWorld.

javaJavaPerformanceTuning Interview: Jayson Falkner.

windowsThe Middleware Company announces the launch of TheServerSide.NET.

blogDiego — oops.

blogMatthew — Opera supports RSS.

mobile javaTutorial: Session management with J2ME and PHP.

mobile javaTutorial: Writing a J2ME App for the Nokia 6610.

javaSketsa 1.6, a WYSIWYG SVG Editor.

zaurusOpera 7 now on PDA: Sharp Again Goes for Opera in New SL-6000.

java blogAnthony — On Groovy.

development blogBrian — Plain English and UI.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora, build 1094 available.

java blogJeremy — box: wrapped up in a webapp.

java blogLasse — JavaRanch up for a Jolt Award.

java blogHani — IDEA: What happened to innovation?

java blogGeert — CodeGuide Amethyst build 807 released.

blogBrian — cvs udpate -dP.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

java blogMike — Eclipse Plugin Idea.

python blogKenneth — Python IDE: ERIC3.

java blogKevin — Debugging JSPs.

perlAWStats 6.0, a powerful logfile analyzer.

javajboard v0.20, a bulletin board project written in Java.

macIBM releases XL compilers for Mac OS X. Fortran 77, Fortran 90, and Fortran 95.

tvReview: TiVo Series 2.

musicNo WMA for the HPod. Wired News says that Paul Thurrot is wrong.

blogMike — Yet Another Rental Car With GPS Gives Out Secret Fines and Court Says No On Aimster, Junk Fax Cases.

netYahoo Proposes Anti-Spam Standard For Internet. Domain Keys.

mobile javaJ2ME CD Player. Philips EXP5371.

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meErik's Pulse has been published.

mobile blogRael — New POP3 email client (beta) for the Treo 600 and SPOT Watch Review.

blogMike — Penn State Napster Launches.

java blogGeert — Visual javadoc editing.

blogFrank — Friendity.

booksDominic — Enterprise J2ME book.

java blogKeith — LDAP and JNDI.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogBill — $.50 per Gigabyte.

blogBrent — FeedDemon and Atom.

blogSteven — A Simple Tip For Improving Your RSS.

javaUJAC 0.9.4, a set of Useful Java Application Components.

technologyNew Queen Mary 2 offers high tech on the high seas. The ship's massive data network is built around NetWare 6 and Oracle and SQL databases.

newsEllison hands Oracle chairmanship to CFO. Founder to stay on as chief executive.

musicRIAA adopts paramilitary garb for parking lot bust and 50 Cent and Crow torpedo HP's RIAA love-in.

javaTip: Force the Extension of a Class Without Overriding Any Single Method.

javaJava Signals, a library which provides support for catching 'signals.'

java blogJames — Converting HTML documentation into wiki notation using groovy instead of XSLT.

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Sycophant

6 min read

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blogRael — Best iPod/car mind-meld evar.

java blogKevin — What I tested wasn't really a mock.

java blogMatt — The Verge Web Framework.

java blogMike — Open Source FUD - The Verge Framework.

macXgrid — A first look at Apple's new cluster software.

mac blogAlexander — Alternative Mac BitTorrent Clients.

blogBrent — Conspiracy?

mac blogPaul — Tog on Panther.

macMacworld Secrets: Mobile Mac.

newsAirlines Expected to Report $1B 4Q Loss. A significant improvement from the same period a year ago.

musicApple 10 GB iPod (Mac/Win) $236.54 Shipped from Amazon.

java blogR.J. — Swing Emulating SWT - Part 1: Borders.

macJanus reduces Apple stake to 2.8 percent from 6.5%.

development blogJeffrey — New eBay SDK article on DevX.com.

javaxmlenc 0.39, a lightweight XML output library for Java. 

linuxNovell to indemnify SuSE customers. In a move to ease customer concerns about possible legal action from The SCO Group.

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java blogDaniel — Can we all work together.

blogMatt — FreeBSD 5.2 Released! and MySQL 5.0 Alpha Released!

mobile blogMartin — Three: Now Out.

mobile blogAnthony — Info On Various Mobile Devices.

java blogRusty — J2SSH 0.2.7 and Runabout 1.4.0.

java blogDion — New Open Source Web Framework Released: Verge.

blogNeema — Paying to digitize your media.

booksPaul — Review of Enterprise Information Patterns.

java blogChris — Java PowerPoint library available.

java blogSimon — Pebble 1.4 beta 1 uploaded to SourceForge.

adultMoment of visual zen. Pirelli 2004 Calendar.

blogEric — More Google Tricks.

java blogAslak — Oh no, we're testing the Mock!

javaJGraph 3.1, a diagram/graph component.

javaJava MessagePort Library 0.9, a general abstraction for many different stream- or message-based APIs.

javaBuffer Overflow Plugged in Sun ONE Web Server. Sun releases service pack to fix denial-of-service vulnerability.

blogMike — Fax.com Avoiding Fines and More Evidence Can-Spam Isn't Canning Spam.

windowsThe world shudders as Win98 gets support reprieve. Not dead yet after all…

javaJCP Update: New JSRs Approved. JSR-235 Service Data Objects, JSR-236 Timer for Application Servers, and JSR-237 Work Manager for Application Servers.

mac blogBrent — NetNewsWire 1.0.8b1: bug fixes, bandwidth and User focus, NetNewsWire, and Atom.

blogSeyed — The Music Industry Tips…Over?

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blogPaul — "Tivo Hacks" reviewed.

javaTiger JMail 1.0 rc3, a direct replacement for Sun's javamail library.

netStob: Interview with a bulk emailer. Don't say the S word.

newsIBM, Intel Set Up $10m SCO Defense Fund. To help pay for litigation costs of corporate users and maybe even Linus.

linux blogChris — randr-setroot released.

mobile blogMatt — The Sims for N-Gage.

javaAnnouncing SwiftMQ 5.0.0. To be released Q1/2004.

javaBEJY 1.3.1.52, a small, fast, and universal Java server.

linuxLinux iTunes Server. There have been some rather intelligent ideas towards running a Linux based iTunes server.

linuxSCO Approaching Google Over Licensing. "Certainly if they're using 10,000 Linux servers that include our intellectual property as part of Unix, we would want them to license."

mobile blogAnthony — HDML.

windows blogSergio — TortoiseCVS 1.6.1 released.

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blogWerner — Designing with web standards : “a great read !”

mac blogBill — BBEdit & command line editing.

javaJCache alpha 5, a Java Caching Service.

javaJasperReports 0.5.1, a report-generating library.

java blogJohn — Will Java.net supplant the JCP?

blogJeremy — Another Spamming Record.

blogDiego — on OPML.

blogFrank — There's danger in standards - or is there?

mobile blogWendong — "Symbian heads 'to top' of smartphone boom".

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogKeith — Links.

java blogAdam — Continuations in Java.

java blogJohn — Java Raves.

java blogMichael — Apache Commons - are all things equal?

development blogTed — Determining GCC switch settings.

java blogKevin — FeedParser API for Java (source available).

javaJaxor 3.4 Beta, a Java code generation engine for creating an object to relational mapping layer based upon XML metadata.

technologyIBM retains patent crown. For the 11th year in a row, Big Blue is the top recipient of U.S. patents.

blogMike — ReplayTV Owners Win Partial Victory Over Entertainment Industry.

java blogGlen — Cool Java Gantt Software.

net.nu: an abandoned nation? Niue has been crippled by a cyclone and is considering disbanding.

java blogYannick — Manipulating RPM files in Java.

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