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blogMatthew — High Definition TV in Europe.

moblogRuss — Print To Mobile continued…

java blogDavid — blojsom 2.07 available.

blogKarl-Martin — Just links, Programming links and Even more links.

java blogBob — Drools 2.0-beta-12.

blogDan — Spammers May Be Their Own Undoing and Spam Stats Interesting.

blogKeith — Links.

blogAra — DVD Conversion.

blogBrent — RSS Bandwidth and Gzip compression.

blogKellan — Postfix: The Definitive Guide and CardFile.org - syndicated contact info.

blogChris — Very sad sig…

moblogRui — Amid The Midlets and Want to help port KDE stuff to Mac OS X?

javaJMP3Renamer 1.7.3, a small tool written in Java which renames downloaded MP3 files with the help of CDDB entries.

linuxHOWTO: build your own Flash Player RPM for FC1. In this tutorial you will learn how to build Flash Player RPM package and install it for Fedora Core 1.

musicReview of Gateway's 20GB MP3 player. PC Magazine review of the DMP-X20 Digital Music Jukebox.

musicBelgian watchdog sues record biz over copy protection. Anti-piracy protection illegal?

mobile javaJavaLayerME 0.1.1. MP3 decoder library for J2ME/CDC platform.

mobile3GPP + 3GPP2 + QuickTime: The Future Is Calling.

linuxDarwin Streaming Server. The open source version of the QuickTime Streaming Server is now serving up 3GPP.

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moblogFrançois — A journey into WiFi.

newsWashington Post's annual "In and Out" list for 2004. Better than most such lists. [via Amy's Robot Link Factory]

blogMark — Relative URIs in HTML.

blogJoi — Judgmental technology.

blogKevin — Brazil to Fingerprint US Tourists and Kill that EULA.

java blogGlen — HSQLDB is rather nice.

blogRobert — IBM developing Google Killer?

surveyAre You A Blogaholic? Apparently I'm a casual weblogger. Say what?

mobileAT&T Wireless Offers Latin Mobile Content. Latin Garage.

netYou've Got Spam: AOL Blocks 1/2 Trillion Spam. That comes to 40 messages a day per user.

java blogMatt — A little EL Lovin' for the DisplayTag.

blogTim — Fawcette Doesn't Get It.

netPLINK: people link, a FOAF search engine. [via anil dash's daily links]

blogTed — Zsh vs bash?

technologyYear in review: Copy protection goes mainstream. Hackers and critics kept up their opposition, but consumers and businesses began accepting digital rights management.

blogMatthew — Open Source - pure cloning?

zaurusZauRSS 0.2.2, an RSS aggregator for Qtopia.

moblogGuy — Go-faster WiFi - with one short spray!

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blogMatthew — European domains anyone?

java blogEric — Running Groovy Scripts From Java Applications.

blogMike — Downloading Music Encouraging CD Purchasing and Musicians That Give Away Music.

blogJames — Looking Back, Looking Forward.

blogBrent — CSS in RSS (yet again).

javaTM4J 0.9.0 alpha 2, a topic map engine implemented entirely in Java.

macMacWorld San Francisco 2004 Rumor Roundup. miniPods, etc.

gadgetsThe first five SPOT watches. Smart Personal Object Technology.

blogLaurent — Killing COM - The Managed Code Saga.

blogoh god not again: on piracy. [via dive into mark b-links]

blogTim — My Wired News Wishes for 2004.

pcSun and IBM to lead 64-bit boom. On AMD's back.

musicMP3 Winners and Losers for 2003. Richard Menta over at MP3newswire.net just posted his annual winners and losers list in digital music for last year.

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newsDamn hard quiz. King William's College annual quiz.

blogMatt — Roundup: Clearing the Buffer.

moblogRael — Using Merlin GPRS card with a PowerBook.

pcCalifornia bans front seat laptop use.. As of January 1, 2004 the State of California has banned the use of notebook computers used anywhere in the front seat of a moving vehicle.

moblogEmily — Crackdown In Cinemas.

blogDavid — Blog The Vote: Fourth Annual Weblog Awards.

java blogNick — String concatenation using + operator considered bad..

java blogBruce — Java Toolset.

blogPrabhu — Accessing Yahoo Using POP3.

java blogWerner — Java Open Source Programming (with Xdoclet,JUnit, WebWork, Hibernate): "a missed opportunity".

java blogBill — Predictions for 2004.

blogNorman — Some rare browser innovation.

java blogCedric — Pico-puzzled.

blogScott — PayPal Europe to Launch Soon.

blogChristoph — CodeBeautifier with UltraEdit Wordfiles for Perl,PHP and MT.

blogTristan — 2004 Predictions.

javaDateChooser 1.1.2. A Calendar input dialog widget for Java.

blogMike — Who's Surfing Internet Porn? Might Not Be Who You Would Expect.

netSpain Has 2.2 Million Broadband Internet Lines. 4th highest number in the European Union.

java blogCarlos — Pico-challenged.

moblogRui — MIDP Woes, AppleScript? Goodies.

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javaSmile, the open source JavaServer Faces implementation.

javaJACK. Java All Class reference Kit, an API explorer.

java blogKeith — ICQ support coming.

java blogPunit — Tips for Better EJB Performance.

java blogBruce — Why we use Ant (or: NIH).

blogBill — Word to XHTML again.

macMacWorld San Francisco 2004 Rumor Roundup.  A summary of the major rumors circulating around the Mac Web.

booksReview: Unix Shell Programming, Third Edition.

multimediaReview of the Roku. PC Magazine review of the Roku HD1000.

musicUS album sales continue to fall. CD sales in the US drop 2.1% in 2003, although there are signs of recovery for the music business.

blogFrank — On USB stick usability.

blogStefan — Victoria's Secret Show 2003.

net2004 bloggies are open! The Bloggies are publicly-chosen awards given to weblog writers and those related to weblogs

windowsPreview: Windows XP Service Pack 2.

net'Healthcare spam' heads junk mail. Triple-X action, Viagra and diet pills dominated spam e-mails in 2003, according to AOL research.

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HNY

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Happy New Year!

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newsNo More Leap Second? In a phenomenon that has scientists puzzled, the Earth is right on schedule for a fifth straight year.

blogMatthew — It took 60 years and A Hobbit wins.

moblogRuss — What's on my Nokia 6600 and New App Idea: Print to Mobile.

java blogLaurent — How serious is Microsoft about killing COM and The Eclipse OSGi runtime explained - Servlets on your PocketPC.

blogCarlos — Room cleaning and A paper prototyping story.

blogBen — How stupid.

blogJeremy — I am not mainstream.

python blogChris — IPython.

blogBill — Open Source and Outsourcing.

blogPaul — Revising english for developers.

blogAnselm — Syndic8 Reaches 20,000 RSS Feed Milestone.

blogRobert — Toshiba Tablet Review.

javajmaid 0.1 alpha, a file manager written in Java which allows editing of text files.

moviesHobbits, Fish, Pirates Lead Cast in 2003. Movies in 2003 collected an estimated total of $9.275 billion, compared to the 2002 total of $9.317 billion.

moblogMatt — Wi-Fi Free Spot.

java blogHani — Open Source Java Programming book review.

blogAlexander — iPod, Accessories, and The Illusion of Lifestyle Products.

blogPaul — Feeling lucky?

blogChuq — the Dirty Little Secret of Nutritional supplements….

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mac100 Years of Macintosh. Zero seconds on the Mac OS system clock is January 1, 1904. The Mac OS epoch hits 100 years…

blogDebashish — The best of Null Pointer - 2003.

blogTed — A look back, and 5 predictions for 2004.

linuxForbes Ventures Bold Predictions For IT, Linux. Everyone's favorite, Daniel Lyons and other Forbes journalists have made some bold predictions about IT in 2004.

musicBest Albums of 2003, Scientifically or not.

blogDave — Happy New Year!

java blogRusty — 3DChat.org has released Java XTools 1.15.

blogMatt — Happy New Year = Update your copyright notices.

blogAdam — I'm a yank.

netTop Yahoo serches of 2003. [via Amy's Robot Link Factory]

blogAaron — New Zeitgeist.

java blogAslak — RE: Enough with the Test Driven Development Hype.

java blogPaul — Re: Re: Enough with the Test Driven Development Hype.

blogRui — 2003++.

blogChristoph — Tech Predictions for 2004.

blogMartin — Bye Bye 2003.

technology2003: One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward. OfB's latest Year-in-Review article.

technologyCNET Year in review: The sound of Net music.

technologyBusiness 2.0: Tech predictions for 2004.

blogRobert — Slashdot worried about American programmer jobs.

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Snow!!!

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Thanks for reading. See you next year!

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meMy Year in Review:

  • 315 blog days.
  • 2.5 million visits.
  • 35 million page views.
  • 240GB of bandwidth.

Which explains why I started an Exclusive Sponsorship Program.

I also released the Google Tag Library into the OSS world, bought a Zaurus and began writing Erik's Pulse.

We made one addition to the family, and one departed unexpectedly.

Fake miniPodwindowsFileZilla 2.2.3, a fast FTP client for Windows with a lot of features.

net101 Ways To Save The Internet. 101 ways to save the Internet from spammers, crackers and smothering regulation.

java blogCarlos — 2003 in review - presentations and articles.

java blogTed — Microsoft buys BEA?

javaJava FSP Library 1.0rc2. FSP protocol support for Java.

javaJava Tools Community Effort Back on Track. The plan to build a ecosystem of Java tool frameworks based on open standards appears to be finally gathering steam.

netNetcraft: January 2004 Web Server Survey.

technologyFinding MD5 Collisions With Chinese Lottery. Stealing idle CPU time.

blogJoi — Some 2003 site stats.

technologyInterview: MySQL CEO Mickos Addresses Critics, Looks to Open-Source Growth.

netTop Spam For The Year: Viagra, Mortgages And Porn.

linuxLinux Today: Top 10 Stories of 2003.

blogBill — Meta Best of 2003.

moblogMobitopia: Happy New Year!

java blogTed — My year in review.

linuxNovell Registers Unix Copyrights. Novell has quietly registered for the copyrights on many versions of Unix code that the SCO Group says it owns.

java blogPaul — Enough with the Test Driven Development Hype.

java blogLuke — 2004, here I come.

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macKonqueror successfully compiled for OS X. Benjamin Reed has compiled Konqueror for Mac OS X, after recently porting the KUniqueApplication class.

javaAnalyst encourages Microsoft acquisition of BEA. Combined companies would give marketplace more software choices.

blogDavid — Happy New Year Blog!

pcFirst external USB HDTV tuner. The OnAir USB HDTV from SASEM.

gadgetsGroups Promote Recycling of Tech Gadgets. Environmental groups are getting ready for a surge of electronic devices that could be recycled or reused.

java blogHani — WebWork 1.4 Interceptors with Spring.

blogVattekkat — Cool tools.

blogKeith — Links.

java blogMatt — Send a Fax from Java?

java blogCarlos — 2003 in review - all the releases I could link to.

java blogMark — do not parse html with regexes.

macNew Products at MacWorld Expo. A short list of new products to be launched.

macMacworld review: Digital Performer 4.1.

javaUMLet 2, a Java tool to rapidly create UML sketches.

musicReview: Gateway DMP-X20 Digital Music Jukebox.

newsMitnick to exploit hackers for $500 a pop. Fame and glory awaits.

moviesMovie ticket prices rising. Loews Cineplex and United Artists, 25 cents.

musicAP: Wal-Mart Music Download Service Mediocre.

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moblogFrank — Text Messaging For Americans: a european take.

blogMarc — So long 2003…

blogSam — Syndication and CSS.

java blogDaniel — Year end notes.

windowsReview: XMLSPY 2004 from Altova.

blogMartin — 2003 => 2004.

blogMatt — Leo Laporte: KFI's Tech Guy and RetroBox: Cool Cheap Old Gear.

blogRuss — New Year's Stuff.

moblogDavid — Sony Ericsson P900 vs Nokia 7650 Picture Quality Test.

musicApple unlikely to release smaller, cheaper iPods. Aren't rumors fun?

moblogEmily — Phil Kaplan of FuckedCompany.com launches an anonymous moblog.

blogAlan — Setting up MailScanner on Redhat 9 and Linux Shell Script for testing for disk size.

blogDion — Opinion: The End of the Beginning?

java blogMarc — we need Reflection in MIDP.

java blogMichael — JXPath to rescue!

java blogJack — Responses to last month, and December Java Performance News.

java blogMatt — Jalopy source code formatter no longer free.

blogAdrian — The long hand of RIAA or simple plain dumbness ?

moblogEric — Why the FAA worries about your cellphone.

blogDanny — Raptor 1.1.0 released.

linuxXFree86 core team disbands. XFree86 core team leader David Dawes has sent out a message stating that the core team has voted to disband itself.

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moblogRuss — Received Messages.

moblogRael — Online Sony Ericsson Phone Configurator.

moblogDaniel — CryptoPhone's limited "open sourceness".

pdaReview: Toshiba e405 / e400.

blogJus — Javascript and Form Trickery.

blogLowem — How fast can you read?

java blogShay — The Java persistence poll results are in.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogBill — Reading for 2004.

java blogMark — My new book 'Java 10 Minute Solutions' is in print.

blogBill — Sir Tim.

blogCharles — Valid HTML Woes.

technologyThe Year's Top Tech Movers and Shakers. eWEEK.com editors recognize some of the year's most influential figures in tech.

mobileWireless Firm Rings Up 'King'-Sized Entertainment. Jamdat Mobile unveiled a collection of products based on "LOTR: The Return of the King."

javaQuantum Framework for Java. A port of Miro Samek's Quantum Framework. 

javaJavaAPI View and Search Tool — JawaAPIHelper1.4 released.

javaJComposer is now OpenSource. JComposer aim to be a complete Java based music composition tool.

java blogAndrew — List of free Java books for download (ver. 0.1).

java blogWerner — Java Development with Ant : "good read".

blogRob — Snow in Puget Sound Country. There's currently a little over 1 inch in Bellevue.

netUK's 'Most influential' websites named. Google, eBay and Friends Reunited.

gadgetsTokyo Edge: New Gadgets for the New Year.

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Stripling

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javaO'Reilly's ONJava: 2003 in Review.

javaDeveloping Custom Tag Libraries as Tag Files. Excerpt from Hans Bergsten's JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition.

blogMatthew — Sell yourself on eBay.

moblogRuss— More Mobile Media and Text Messaging For Americans.

java blogLaurent — Eclipse for Embedded Development.

blogBehrang — Programming is like…

java blogDavid — Playing around with XStream.

java blogEric — Cool Things: Jodd Utility Library.

java blogR.J. — Using the Ternary Operator.

moblogSimon — First impressions of the Garmin iQue 3600.

javajakarta-oro 2.0.8 has been released.

blogJeffrey — XML Export from Your eBay Store.

java blogCharles — Java IDE Feature Request: Per-project file templates.

blogRob — A Macworld wish list.

javaJameleon 1.6.1, an automation testing framework without the problems of automated testing.

pythonPython 2.3.3, a high-level scripting language.

blogMike — Judge Tosses AOL Spammer Lawsuit Over Jurisdiction Issue.

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blogR.J. — Shadow Boxes.

java blogHani — My hellish journey with axiondb.

macGnuPG for OS X 1.2.4 released.

macMac Dev Journal: Add Features Fast w/AppleScript Studio.

blogMike — Bill Gates Grabs Patent For Distributing Art and Are People Using Non-Browser Apps To Access The Internet?.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora, build 1050 available.

mobileBluejack City - A new wireless craze is spreading through Europe.

blogBrent — Brent's Psychic Predictions for 2004.

newsGovernment announces ban on ephedra. The government has determined that products containing ephedra "present an unreasonable risk of illness or injury."

javaInterview with Vignette CEO Thomas Hogan. What are Hogan's ambitions for this J2EE-compliant workflow and collaboration software vendor?

blogKeith — Links.

blogMatt — FedEx Buys Kinko's.

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blogMatthew — Social Software vendors go for the enterprise.

java blogRusty — BugRoster 1.0.3 and beta of YourKit Memory Profiler 2.0.

java blogRon — The End of the Beginning?

java blogChristian — JBoss 4 Roadmap.

moblogJoi — Dvorak explains why Americans are behind on cell phone culture.

blogPaul — Notebooks cheaper than ever … and falling.

adultUncle Scoopy's Fun House Top 15 Nude Scenes of 2003.

blogChristoph — Paris Hilton is the No. 1 fake name.

javaJFaceDbc 2.2.0, a plugin for Eclipse which allows you to view the structure and the content of any JDBC compliant database, issue SQL commands, etc.

linuxReview: SuSE Linux Pro v9.0.

technologyCNET's Year in review: Web services finds its way.

blogTodd — BlogPulse.

java blogDaniel — This may be a stupid question, but.

technologyThe Algebra of RSS Feeds. Splice and dice.

macA Look Back at Apple's 2003. Ars Technica has a look back at Apple in 2003.

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javaHow-To: Java Web Start Walkthrough.

moblogRuss — M$ Mobilizes its Minions Again.

java blogCharles — Early Access : J2SE 1.5, Java Studio Creator, JavaServer Faces.

java blogMichael — A simple method call: that is all it takes.

newsJobless Count Skips Millions. Actual unemployment rate: 9.7%

blogMatt — RE: Wake a Sleeping Mac (Remotely).

python blogTed— Uh, I've discovered MacPython.

python blogKeith — Lython.

blogRobert — Tantek improves my Weblog's Structure.

technologyeWEEK: The Year's Top 10 Tech Stories.

blogTodd — OnStar may not be the only ones watching you and 10 Minute HIV Test.

javaTips: How to Write, Use, and Test a Singleton Class and Posting Forms Programmatically.

java blogKeith — 4-line Java word wrapping code.

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Interregnum

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javaSun seeks widespread Java brand. From cash registers and microchip-enabled "smart cards" to TV set-top boxes and video recorders.

java blogGuillaume — IntelliJ version of Miranda Rights.

blogJesus — Favorite Movies.

blogKeith — Quick C# and Apple web development best practices.

blogChristoph — FabForce DBDesigner 4.

netRSSFeedMagic 0.1, a PHP-based feed (rss/rdf) reader.

java blogMarc — JDK 1.5 alpha… seems to be alpha.

moviesPaul Clinton's top 10 films of 2003 and Top ten best DVDs of 2003.

tv10 Ads The US Won't See. Some ads made by world's leading advertising agencies for well-known brands will never be seen in the United States.

python blogSimon — Javascript from Python.

netNew Spam Law Won't Stop Number One Spammer. Alan Ralsky.

blogBrian — JDev TeamDev Feature Digest #2: CVS External Tools Macros.

blogDick — Amazon Recommends: The Da Vinci Code!

blogJohn — Booming concepts for 2003 that will do well in 2004.

blogRobert — Blogger Time Savers.

technologyCES promises TVs, watches, and growing attendance. Trade shows around the world are coping with a drop-off in attendance and sponsors.

moblogRuss — Symbian OSS Dev Redux.

java blogDavid — Revisiting blojsom vs. Roller to address some comments.

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perlTutorial: Array Manipulation in Perl.

java blogDaniel — Buy Where You Shop.

netJakob Nielson: Instant Messaging is Toxic to Productivity.

netCongressional Spam. Congress says it hates spam, except its own.

mobileRael — Go with Bluetooth Class 1 and Quick Bluetooth Send on Mac OS X.

mobilePulled Over For Wardriving. The wardriver and the cop.

java blogAndrej — Eric Gamma on the future of Eclipse.

blogDion — Article: Six Signs That You Should Use Paper Prototyping.

java blogBob — Generating Javadocs for J2SDK 1.5…

blogSteve — Lose the manual? Try Amazon.

blogOliver — postgres on osx.

blogChristoph — Web Growing by 27%.

javaJDistro 0.28, a desktop for the JVM.

moblogGlenn — Truck Stop Wi-Fi Growing.

java blogAndrej — JHeadstart 10G (9.0.4.5).

blogBrent — RFC: feed URI scheme.

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meI've just implemented an Atom feed for this blog.

javaXMLBuddy Release 2.0. Available as an Eclipse plugin.

java blogThomas — Tomcat 5 - Datasource - DB connections blocked.

java blogMark — you got your chocolate in my java.

netSpam Costing An Hour A Day? Have you cleaned your in-box lately? 

java blogGuillaume — Code name for IntelliJ IDEA 5.0.

developmentC++ WSDL Parser. WSDL Pull Parser 1.3 released.

macShoaib of xhead software emailed me about lock.xhead, a password manager for Mac OS X written in Cocoa-Java.

blogJim — The Beagle has landed.

windowsMySQL Control Center 0.9.4. A GUI client for MySQL databases.

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mobile java"Mobility is More than J2ME," Says Michael Yuan.

moblogMatt — A Mobitopian Weekend.

moblogRuss — My Big Present.

pcCommercial Fuel Cells: On Eve of Commercial Deployment.

gadgetsSelections From The CIA's Gadget Museum. Celebrating its 40th anniversary by revealing a few dozen of its secrets.

newsWeighing Yourself in the Car. In-car system for dieters that weighs them and tells them when they have strayed.

java blogLaurent — J2EE Web Services.

moblogDave — WiFi tip of the day.

java blogDavid — (Atom) Sandler 0.4 released.

java blogFrans — Apache vs Microsoft or Open Source vs Microsoft.

java blogPatrick — WebWork Tip #1 - Handling null properties.

java blogMichael — Is mobile commerce a revolution and what role would J2EE play here?

java blogSimon — Immutable Collections.

blogNick — Making Patch Files.

java blogWerner — J2EE AntiPatterns : "next".

blogLuke — The Wikipedia needs help.

moblogRobert — MobileRSS.

javajEdit 4.2pre8 now available.

javajMileage 1.6.2 , a tool which tracks the gas mileage of your vehicles.

javaJava Supplements 1.3.1. A library of Java utility classes to alleviate repetitive development tasks.

booksReview: Ground Up Java.

java blogAndrew — Java Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS).

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Paycheck

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usWe went to see Paycheck.

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javaSizeof for Java. Object sizing revisited.

javaJiniologyCall on extensible RMI.

moblogEwan — Engaging The User.

blogRajesh — Dan Gillmor's Favourite Gadgets.

moblogJeremy — Gas Stations Sell DSL and Cheap Gas in Ohio.

javaLint4j 0.5.1. A static Java source code analyzer that detects locking and performance problems.

pythonPython Reference. An attempt to produce a complete, alphabetized reference of all of Python's language features.

blogMatt — File Drop.

java blogJoe — IDEA Build 1035 available.

moblogRael — Nokia N-Gage: The Bad.

netBusiest holiday season yet for Amazon.com. A single-day record with more than 2.1 million products ordered around the world.

musicOnline music's winners and losers. iTunes, Napster, etc.

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