S.W.A.T

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javaJAR Class Finder, a WSAD/Eclipse plug-in utility for finding JAR files containing a given class.

developmentGCC 3.3.1 Released.

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java blogDaniel — Just a Little JXTA Muse.

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technology‘TRON’ finally spawns game. Only took 21 years.

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On August 11, 1874 — A patent for the sprinkler head was given to Harry S. Parmelee.

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macRetailer offers petition for Mac GPS support. Trying to get GPS companies to support the Mac.

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mobile javaJMS 1.1 server JORAM 3.6 Released with J2ME Connectivity.

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pcLindows unveils $449 PC. Consumer KooBox.

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java blogFred — Application security in MIDP2.0.

java blogWarner — RE: Call for Comparisons.

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linuxLinux Kernel Code Seems to be Copied. Deutsche Bank Securities said after visiting SCO.

linuxTiniest Linux system at LinuxWorld? Cyclades TS100 device server.

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booksJ2EE AntiPatterns Book Sample Chapters posted.

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java blogCarlos — The Fallacies of Inheritance.

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java blogMichael — Standards, Stability, and Confusion.

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javaGreenThumb 1060336327, a Java Jabber client applet.

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netJudge orders eBay to pay $29.5 million.

pdaPC Magazine Review: Hitachi SH-G1000.

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netGoogle Adds Related Searches In Place Of AdSense Ads. I've yet to decided if I liked it or not.

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surveySurvey: Would you vote for Governor Arnie?

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java blogIntel faces $600m bill for unpaid tax. IRS challenges US-made chip count.

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Spooks

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blogRogers — Disney ports Photoshop to Linux.

blogLuke — Batman – Dead End.

linuxGentoo Linux 1.4 released.

pcAMD buys Nat Semi Geode chip. x86 for PDAs, anyone?

technologyReal to build open source media player. Linux, Unix, and Solaris.

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java blogSimon — Professional JSP, 3rd Edition (Apress) to be released soon.

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linuxNewsForge reader listens in on SCO conference call. No followups.

technologyEU ‘gives last chance’ to Microsoft. The EU executive says the US software giant has a final chance to comment before action is taken against ‘market abuses’.

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java blogKevin — Patterns.

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technologyStudy Reveals Bad Password Habits. A survey of 3,000 administrators, managers and security specialists.

mobileRIM Loses NTP Case, To Pay $53 Million.

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java blogLeslie — Quick links.

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moblogAl — My PDA Cafe MEGA BEAMFEST 2003.

linuxSCO sets steep charge for Linux license. That's one way to garnish your defense fund ;-)

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javajNotes 1.0, a Java desktop application for personal information management.

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usWe watched our first episode of Spooks/MI-5 yesterday. I'll reserve my final judgment until we've seen a few more. As Vicki elegantly put it; it felt a little too “soap opera”-ish.

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On August 6, 1806 — The Holy Roman Empire went out of existence as Emperor Francis I abdicated.

Yabadabadoo

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mobileMotorola's fall lineup. Phonescoop feature.

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javaMacromedia Regroups With ColdFusion6.1 Release.

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macMetrowerks announces CodeWarrior Development Studio 9.0.

mobileSiemens unveils ST55 camera phone. Integrated VGA camera, with 65,536-color TFT display.

pdaBestBuy database said to list new Palms. The mystical world of model numbers.

netHacker hit parade goes live. A list of the top security problems on the internet which is updated regularly has been published.

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java blogDavid — Multi-user blojsom progress.

linuxSyndigator 0.11,a RSS reader/aggregator.

pdaCodeWarrior Development Studio for Sharp Zaurus Application Development, Version 1.

mobileAOL Launches New Stand-Alone Communicator. Combines e-mail, instant messaging and an address book into one integrated suite.

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meLast month stats: 3737940 pageviews. 56455 unique visitors. Thanks to Matt for pointing out that I was underrating myself by saying “hits” instead of “pageviews”.

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java blogSergio — Jazilla M2 released.

java blogKasia — Microsoft bashing. always a good topic.

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java blogChristoph — Java 1.5: New Language Features by example.

java blogSteven — MIDP on Mac OS X.

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linuxIBM Chooses SourceForge for Internal Linux Group. With security its main concern, Big Blue chooses VA Software's enterprise edition software for its internal open-source group.

newsAirlines warned of ‘gadgets’. Officials: Electronic devices may hide airline threat.

musicThe EFF vs. The RIAA. USA Today profile.

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java blogJason — [rsslibj] updates for rss 2.0 feeds.

java blogSimon — Building desktop clients for Mac OS X with Swing.

netMSN junks Monster for CareerBuilder.com. Bit of a trend.

wirelessFCC Goes WiFi. Free to visitors 

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javaClassifier4J 0.4, a java library that provides an API for automatic classification of text.

technologyCRN Interview: MySQL Chief Martin Mickos.

musicFile-swappers ignore RIAA threats. Don't know, don't care.

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The truth is out there....

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mobile javaJ2ME VNC Client Alpha 2.9.2.

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java blogMark — Patterns for Projects.

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java blogDaniel — Java Events.

javaMacromedia Releases a Java RSS Parsing Library. RSS Untangle (RSSU) as part of volume 4 of the Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit.

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javaEclipse J2ME plugin, new project.

moblogGlenn — Kensington WiFi Loser?

java blogMatt — Tomcat Updates.

java blogGreg — Open Source JDBC Driver for XML Found.

java blogSimon — Blogging on java.net.

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java blogChuq — book review: Mac OS X for Java Geeks.

java blogFred — Eclipse Logging Plugin and Red Hat Shores UP GPL and Hits SCO Group Hard.

java blogAndy Review of Virtual PC for OS X and JBoss hires former Sun Employee, Remy Maucherat of Apache Tomcat.

java blogMartin — “Copying is Theft …”

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pdaRumor: A BlackBerry iPAQ?.

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javaJPim b1-r1, a Java email and contact management tool.

macFreecell 1.1 for Mac OS X.

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netSpammers Make Profits Without Making A Sale. Don't click.

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javaeBay architects J2EE to do 1 BILLION page views a day.

javaFast Native Eclipse with GTK+ Looks. The gcj team created a natively compiled build of the Eclipse IDE.

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java blogCarlos — Corporate Open Source Repositories You Never Knew Existed.

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java blogHugo — JBoss J2EE Certification. What is JBoss, after all?

java blogHani — Profile of a Java Idiot and Gerald Bauer crowned village idiot.

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java blogMarc — My Top5 Java Books.

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java blogMark — textile4j 1.10 released.

javajEdit 4.2pre4 now available.

moblogTodd — Kensington WiFi Finder not all cracked up to be!

musicFour new MP3 players from Rio. The Fuse, the Cali, the Chiba, and the Karma.

javaSync4j 1.0, an open source SyncML server and framework.

On August 4, 1735 — Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that “the truth is not libelous.”