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New Yahoo! SiteBuilder. Yahoo! just released SiteBuilder, a Java application bundled with JRE 1.4.1

Best Practices for Programming in C. Although the C language has been around for close to 30 years, its appeal has not yet worn off.

Diego — clevercactus beta 2.

Frank — Groove: 10 good reasons not to buy.

Matt — My Next Gig?

Jon — Why the negativity around JDO?

Rusty — Second early access release of the Java Management Extensions (JMX) Remote API.

Chris — Nifty ASCII-art editor.

Jeremy — Hung like the Hulk.

Karl-Martin — A bunch of XML links and More links.

Michael — American Airlines allows cell phones during taxi-in.

Andy — Apache Dreams or Converting my Household to the Apache Way.

Jack — Java Case Studies.

Mac OS X passwords 4,096 times harder to crack than Windows. Unix and Linux harder too.

Creative's Nomad Jukebox Zen NX. Thinner than the regular Jukebox Zen, and costs about 40% less than the same capacity iPod.

Toshiba's 17-inch Media Center laptop. The Satellite P25-S607 with Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center.

RIAA Begins Identifying Targets In Copyright Suits. Nice roundup.

Safari problems bug Web developers. Over-ambitious caching, etc.

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There were quiet a few vodafone red t-shirts at the airport yesterday.

Hani — Those dreaded words..‘beanshell integration’.

Leslie — Quick links.

Stuart — Python Command Line parsing.

Norman — The best tech books.

Marc — TiVO shifts strategy.

How tall really was Napoleon? Here's how the tall tale of Napoleon's short stature got started…

J2ME VNC Alpha 2.9.1, a VNC client for J2ME devices.

OpenBlackjack 1.0, a blackjack practice program.

Panther est bien plus rapide. Mac OS X Panther seems to be quite faster.

Cellphones more dangerous than alcohol. Hands-free doesn't seem to help.

MS alerts users to Windows DirectX vulnerability. Potentially devastating flaw.

Matthew — Terra Form-ing.

DoCoMo recalls SH505i phone. Free repair service offered to users.

Euro PDA sales leap as global sales slump. Local vendors for local people.

On July 24, 1987 — Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Hulda became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.

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Chuck — Why Web Developers Need Java Server Faces.

Using the Jakarta Commons, Part 3.

Matt — Netcraft: JSP Usage Up.

Carlos — Javelin, Yet Another Extensible Java Compiler From BEA.

Gateway 100X Pocket PC Delayed. Now slated for mid-August.

Fred — PalmOS moves more 2 J2ME.

Dominic — Alintex Script for .NET 1.1 and Borland .NET Developer's Journal.

Merrick — AspectJ Book Reviews.

Mark — Lucene and Keywords: Disappointing.

Sergio — SweetReader project open at SourceForge.

Scott — Learning more about PayPal.

Andy — More proof…open source is better than proprietary.

AT&T Wireless promises all-IP real 3G. Nortel, Ericsson wins.

The RIAA's Hit List Named. www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa is default name for Kazaa Lite. Good luck with pinning that one on a specific person.

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Viva, Open Source Java Site Goes Live.

Sun Releases Generics EA 2.2 + Java 1.5 features.

Matt — MI-5/Spooks. We taped it and will be watching it when Vicki gets back.

Frank — More on phone configuration.

David — IntelliJ Aurora build #873 is available.

Matt — Container Managed Authentication enhancements in Tomcat 5.0.4.

Dominic — C# From a Java Developer's Perspective.

Chris — ‘You can swap out any time you like…’

Mark — Atom aggregator behavior (HTTP level).

Rafe — MyEclipse and Firebird bug fix release soon.

Scott — Wal-Mart.com launches online check acceptance.

Andy — How to increase your number of file handles on linux.

CuteFTP PC to Mac. Interesting move.

Fax-advertising firm slapped with suit. Fax.com.

Iomega's new 1.5GB micro-drive. Digital Capture Technology.

BuyMusic offers 300,000 songs to US PC users. Not as cheap as it looks.

Checkclipse, integrates the Checkstyle style checker v3.0 for Coding Guidelines into Eclipse.

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Jim — FoaF quickies.

Christoph — Cracking Windows Passwords faster.

Antitrust trouble brewing for Microsoft in Israel. Mac lock-out complaint.

Palm launches Tungsten T2. Hardly news.

Tom — Countdown!

PickAndPeek, a J2ME RSS Reader.

Mark — JBuilder Wallpaper…

Pierre — rpbourret.com – XML programming, writing, and research.

Mac-based Web log service offers free trial accounts. Sparkpod.

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I have to take Vicki to the airport in a few hours. She's leaving for her annual Genealogy Research trip to Salt Lake. Wardriving at the airport sounds like fun.

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Tech Tips: Generating Custom Taglets and Compiling Source Directly From a Program.

Wi-Fi Revenue Predicted to Fall. More users will go wireless, but the business remains risky, study suggests.

Bridge your DB to XML with Java, XML-DBMS. It's possible to store and retrieve XML documents in a relational database even if that database does not boast XML features.

Architecture Is Key to Optimization. Vendors jockey to deliver the means for developing J2EE app development performance processes.

Remote SWT, an implementation of the SWT API for thin-client network applications.

Jeff — Jakarta Common Net and try/catch/finally errors.

Simon — Avoiding the GridBag … reminds me of GridBagPanel.

Kevin — MIT refuses RIAA subpoena.

Hani — Stupid poetry.

Luis — Puzzler: Finally circular.

Abe — Python support in Eclipse getting better.

Mark — Aggregator HTTP tests.

Jason — Jelly – am I missing something.

Niel — Sanyo 8100 (Blue and Silver).

Cedric — Aspects on WebLogic.

Matt — When Java is dead.

Aaron — StopWatch MIDlet.

jMechanic 0.0.5, a Profiler Plugin for Eclipse.

Review: Palm's Tungsten T2.

Amazon Reduces Its Quarterly Loss. 37 percent jump in sales. Cut loss in half for the second quarter.

Frank — Mitch Kapor and the Nokia 3650.

Migrating CommuniGate Pro from Windows to Linux. We migrated a few months ago.

Intel Releases Compilers for Wireless Devices. C++ Compiler for Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ for its XScale processors.

Pierre — mod rewrite in java.

On July 23, 1984 — Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her had appeared in “Penthouse” magazine. She was the first to resign the title.

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Russ — Sun Vs. Palm Continued.

IBM giving SuSE Enterprise Linux away. Go on, give it a try.

Sun holds onto profit as revenue falls. More cash piled away.

Exploit XDoclet's Struts Capabilities. Use XDoclet to streamline Struts development and eliminate repetition in J2EE-based application development.

JSIS and Source Code Dependencies. JSIS provides a relatively easy API for building tools that can analyze, scrutinize, and operate on Java source code.

More Object Persistence Choice Factors. Object query mechanisms and transaction state management are discussed are critical factors in deciding on the right object persistence technology.

Daffodil DB version 2.2, a Java database with support for Unicode and PL/SQL.

3Gwhizz.com: Free Mobile Java Software, Games, Utilities, Ringtones and Video.

Sell Your Music on iTunes Music Store. CD Baby is now accepting music to be sold via digital distribution.

Moof — London #Mobitopia Meet: 12 August 2003.

Matt — Luke - Lucene Index Browser.

Dominic — C#Builder Personal download available.

Tobias — Testing FileUploads with Cactus.

Dan — Watch out. Here comes the next craze in Internet advertising.

Merrick — Does Java Need Value Objects?

Rusty — JDebugTool 3.0.

Cameron — Massively Clustered J2EE Apps.

Chris — interview with Bruce Eckel.

Brent — Bug in some RSS feeds.

Kenneth — Readers Report on Win2K SP4.

Jeremy — More Spam Tricks.

Barbecue, a Java barcode generator.

Unofficial Zaurus FAQ. A handy IPK version is also available.

jUDDI 0.8.0,a Java toolkit and registry implementation of UDDI.

JMap Port Scanner 0.3.1, a Java-based, threaded, network port scanner.

Palm to update handheld, cut prices. Palm is preparing to update its Tungsten T line of handhelds.

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Russ — I *Really* Want This Job.

I saw the wildest thing while finishing a cigar on my balcony around 3:30am.

Some car went thru the intersection, slowly rolling forward. Forcing incoming traffic to swerve to avoid a collision.

The car was abruptly stopped by the sidewalk ledge and finally stood still for a few seconds.

It then suddenly literally jumped over the sidewalk, seriously scrapping its undercarriage. Landing in the middle of the flower bed in front of the apartment complex across the street.

I was about to dial 911 when the driver backed up and sped away.

Drunk? Passed out? Weird for sure.

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Add concurrent processing with message-driven beans. Process a request concurrently in the J2EE framework.

Format Java-extracted data using DOM and XSL. Java can extract data from any JDBC-compliant database, convert that data into a DOM object, and then use XSL to format that data in the desired fashion.

JCSI Kerberos, Kerberos for Java.

LimSee2, a SMIL authoring tool, with support for SMIL 1.0 and SMIL 2.0.

Build SWT GUI applications in minutes. SWT GUI Builder.

Jim — Over the Air downloads - the future direction for mobile games? and Secrets and lies.

Matt — Jabber/Mono Crossover.

Fred— DCT joins EEBMC Java Benchmark Group-J2ME.

Werner — Undercover reports for J2EE application servers.

Geoff — Australians as they see themselves.

Dan — Why you should always use linked CSS files.

Simon — ZMatrix.

Neill — mailinator – email addrs without account creation.

Mike — One week with a Smartphone.

Pierre — EditPlugin 1.0 is available.

Iomega announces miniature 1.5GB removable storage technology.

BuyMusic Launches. Albums at $7.95 and $0.70 for individual songs.

Picking the best 17-inch LCD. X-bit Laboratories roundup of thirteen 17-inch LCD monitors to the test.

OptimalJ proves its case. Faster, better coding.

Movie Studios Launch Anti-Piracy Ad Campaign. It's wrong to download movies…

On July 22, 2003 — Astronomers at the University of Arizona announced that they had found a 17th moon orbiting Jupiter.

[@287] Erik's Pulse has been published. Ewan — Same Game Launched. Congrats! Garth— How To Keep Your Job. FindBugs 0.6.1, a Java-bug finder. ReplayTV caves in. Stripping out all of the commercial-skipping and show-sharing features that were pissing off the entertainment industry. SCO Copyright Claims Questioned. The Free Software Foundation hit back. Michael Jackson Slams The Idea Of Putting File Traders In Jail. MJ is against the ACCOPS Act. [@981] Macromedia renews J2EE license. Renews J2EE License Agreement for JRun. Russ — Out To Lunch. Matt — Blosxom 2.0 Released. Rod — How to access funky characters on your Zaurus. Matt — Which new laptop would you buy? I left a comment. Rusty — Version 4.0.2 of ICEMail… Erb — Java 1.5: The end of Java? Niel — J2ME Development With Eclipse and Antenna (HOWTO). Fossil/Palm PDA Watch Reviewed. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal. Review: Small Hornet PC Stacks Up Well. Samsung debuts ‘world's fastest’ PDA CPU. Beats XScale by 133MHz Real Basic to target Linux. Compilation support coming but no IDE for now. Dominic — Eric Giguere and J2MEDeveloper.com. [@938] I just got a call from Moreover.com. They will be shutting this page down.

Apparently the free feed ride is over. I've always wondered how they made any money considering that so many of their services were free.

[@685] Apple: Pods Unite. Rusty — JXV 0.4. James — more OS X stuff: VoodooPad. Mike — In Search of Stupidity. Mark — Open Source and Quality Assurance. IBM Adds ‘Traffic Cop’ Feature to WebSphere. Automatically monitors application workloads and routes traffic from one server to another. Dominic — TuxMobil: Linux on mobile computers. Bruce — Interview and Weak Typing. Hani — JSR 168, the sucky bits. [@583] Matt — Typical Sunday Roundup. Access Denied: RIAA, MPAA Blocked From Techfocus. Python and the Tipping Point. A Conversation with Bruce Eckel, Part IV. Matt — RSS Creator and New Samsung Mobile Chip. Glenn — Woz Tracks You—Slowly. Charles — The Fifteen Minute Test. Norm — IE Rules. Christoph — Eclipse 3.0 M2 – New and Noteworthy. Pat — OpenSymphony gaining momentum. Jean-Yves — Server-Side Java with the Struts Framework on Mac OS X. Yamaha's MusicCast wireless digital audio system. I just saw them in the latest Good Guys catalog. Lycos Offers “Second Opinion” Search Results. New utility displays Lycos search results next to results from Google, Yahoo, etc. Fossil Wrist PDA delayed to 30 Sept. Embarrassing. On July 21, 2002 — WorldCom Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At the time it was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

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David — OSCache 2.0.0 (beta 1) available.

Fred — Confusion over J2ME on ARM and PocketPC.

JRefactory 2.7.06, my favorite Java code refactoring tool.

SCO readies new Linux licensing program. InfoWorld speculates…

“Bad Boys’ take custody of box office. $46.7 million.

Ewan — OPL Over The Air.

Bruce — The Ideal Programmer.

Hani — J2EE deployment woes and Week in review.

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Morphon XML-Editor and Morphon CSS-Editor. Both now offered under a free license.

SQL Entity EJB Wrapper to Simplify EJB Development. This article shares a design pattern that generalizes the use of entity EJBs to simplify EJB development.

Carlos — Will Software Patents Destroy The U.S. Software Industry? and Why Can't Locking Be Abstracted Away?

Petri — Both mobile network sales and courage are down.

Cartsen — The best persistence framework?

Rusty — Sun's posted the second proposed final draft J2ME Web Services Specification.

Scott — JUnit ClassLoader proposed fix.

Luke — RSS moves a step.

Jason — RSSLibJ Taglib Update.

Mark — Beggegator 0.14.

Zulfikar — Alternative Names for Open Source Java Projects.

Matt — John Robb Is Back.

Bill — Satellite and Tivo?

Joi — Software and music piracy linked to terrorism.

Mitch — Nokia 3650 Phone and ATT Wireless, or Why do I Feel Like Such a Dummy?

Rafe — New Eclipse features.

JTopas 0.7, Java tokenizer and parser tools.

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We went to see Bad Boys II this afternoon. What a ride! Not much of a storyline, but lots of laughs and some kicking action scenes.

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A Taste of Perl 6. Perl 6 has more power, less syntax, and the same great Perl Flavor.

Matt — Code Reading.

Streamline Data Delivery in Java. Retrieve data without resorting to resource-intensive database polling.

Carlos — Have EJB Vendors Just Discovered O/R Mapping?

Dominic — Gizmodo: possible blogging business model.

Daniel — All Mathematicians: forget prime numbers…

Mark — Scale the Requests Down.

Vanessa — Javapedia – Individuals.

Bill — How to deal with 15,000 messages a day at the White House: Bayesian Filters.

Sam — Atom Mailing List.

Charles — On Specs and Brown M&Ms.

Julian — Free eBooks from Microsoft — at What Price?.

Music firms subpoena IDs in Web downloads. At least 871 are obtained in plan to file civil suits.

On July 19, 2003 — People collectively decided to stop buying Music CDs and stick it to the RIAA.

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Sony Confirms the US Release of Two UX Clies. The UX40 and UX50, available in September.

Simon — Core J2EE Patterns, 2nd edition (Prentice Hall).

Rod — LGPL and Java: More confused than ever.

Chuq — Dear Dave (again….) and The spam wars escalate.

Andy — RSS 2.0 goes to Harvard.

Kevin — RSS goings-on.

Brent — RSS Spec Moves to Berkman, Advisory Board Formed and More questions answered.

The French have a word for it: ‘E-mail’ is now ‘courriel’.

Matt — Preorder Your N-Gage and Python 2.3c1: Release Candidate.

Fred — MicroJava.com Name Change.

Greg — A Free J2EE 1.3 Compliant Server.

Neema — Nice tool for finding cheap flights.

Cameron — Filters: Static AOP for Servlets.

Garth — It's 0530. What does the 0 stand for?

An interesting interview with Jeffrey Zeldman. AppleMatters has an interesting interview…

InstallShield sues competitor Wise Solutions for electronic espionage.

SMART ID's WiFi detector. Kensington is not alone.

No more Computer for Dell. An Inc. will do.

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Jean-Yves — Good news about RSS2.0.

New Clie UX50 uses a sony-designed ARM-based chip. Sony handheld, Sony chip.

Carsten — Public Review of Portlet Spec.

Rusty — DTDDoc 0.0.9.

Matt — Backup your Powerbook on your iPod.

Dominic J2ME Ant Tasks by Stampysoft and Ant, Antenna and Eclipse for J2ME development.

Dion — OSCON Java sessions are now available for download.

Derek — Core J2EE Pattern Defeated – JMS ServiceLocator.

Andy — Unemployed? Want $4000 worth of training for $150?

Aaron — Java Collection Types & ColdFusion.

Joe — Design by contract: testing implementations of interfaces.

Jeremy — Man Beats Donkey.

Beta testers sought for next version of QuickBooks. Intuit is recruiting Macintosh beta testers.

Todd — PowerToys for Windows XP.

RCA's new gadgets. MP3 players with SD card, a wireless digital audio system, a DVD player with a 7-inch screen, and a slot-loading progressive scan DVD player.

101 reasons not to get a Tablet PC. “It can't get wet.”

NYT: PeopleSoft Completes Deal for J.D. Edwards.

Bush's e-mail faces DOS attack. New site crippled.

jLo, yet another logging framework.

Bertrand — jfor 0.7.2rc1.

Charles — T2: The Director's Cut.

On July 18, 1936 — The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company's factory in Chicago, IL.