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windowsMicrosoft Internally Corrects XP SP1 Slowdown.

pcThe Dell Printers Are Here! A940, P1500, S2500 and S2500n.

javaIntegrated Testing Builds In Quality. Achieve more reliable applications through methodologies, modeling, and new techniques for finding and analyzing errors.

javaTurn a JTable into a Spreadsheet. Take advantage of Swing's JTable component and its ready-to-use GUIs to display and manage spreadsheet data

javaA Ticket to Success. Represent theater seats in a Java class to read and print tickets as well as display the results on screen

java blogMatt — Code idiom: using logical ^ to change your mind.

mobileCellphone with foldaway keyboard. Prototype cellphone from ATELAB.

technologyIBM to produce Nvidia chips. Nvidia has signed a pact with IBM to help it avoid putting all of its graphics chips in one basket.

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javaJava Web Services Developer Pack 1.1 Now Available.

java blogAndre — Javaworld does WebWork.

newsFBI's Crime Database No Longer Needs To Be Accurate.

moblogRuss — Download Borland C++ Mobile Edition from Nokia Forum.

macReview compares Camino and Safari.

technologyGartner: IT outsourcing will disappoint. Half of IT outsourcing projects will be considered unsuccessful in 2003 as they have not delivered the expected value.

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java blogDidier — ClassLoader Viewer.

linuxRed Hat's fourth-quarter results. Breaking even.

windowsNew IIS exploit could be one of many.

newsJob losses since 9/11 top 2.5 million. Hardest hit were the transportation and aerospace industries.

javaJSR 211 Submitted: Content Handler API for J2ME.

javaSWT presentation from Web Services Edge Available.

java blogDominic — Tomcat 5 and Filters and GZIP enabling Axis.

blogMark — when book covers go bad.

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javaJBoss To Share Profits With Developers. JBoss has started distributing compensation in the form of profit-sharing and options to developers that worked on the application server.

javaACM Java Challenge Revealed.

moblogJim — Presence - Bluetooth's killer app?

java blogAlan — I have eclipse'd my java development.

java blogDavid — blojsom 1.6.1 available.

java blogMatt — DBUnit and CLEAN_INSERT.

java blogDominic — Object Computing Inc - Java News Briefs.

java blogJason — Getting public PGP keys in Java….

java blogMarkus — SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio to be based on Eclipse.

blogMatt — Red Hat 9 (Shrike) Preview.

technologyMicrosoft's Exit from W3C Group Stirs Dissent.

pcAMD claims Intel 845G/GL chipsets cause system crashes.

netWSJ Online Launches Afternoon Report Blog.

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javanntp//rss 0.3. Blogger, LiveJournal and MetaWeblog APIs now supported.

javaThe first taste of Liberty. Sign on once, log in everywhere.

moblogRuss — Intelliphones WAY Outsell PDAs in Europe.

blogCharles — Paying for Software.

javaJava Serialization to XML 2 0.7.0, convert Java objects into streams of XML and back again.

Adult“Yeah, Sure” Department. t.A.T.u.

blogJim — BlogShares - comedy blog pricing time.

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linuxAdmin Digest: Stopping Spam with Linux.

java blogMatt — Display Tag Library 0.8.5 Released!

blogMatt — Bluetooth Under Linux.

java blogNiel — personalblog.sourceforge.net.

macHappy Birthday, OS X!! Mac 0S X 10.0 was released 2 years ago.

pcInventor of the portable computer dies. Adam Osborne.

booksMurach's Java Servlets and JSP, by Andrea Steelman and Joel Murach.

meYesterday I moved everything on my blog' server from Java 1.3.1_07 to 1.4.1_02. So far, so good.

blogHaiko — God kills Kittens.

javaOpenArena, a development environment for autonomous software agents.

mobileAlcatel GPRS Wireless Mobile. One Touch OT531.

blogSteve — This will cheer you up, chap.

maciSMS 2.03.

javaJava Scheduling API, quickly develop scheduler system.

javaMorphious, a Runtime Modular Java Server.

netOnline shopping hits a speed bump. Online shopping came to a virtual standstill the week ending March 16.

On March 25, 1957 — The European Economic Community was established with the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

Last Quarter Moon

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java blogMartin — The UK Loves SMS.

netSpamAssassin 2.52, a mail filter to identify spam using text analysis.

technologySun Attacks Microsoft XML Strategy Shift. Sun fired its first salvo at Microsoft's upcoming Office 2003 by calling into question the aim of Redmond's overall XML strategy…

moblogRuss — Nokia To Produce WiFi Phones.

blogKasia— Pay for platform development.

javabind4j, a simple databind API for Java with auto type convertion.

technologyWhy should software be free? Some things are priceless. So is Free Software.

musicMadonna Taps Fans For MP3 Release. $1.49 per song.

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blogJeremy — NetFlix + Porn = PrivateAtHome.com.

javaEclipse XDoclet Plugin. Supports development of XDoclet-annotated Java code by providing resource change tracking, incremental building, etc.

macTop Apple employees take home bonuses. Apple has awarded more than 200 of its top workers a bonus, despite the fact that the company fell short of targets it had established for such payments.

netAlleged victims of net scheme share $20M. “One of the biggest pyramid schemes we've seen…”

blogMatt — Adobe Prefers PCs?

blogBill — Standards versus Standards.

java blogPhillip — PHP5.

java blogDamien — JBoss, JMS and WebSphere MQ.

java blogGlen — Inside an Idea Plugin (Part 4).

mobilePDAs Enlisted in War on Terror. The US Department of Health and Human Services is testing a system that uses personal digital assistants to send biological warfare information to health-care workers.

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MobitopiamoblogRuss — The Revolution Will Have T-Shirts!

linuxRed Hat 9 To Be Released March 31.

blogMatt — Linux on Centrino.

netAmazon makes bid for Web-ad patent.

pdaHP's new Bluetooth Pocket PC. iPAQ h2200.

macApple WWDC delay prompts PPC 970 speculation.

gadgetsSony's New Humanoid Robot SDR-4X II.

netMicrosoft Limits Hotmail To Stop Spam. Microsoft has announced that Hotmail will now limit the number of emails you can send out to 100 per day.

pcNEC Rolls Out 19-inch LCD With IT Features. NEC MultiSync LCD1980SX can be connected to control centers using cables as long as 100 meters (326 feet) without degrading the signal.

macApple releases Security Update 2002-03-24.

netIntel invests $7.2 million in Jabber. Intel Capital joins France Telecom and Webb Interactive Services as Jabber's main financial benefactors

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developmentDiagnose SQL Server performance problems with SQL Profiler.

javaGridbus, a JXTA-based grid computing tool. Service-Oriented Grid Computing.

javaXephyrus, a File Upload Tag Library.

javaAnteater, a testing framework designed around Ant.

javaSmartPool, a connection pooling component that is modeled on connection pooling features provided by application servers.

javaStringRT class. StringBuffer should had never existed!

javaJ2EE BookStore Sample Application Announced.

moblogRuss — Wondering What Version of WAP is Which? and Mobitopia Sponsorship to be Auctioned on eBay.

moblogDiego — everything but the kitchen sink. The Archos Jukebox Multimedia.

moblogJim — Push-To-Talk, will it make the big step to the global stage?

macSync Mac to PocketPC. PocketMac.

java blogAnthony — JPublish 2.0b3 Released.

java blogDavid — blojsom 1.6 released and IntelliJ IDEA (Aurora) #807 is available.

blogMatt — New Hibernate Versions (1.2.4 and 2.0 beta 4).

java blogWerner — JBoss 3.2.0 RC4 is available.

blogScott — Free C++ testing tools.

blogKarl — Some development links of interest.

java blogDanny — Using JUnit.

java blogGiulio — What RSSLibJ cannot do (yet?)

java blogMatt — Java on Tablet PCs.

javaTapestry 2.4-alpha-5, a Java component object model for developing highly interactive Web applications.

pcZDNet reviews the first SmartDisplay. Airpanel V110 from ViewSonic.

macApple Terminates Safari Seed Program. “This morning Safari beta v67 was leaked to the Internet…”

mobileIntel announces three new XScale processors. PXA263, PXA260 and PXA255.

On March 24, 1999 — NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Vojvodina). The attacks marked the first time in its 50-year history that NATO attacked a sovereign country. The bombings were in response to Serbia's refusal to sign a peace treaty with ethnic Albanians who were seeking independence for the province of Kosovo.

Printemps

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mobileMove over T68, the Sony Ericsson T610 is here!

java blogDavid — Trackbacks enabled for blojsom 1.6.

blogJeremy — The Facts… Sort of.

netGirl Scouts: Just Say No to E-Commerce.

pcTablet PC roundup. Lengthy PC World survey of the field of Tablet PCs.

netFirst Non-American to Head ICANN. Australian Paul Twomey.

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moblogRuss — Temptation Strikes: M$ Offers to Send Me to Mobius.

javaApache Tomcat 4.1.24 Stable Released.

blogJoi — Technorati Current Events.

java blogCedric — EJBGen 2.12 released.

macApple launches new student Web site.

netTrio accused of porn scam. Bilking thousands of consumers out of $230 million US in an Internet pornography scheme.

javaJakarta Commons HTTP Client 2.0 Alpha 3, an intermediate alpha release.

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java blogChris — Fun with classloaders.

java blogJoey — What I Don't Like About the Java Plugin.

java blogCedric — SWT and consistent look and feel.

macO'Reilly: Learning the Terminal in Jaguar, Part 3.

macO'Reilly publishes “Mac OS X Hacks”.

mobileiGo Pitches Bluetooth projector.

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java blogDominic — Compressing web content with Servlets and Filters. Tomcat 4.1 has a Filter (in the examples directory) that does just that.

blogSimon — Refactoring : Improving the design of existing code.

java blogCedric — JBoss and Open Source.

java blogCostin — A nice howto for apache2+jk2.

javaQuartz 1.0.7, an enterprise-class job scheduler for integration with stand-alone java applications and full-blown J2EE applications.

javaPMD 1.0.4, a Java source code analyzer.

netScam casts doubt on eBay's anti-fraud software. “The red flags in this case were all over the place.”

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javaSun's J2SE Client Developer Survey.

java blogMatt — DBUnit has released version 1.5.

blogChris — Yahoo's redirect domain.

macOops…new WWDC date conflicts with MacHack.

mobileAT&T Wireless to offer Smartphones. AT&T Wireless will be the first carrier to make them available in the US.

netSome Sites Temporarily Suspend Ads. Some websites have decided that it's not appropriate to be showing ads as the war gets underway.

java blogWerner — Profiling tools.

java blogDominic — JBoss, Tomcat, Apache setup guides.

java blogBen — Base64 encoders / decoders.

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java blogDave — Denial-Of-Service holes in JDK 1.4.1_01.

java blogFred — Jack Shirazi's JavaPerformanceTunning Site.

blogBen — iTunes agogo.

newsIt's official: SONICblue files for Chapter 11.

booksBook Review: C++ Templates: The Complete Guide.

pdaPocket PC Display Option for the WSI InFlight Cockpit Weather System Now Available.

javaminiLogger, a very small (4 classes and a 10KB jar) and easy to use logger.

blogIan — Syndic8 Offering RSS Chapter Previews.

macWebObjects 5.2.1 update posted.

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moblogRuss — FUDility: Microsoft Goes Hardcore About Mobile Services.

java blogFred — Open Letter ot Sun Concering J2ee 1.4 Compliance Tetsing.

java blogSteven — Open Source uptake in Belgium.

booksBook Review: Red Hat Linux 8 Bible.

dateWWDC moved to June 23-27 to show “Panther”.

multimediaHow to capture, clean, and compress video. Part one of Ars Technica's guide to capturing, cleaning, and compressing video.

pc1-inch 1.5GB hard drive. Tiny new 1-inch 1.5 GB hard drive from Cornice that costs about half as much as Hitachi's 1GB Microdrive.

mobileAT&T Wireless, Cingular roam in harmony. Roaming rates described only as “low”.

netDealtime Agrees to Buy Epinions. Dealtime, a Web site for comparing prices, has agreed to buy Epinions, a site that lets users write and read product reviews.

netHackers claim NSA breach. Hackers claim to have compromised a computer at the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade, Maryland.

netLookSmart searches for volunteer PCs. LookSmart is hoping to spin a small acquisition into a big project that will use distributed computing to improve its Web search results.

blogLaszlo — 24-hour Programming Contest.

java blogLance — Using Custom Taskdefs.

On March 21, 1980 — U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.

Time's Up!

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gadgetsNew Casio Wrist Computer Made For Walking. The STR-400J-1JF Wrist Computer measures the consumption of calories, the walking distance, the number of steps.

javaOpen Source vs, Commercial J2EE Containers. Marc Fluery (JBoss), Simon Phipps (Sun) and Tyler Jewel (BEA).

java blogMatthew — What Is The Root Problem Between Sun and JBoss?

blogMatt — One Reason Not to Develop for .NET Compact Framework.

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netSpamAssassin 2.51, a mail filter which attempts to identify spam using text analysis.

netIllegal Internet Gambling Thriving. More than $2 billion will be illegally wagered by Americans through offshore Internet gambling sites this year.

java blogRobert — Jalopy and Java source formatting.

developmentSpace-Based Programming heralds a new way of building distributed applications.

javaWhat's up with Mac OS X Java and QuickTime?

developmentAn XML Hero Reconsiders?

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java blogMatt — J2EE 1.4 Installs just fine on OS X.

java blogCarlos — AspectJ Patents Clarified.

java blogMatt — Airport Extreme to Support Final 802.11g Standard.

javaPMD 0.5, a Java source code analyzer.

javaBS4j Alpha Release 0.9.0, a Build System for Java.

javaRSS Viewer 1.2.0, a Java-based ticker application.

javaJVerify 1.1, a system binary verifier.

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developmentTutorial: Create multi-purpose Web content with XSLT.

developmentTutorial: XHTML applications go mobile.

javaA JSTL primer: Getting down to the core.

javaGetting started with JML. Java Modeling Language

javaRoll your own distributed management solution. The Java-based Distributed Services Management offers a lightweight alternative to EJB technology.

mobileRoaming charges: Wireless trendspotting 2003. Seven trends that'll rock your wireless world.

mobileGates Urges Developers to Write Pocket PC Apps. Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.

javaSun ‘Calls JBoss bluff’ on J2EE compliance. Sun reaches out to JBoss.

technologyCisco acquires Linksys for $500M. Wow.

mobileInformal Catalog of Mobile Phone Performances, Installations, Artworks.

mobileMasterCard and MapInfo Offer First Wireless ATM Locator Service.

java blogMatt— Clustering Tomcat 4.

java blogDominic — JBoss, Tomcat, Apache setup guides.

java blogAndres — Eclipse RC3 is out.

moblogJose— Kasparov en tu telefono movil.

java blogChiara — WebWork rejected!!. by my company..

blogMatthew — Anniversary book.

blogSimon — Python UK Conference 2003.

blogMorgan — Codehaus.

pdaFirst look at Toshiab's e750.

pdaThe ViewSonic V37.

humorApple Responds To Bush Recount Demand. Bush Demands Recount In Gore's Board Election.

javaLinux takes backseat in new Motorola phone. Linux takes a “backseat” to Java and functions as “a vehicle to deliver Java, the enabler of the applications on the phone.”

newsF.D.A. Requires Bar Codes on Drugs. Bar codes will soon be required on every medication given to patients to make sure they get the correct dose of the right drug.

pda.NET PDA From Olivetti. daVinci DV@ Colour PDA,

netYahoo seals Inktomi deal. The portal giant completes its purchase of Web search technology company Inktomi.

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blogHaiko — News Roundup.

mobileNokia 7650 video recorder arrives.

wirelessTop 40 Wireless terms defined.

blogSteve — Apple called.

macDvorak: Apple will go Intel in 12-18 months.

meI've created Red Hat 8 packages for imap-2001a-15 with DRAC support. Colin Bloch has included them with his installation instructions.

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developmentUnderstanding LDAP (part 2).

javaFreeTTS, a speech synthesis system written entirely in Java.

moblogRuss — Technical Leapfrogging: American Wireless.

blogMark — The road to XHTML 2.0.

blogMatthew — iPod firmware update.

java blogSteven — The raise of open source subsurbs.

blogDanny — Threat-Advisory.

java blogGlen — Using antlr.

javaJava Serialization to XML 1.0.7.4, a system that automatically creates an XML file format.

mobileNew Palm smartphone from GroupSense.

pcLindows CEO attacks Intel's Centrino Linux lockout. What air supplies did next?

On March 20, 1896 — U.S. Marines landed in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens in the wake of a revolution.

Antenna

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javaJMP 0.28, a runtime profiler of the JVM, with object and method statistics.

java blogDavid — Long live WROX.

java blogSimon — TagUnit 0.9 almost ready.

java blogGeoff — Re: JUnit Improvements.

moblogMatt — Montavista Powers the Motorola A760.

java blogKevin — NewsMonster Beta 1.2.

blogPhillip — Goto statement considered useful.

java blogDanny — JADE release 3.

windowsStar Office 6.1 Beta 1 Released.

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booksNew O'Reilly Java Books.

moblogRuss — Samsung GPRS Watch: Yeah, Baby!

blogJoey — Developing .NET Compact Framework Applications.

blogKeith — Programming quickies.

macFormer US Vice President Al Gore joins Apple's board.

blogPatrick — C# FAQ.

newsOver 500,000 US tech jobs lost in 2 years.

musicTexas Congressman Wants To Throw File Trading College Students In Jail. Add Texas Rep. John Carter to the list of politicians who just don't get it.

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booksReview: Linux Server Hacks.

javaNew Sun tools to simplify Java. Sun ONE Web Services Platform.

javaMcNealy: .Net is a joke.

net10 years ago — who knew…

java blogKen — IDEA plugin ToStringPlugin rocks.

java blogYannick — jgBlogger minor update.

java blogCedric — Java and C++.

java blogCrowbar — Laughable Java 1.4 System Requirements.

blogChris — How do I prevent my employer from claiming rights to open source work I do?

pcLCDs to outsell CRT monitors in 2003.

newsInsiders Made A Bundle On Secondary Stock Issues.

linuxProgrammers find Linux vulnerability. The vulnerability affects both the 2.2 and 2.4 series of Linux kernels.

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musicEric Clapton Rocks Daughter's School Concert.

java blogEric — Sun's Lack of @since Tags Makes Me See Color.RED.

moblogMatthew — Loox update.

macThe .mac Keychain Access ‘not a bug’ bug.

pdaHead-mounted Pocket PC display launched. Interactive Imaging Systems’ Second Sight.

pdaWatchmaker Jot's One Down for Wrist PDA. Fossil will bundle CIC's JotComplete with every unit of its new Wrist PDA.

mobileRogue message batters Euro cell phones. A short text message is spelling death for cell phones in Europe.

developmentAmazon UK opens e-commerce engine to web developers.

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javaInterview With IBM's Middleware Chief. IBM Ups the Enterprise Ante.

javaRun Perl Script in Tomcat.Think it's difficult to run a Perl script in Tomcat? Think again.

javaEdit XML Content Visually. Use this free tool to simplify content management throughout the enterprise.

javaJProfiler 2.2 released.

moblogTom — US press don't get mobile.

java blogAndrej — Application Server Matrix.

java blogRickard — Patent silliness.

java blogSImon — Java Extreme Programming Cookbook.

java blogCharles— JSR-666: extended operator set.

blogJanne — The Kevin Bacon game.

javaEJBCA 2.0, J2EE Certificate Authority.

macOS X 10.2.4 bug exposes. Mac passwords.

mobileNew palmtop from Sony. Sony Vaio PCG-U101 runs Windows XP, has a 7.1-inch screen.

mobileThe 411 on 411 for cellphones. After years of hesitation, cellular providers are getting close to making wireless numbers available to 411 callers.

meIf you're doing J2ME development with Ant, you oughta check Antenna. I can't see myself building MIDlets or PRCs without it.

On March 19, 1918 — The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time.

Full Moon

5 min read

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java blogJoe — Why don't they just kill Vector and get it over with…

java blogFrançois — MMS arnaque?

javaJAsteroids3D 1.1.2, a 3D version of the classic Asteroids arcade game written in Java.

macThe original iMac is dead. After five years, it looks Apple has finally killed off the original iMac.

newsIT Unemployment Hits Record High. Unemployment among IT workers reached 5.23% last year.

tvDirecTV Unit Seeks Bankruptcy-Court Protection.

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javaTech Tips: Discovering the calling method name.

technologyMySQL 4 Declared Production-Ready.

blogComing Wave of IT Outsourcing. Millions of US High Tech jobs may be moving overseas in the next decade due to IT Outsourcing.

java blogFred — J2ME Code Obfuscators.

mobileTransmeta Astro.

java blogMichael — Bad smells in code.

java blogKeith — programming guidelines from Bruce Eckel.

java blogCrowbar— Java Too Hard For Java Programmers.

blogJava SOS 3.30, a Java Servlets office suite.

javaSourceJammer 2.0.2, a platform-independent, 100% Java, server-based, SOAP-enabled source code control and versioning system.

windowsNewzCrawler v1.4.1 build 1415, now supports Mozilla.

netU.S. Army Web servers hacked. Be all you can be ;-)

mobileTreo adds Cingular GPRS. Treo 270.

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java6 Tips for High-Performance Java Apps.

java blogBlog — heapprofile for OS X.

blogPete — Editing Text Files Developers and system administ…

java blogMats — My web.xml file is finally empty!

javaTJDO, TriActive JDO, an open source implementation of Sun's Java Data Objects (JDO) specification.

mobileAccuWeather to go wireless.

mobileLightSurf and Motorola Expand MMS Value Added Services Across Europe.

netHow Google Grows… and Grows… and Grows.

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moblogErik — Wireless Zaurus.

blogJoe — XML too hard for programmers?

moblogNeema — Eco-Friendly Mobile Phone.

mobileWe're jamming. Electromagnetic jammer.

javaPARC Cedes AspectJ Technology to Eclipse. The Eclipse Project adds AspectJ, a Java language to work around crosscutting code issues, to its repertoire.

mobileIntercepting text messages. Until recently the police couldn't intercept digital photos sent from a cameraphone or text messages.

linuxkernel-2.4.18-27 for Red Hat 8.x.

javaWho is Godot in the Java world?

moblogMatthew — Loox here!

mobileFirst International Moblogging Conference.

java blogEric — Three Warning Signs Your Build May Be Too Complex.

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javaJava Tip: Protect Web application control flow.

javaWhat is the difference between Class.forName() and ClassLoader.loadClass()?

mobileSony Ericsson P800 reviewed by c|net.

java blogBernard — Orion Server 2.0 is now available for public download.

java blogJason — ResultSet to XML.

java blogRobert — Load testing Java applications.

blogMark — Mark Pilgrim on XHTML Basic.

blogMatthew — Google Searching With Vi Commands.

java blogMatt — Skipping and Seeking; strange Java API discrepancy of the day.

macOur First Lines of Code.

wirelessWiFi HiFi. Philips' Streamium MC-i250.

mobileMitsubishi cellphone adds voice over WiFi to the mix.

musicRIAA Sends Piracy Complaints To 300 Firms.

javaAllJ, a Java IDE.

moblogRuss — Is MMS a Scam?

moblogJim — Beer, WiFi, Bluetooth.

blogPaul — The IT Job Market.

java blogJames — maven.apache.org: maven going top level.

blogCarlos — Taxonomy of Software Connectors.

moblogCrowbar — Centrino - No Not The Subatomic Particle….

pdaTexas Instruments shows tri-mode wireless PDA.

On March 18, 1891 — Britain became linked to the continent of Europe by telephone.

St. Patrick's Day

4 min read

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pdaSharp Ships Zaurus SL-5600.

blogFrank — Erik Barzeski wrote out a list of things that OSX does better than XP.

mobileKuwait to use text messages to alert populace to war.

AdultItalians have quickest sex in Europe (14 mins). British score highest in sex league.

macApple updates X11 public beta.

windowsMicrosoft Patches ‘Critical’ Windows 2000 Flaw. Microsoft IIS 5.0 running on Microsoft Windows 2000.

technologyGood news for software in 2003. Global software spending is expected to hit $76.1 billion in 2003.

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javaSun Brewing Simpler Java. Developing enhancements to the Java language that provide a more Visual Basic-like experience.

javaOmnicore releases Java IDE CodeGuide 6.0.

java blogMatt — What to do with my Chapters?

java blogGraeme — .Net, What are the benefits? If any..

java blogDidier — HttpUnit et Cactus.

java blogCameron — Java thread scheduling.

blogBill — Shortcut keys in IE.

blogCarlos — Purchased my Zaurus for $178.03! Welcome to the club! ;-) 

java blogCedric — JUnit wish list.

developmentThe commoditization of software. The economic effects of free software.

javaJNIDirect 1.0, a library that supports JDirect-compatible native methods and method closures.

macAladdin offers Mac developers MakeBundle for free.

javaJ2EE and beyond. Impressions from the “No Fluff, Just Stuff” Java Symposium.

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javaTechnologies Announces Tortuga Ozibug 1.4.0, a Servlet-based bug tracking system.

javaInterview with James Gosling.

java blogAndres — Mozilla 1.3 and Java.

java blogNanik — Planning to write a book.

java blogRickard — Memory leak tool.

mobileSony Music debuts on AT&T mMode. Ring tones, graphics and breaking news about Sony artists.

mobilemovianVPN for the P800. Certicom and Sony Ericsson.

meI just ordered a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 PDA using the coupon listed on the More Stuff 4 Less Bargain Blog. $178.03 including s/h. Should be here within 10 days.

java blogDong — Java OLAP server.

java blogSimon — Struts Action Scripting.

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javaIBM releases tutorials on Jetspeed, Advanced portlet technology.

mobileCeBIT Gallery: Siemens. M55, Bluetooth headset, Xelibri ‘Weapon’, Concept design.

javaJRockit 8.0 vs. Sun HotSpot VM Performance.

blogBob — A barebones guide to installing Oracle 9i server on OS X.

java blogJason — Open source Java - what does that mean?

java blogRafe — Perl and Java.

java blogTed — Effective Enterprise Java (Architecture): Understand componentry, Recognize ClassLoader boundaries and Understand Java Object Serialization.

mobileStopping cellphone theft. Central database listing every handset's unique identifying number starting the UK.

pdaPocket PC camera roundup. Digital camera attachments for Pocket PCs.

linuxLinux Cube. Apple G4 Cube that's been “modified” to run Linux.

mobileMotorola's A920 cellphone. Motorola's new 3G cellphone, the keypad-less A920.

mobileMotorola, Mercedes-Benz interface on phones. Motorola will provide a universal interface for mobile phone use in cars.

mobileNew Sharp SH2101V Phone or PDA? Uses the Sharp Zaurus software.

mobileSymbian and Microsoft sign RIM deals.

On March 17, 1756 — St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.