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Sun's JSP Code Conventions.

The 10 Habits of Highly Annoying Bloggers: The Survey.

Matthew — Sourceforge.net Performance - Why I Hate SF.net.

Fred — Using CVS in Eclipse and Mobile Device IDEs. Fred's CodeWarrior Wireless Studio 7 link doesn't seem to work, try this one instead.

WinCvs 1.3b12 released.

Cameron — New toys.

Rogers — Andras Konya's e-mail to C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrop.

Russ — Forget Mobile Instant Messaging as a Business Plan and Learning From Example: Gameboy games and Palm apps.

Kenneth — JavaScript MD4, MD5 and SHA-1 Hash.

Aqua Data Studio v 2.0, a SQL editor and developer tool.

Execute Query, an OS independent database utility written entirely in Java.

SQLBean Maker for MySQL.

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jEdit 4.1pre11 is now available.

Use this Java framework for finite state machines. The Dispatcher class API.

JanosVM v1.0 released.

Jumbo, a staged Java compiler.

NetX 0.5, Open-Source Web Start App Launcher.

Mats — How to do C++ friends in Java.

Dominic — Friday booklist.

Greg — Nice Reporting Tool.

Kasia — From the "who cares" department.

Kurt — A good JSTL Primer.

Matt — Teaser: rss2wml.

Russ — New Color Alcatel Mobile Phones - Beautiful! and Mighty Phone: FusionOne's SyncML Service for Mobile Phones.

Ted — drools?

Carlos — "Open Source in a Box" gets $11m in Funding.

Matt  — An Ant compiler adapter for the JSR 14 (Generics) early access compiler.

What I really want to know is whether Microsoft also acquired the Virtual Game Station from Connectix? It would make a nice addition to the next Xbox, wouldn't it?

On February 22, 1989 — Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist. It was admitted later that they were not the vocalists on the album.

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Apache Ant 1.5.2 beta 1 now available.

XML tutorial: The XML Revolution.  Introduction and overview of XML, Namespaces, XInclude, XML Base, XLink, XPointer, XPath, DTD, XML Schema, DSD, XSLT, XQuery, DOM, SAX, and JDOM.

10 Techno-Cool Cars. Spectrum picks the 10 most technically sophisticated cars for 2003.

Dominic — SOFIA and .PET.

Jeremy — The 10 Habits of Highly Annoying Bloggers. Bloggers who insist on creating pointless top ten listings.

Joey — My Blosxom 2.0 Google Plugin.

Matt — Test your Java Knowledge.

Russ — 3GSM Redux: Fierce Wireless Deal Watch.

Chuq — update on a backpack for my G4…

Ted — Stu: Quit whining.

Carlos — Thoughts about IBM and Rational.

Janne — New version of JSPWiki.

Call Hierarchy v0.3.0, a call hierarchy view plugin for the Eclipse JDT.

Cool gadget, dumb idea. The Segway human transporter…

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ASF Jakarta Taglibs String Taglib 1.0.1 released.

Jaagle. New Java Repository.

Roman — IDEA 3.0.2 is out.

Carlos — Test Driven Development with Eclipse.

Carlos — Test Driven Development with Eclipse.

Jeff — The history of SWT and Swing ( must read!)

Ken — IBM Closes Acquisition of Rational.

Rob — Is shareware dead?

Top 40 Wireless terms defined.

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Java on the Pocket PC? Handheld maker HTC is adding IBM middleware to some of its devices.

Henri — Getting the JFC out of J2SE.

David — Java LGPL clarification.

James — Using CVS in Eclipse and other tutorials.

Matt — Motagging.

Darren — Snippets of Swing.

Simon — Robert Mugabe.

Carlos — Think before you code.

jclassinfo 0.2, Java Class Information Extractor.

WWDC Exhibit Fair returns to WWDC 2003.

Smaller, smarter PC cards ahead. The first of the new add-on cards are due to be available in 2004.

How to buy a DVD player for your home theater. ZDNet guide to buying the best DVD player for your home theater.

D-Link's wireless range extender. WSB24.

Allon — Search for a new logo. If you are or know of a good logo designer, let us know.

On February 21, 1965 — Malcolm X was assassinated in New York at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims.

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Matt — Homeland Security Web Service.

Bill — Anakin, meet Samurai Jack.

Russ — Bloomba: Another Media-Hyped Outlook Killer.

3G to be or…. Tens of billions of dollars are riding on the future of fast, mobile Internet services…

Russ — Real World Annotations: Manywhere Places.

Crowbar — JavaWorld: A Bit Sketchy Of Recent?

Sam — Professional SCWCD Certification.

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Tech Tips: Choosing A Collections Framework Implementation.

Tech Tips: Providing a Scalable Image Icon.

Dan — (L)GPL and JAVA.

Brent — Huevos 1.1b4.

Chiara — I have become a boring person...

Andre — SiteMesh, so easy!

Steve — Idea productivity tip (key bindings).

Simon — TagUnit : new version released.

Nokia and Sony Ericsson to align developer tools for Symbian OS smart phones. Companies say unified tool set will let developers reach broader audience.

Sun trumpets royalty-free Web services specs. Company challenges Microsoft, IBM.

Keith — Everything about Palm hacks.

Russ — Fortune on Qualcomm: Win-Win Situation.

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IronEye SQL: View Analyze SQL Calls.

Web Services and the WDSK, Part 2, 3 and 4.

Grid guru: An interview with Steve Tuecke.

Leslie — Stop using numbers in your IP addresses.

David — Castor links..

Magnus — Codelogic seems really, really neat.

Dominic — EXSLT by example and Java Extreme Programming Cookbook.

Brent — PerversionTracker.

Jason— decompiling for the masses in classes.

Julian — Complaint Letter Generator.

Rafe — SpamAssassin 2.50 released.

Russ — Wow! I'm in Wired News.

Has Anyone Had Sex in Space?

xmlroff 0.2.0, an open source XSL Formatting Objects to PDF converter.

First Lindows laptop. $799.

FCC rings 'Bell' for telecom changes. Created new ground rules for the telecom industry by giving states more power to enforce telephone competition regulations.

DataVision 0.7.1, an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports, has been released.

MacBinary Toolkit 2 for Java, encodes and decodes the MacBinary transfer format.

SableVM, a portable bytecode interpreter written in C, which implements the Java virtual machine specification, second edition.

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Insurance: Home, auto… and Segway?

SourceJammer v2.0.0, a source control and versioning system written in Java.

BRICS Java String Analyzer,  a tool for analyzing the flow of strings and string operations in Java programs.

Ben — Gates to sue spammers.

Web tax fails to dent Wal-Mart sales. No drop-off in online business despite the introduction of a web sales tax.

Russ — Vodafone Spain's Network Collapses.

Matt — Wired News on Moblogging.

Intel promises longer life for laptops. Centrino mobile chip breaks five-hour battery-life mark.

Simon — Seven Deadly Sins of Introductory Programming Language Design.

I'm back on a pretty strict workout/diet regimen. Trying to lose some of the pounds I've packed on during the holidays. I'll start alternating cardio and weightlifting on weekdays starting next week.

On February 20, 1962 — John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the 1st American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.

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log4j 1.2.8, fixes a problem parsing configuration files written in XML.

Parsing and Writing QuickTime Files in Java.

Brent — Huevos 1.1b3.

François — Population GSM & roaming en France.

Jeremy — Enterprise Blogs.

Matt — GCC 3.4 Flexes Muscles.

Kevin — Blogstreet's Blog Graph.

Matt — JSP 1.2 JSP 2.0 and Microsoft acquires Virtual PC software from Connectix.

Werner — JBoss 4.0 : how will it be different from 3.2 ?

Simon — JSP Tag Files.

Ted — Effective Enterprise Java (Architecture): Define Your Goals.

JaxMe 1.54, a Java/XML binding tool based on SAX2.

iSQL-Viewer 2.1.4, a JDBC 2.0-compliant database viewer.

OpenDarwin.org releases OpenDarwin 6.02. PowerPC and x86 binaries.

A $199 Pocket PC from Toshiba? Not so fast!

IBM goes with Qtopia. IBM is going with Linux-based Qtopia as the OS for its new line of PDAs.

Iomega's Mini USB Drive.

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Java theory and practice: To mutate or not to mutate?

PCJ v1.0. Primitive Collections for Java.

Spif 1.0, the Simplest Possible Infrastructure Framework for distributed Java applications like J2EE.

Bill — FCC action.

Dave — Movie Quiz #2.

Keith — Palm software.

BIll — Konfabulator!

Russ — Mobile Tech Group Blog and Siemens To Launch Series 60 Phone: The SX1.

Pelle — Lucrative - Electronic Cash in Java.

Ken — new stuff released.

Simon — JavaRanch is a Jolt finalist!

Philippe — Cleaning up my character encoding act.

KaZaA Lite Privacy Tool. Protect your privacy on the FastTrack network.

Java MP3 Tag Library, supports ID3v1, ID3v1.1, Lyrics3v1, Lyrics3v2, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4 tags.

jwma v0.9.7, a webmail implementation following the JSP Model 2 architecture.

DrJava release 0515, an integrated Java development environment that supports interactive evaluation of expressions.

3GSM: 3G launch sets scene for price war.

From 3G to 3D. Sharp's SH251iS.

Sony Clie PEG-SJ33. 320x320 pixel color display, 16MB of RAM, built-in MP3 player.

Camcorderphone. Samsung's SPH-V3000.

Whatever didn't happen to Microsoft's Marc Brown? Microsoft's official nominee to the Board of phone maker Sendo.

OpenSSL security release. OpenSSL 0.9.7a and 0.9.6i released.

Smartphone Market Heats Up: But Is It Too Late for Microsoft?

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jUDO 0.01. Java Universal Data Objects to speed up the development and maintenance of applications using databases.

Russ — NewsMonster Lives.

Real, Ericsson team on mobile media. RealNetworks is expected to announce a deal with Ericsson to power the delivery of digital media onto mobile devices.

Fred — Why I like Eclipse II.

Keith — Christopher Reeve on Smallville next week!

Jeremy — Overture buying Altavista.

Beauty, Bible colleges share ‘.edu’ domain. The Commerce Department approved the expansion of the “.edu” domain name…

The Oyster. The Oyster Dock, a stylish and ergonomic laptop stand

2 gigs in your pocket. Pen Drive 2GB.

OOP Java: A little business logic with your beans.

Use this Java framework for finite state machines.

Java Pro: 43 Articles on Servlets/JSP.

Authenticating Web Services Users. Deciding on the best way to validate users of your Web service depends on the credentials you require.

The Case for Conditional Compilation. The time has come for the JCP to make conditional compilation a standard Java mechanism.

3GSM: Still looking for the ‘killer app’. More interesting apps needed for MMS.

3GSM: Orange to launch new SPV smart phone.

On February 19, 1878 — Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player, the phonograph.

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Go with the flow. Build Web applications with BEA Webflow components.

Lance — Hacking Log 2.0 Sux.

Papa John's Number One in American Customer Satisfaction Index for Fourth Consecutive Year.

Jakarta Commons BeanUtils 1.6.1 released, a bug fix release.

Sun Releases Open Source XACML Language. Extensible Access Control Markup Language.

Glen — Java has a Mojo.

Brent — NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.3b2 and NetNewsWire 1.0.1b1.

Carlos — An Alternative Way Of Packaging Software: Hardware Included!

Mike — Test-First JavaScript.

Rafe — The Java Developer Connection.

Russ — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt: Smartphones look good.

Paul — PSA: Anti-Spam Software.

Netscape 7.0.2 released.

Computerworld's Java News Shorts.

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Ben — Desktop Cray.

Dan — Servlet Sessions.

Jason — GoogleRSS mini release.

Matt — ModelJ Code Generator.

Ted — System.debuggerBreak().

Carlos — Got approved for JavaOne!

Jason — Java Style.

BBEdit 7.0.2, adds support for automatic sensing and translation of a file's text encoding.

Sony Clie PEG-TG50, high-res 320x320 screen and a thumb-sized keyboard.

PC shipments to grow 4.8 percent in Q1. Dataquest predicts 7.9 percent full-year shipment growth.

BEA upgrades Java software for Intel servers. JRockit 8.0 boasts improved profiling, debugging.

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Nokia sets target for Series 60 phones in 2003. 10 million phones in 2003.

Seyed — Microsoft “Three Degrees”.

Ben — World Press Photo of the Year.

Andy — Hacking Log 2.0 Sucks!

ACCESS‘ NetFront v3.0 Web Browser Available for Nokia Smart Phones.

Fabain — p6spy.

Siemens Launches Mobile Handsets with Video Camera. Siemens SX1.

Fred — External Programs-Eclipse.

WAP Mac lets .Mac users check e-mail from cell phone.

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Optival 2.1.7, provides a financial option library in Java format..

Ice, the Intenet Communication Engine, a modern alternative to object middleware such as CORBA or COM/DCOM/COM+.

UploadBean 1.3, a JavaBean that allows you to upload files.

ShellTreeView 1.0, a Java GUI component that shows files or directories in tree structure.

JFreeChart 0.9.6, a chart library for Java.

Jim — Are all links equal?

Keith — Intro to BNF.

Pattern Tutorial 4 Posted. A free set of online tutorials.

Matt — DTDDoc: It's like Javadoc, but for your DTDs.

Matthew — Mixed bag.

Matt — StrutsCX: Updated.

Werner — JBoss 3.2.0RC2 release is now available.

David — Drug May Prevent Diabetic Retinopathy.

JCola 0.01 beta, a Java Swing tail application.

Star Trek Nemesis hits phones. In J2ME and BREW format…

Out of Phone Numbers? Add Digits. North American telephone numbers might grow by two digits as early as 2005.

Ricochet Wireless Rides Again. Ricochet's wireless Internet service is slow, and only available in two metro areas…

Cocoa Application Building Basics. Cocoa application development for Mac OS X.

Jason — GoogleAPI and RssLibJ.

Janne — Interview with Deep Junior's author.

On February 18, 1930 — Pluto, the ninth planet in our solar system, was discovered.

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Keith — Kasparov, on his latest match.

Hacker accesses 2.2 million credit cards. Visa: None of accounts have been used fraudulently.

Fred — Utitlity of ECPerf Tests.

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Ben — Sony Ericsson's first 3G phone.

David — blojsom 1.2 available.

Joe — Eclipse shortcut keys.

PropDiff, a command-line utility for comparing and combining Java property files.

WebService Cruiser, a testing tool which is designed to test Web Services.

Matt — Easy Windows Authentication with Tomcat 4.x.

Russ — 3GSM World Congress 2003.

Steve — Bruce Eckel Thinks Checked Exceptions are Bad.

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Jakarta Commons FileUpload 1.0 Beta 1.

Jedit, Jext & J: Java-based editors compared.

Portability Verification of Applications for the J2EE Platform. How to use Java BluePrints, the Java Verification Program, and the Java Application Verification Kit.

Magic with Merlin: Printing in JDK 1.4 and Part 2.

BEA Launches Enterprise Architect Resource Center.

Ben — How To Be A Programmer.

Joe — RSS 3.0 support in RSSLibJ and Argh! RSS 3.0 isn't real!

Jim — Metadata update.

Ian — FOAF Autodiscovery.

Eric — Scripting From Java.

Jeremy — Simple Reasoning on Google/Blogger.

Mike — JDepend Eclipse Plugin.

Niel — Fox 24 is International.

Matt — Struts 1.1 RC1 To Be Released Soon and Comparative analysis of Struts vs. WebWork vs. Barracuda vs. Maverick?

Russ — Back To Mobile Java and SonyEricsson T300: What a kick-ass little phone!  Happy Birthday, Ana!

Ted — Effective Enterprise Java: On The Web.

Ole-Martin — pmd-netbeans 0.7 released.

Warner— Why I became a programmer.

JFtp 1.00pre2, a graphical Java FTP client.

JOE 1.8.10.1, a Java Outline Editor.

Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens join on GPRS/ EDGE push-to-talk spec. Turing GSM phones into walkie-talkies.

Samsung takes 5% stake in Symbian.

T-Mobile Unveils First Microsoft-Based Smartphone. Summer 2003.

On February 17, 1913 — The first minimum wage law in the U.S. took effect in Oregon.

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The 25th Anniversary of the BBS. Chicago Bulletin Board System.

Matt — Google-move reviewed.

Call Hierarchy v0.2.0, a call hierarchy view for the Eclipse JDT.

Alex — 2003-02-16 Eclipse 2.1 M5 - last 2.1 milestone buil …

Fred — VNC has new site and MetaCoder for Eclipse-J2EE Patterns.

Jacksum 1.2.0, a checksum utility entirely written in Java.

‘Daredevil’ leaps to record President's Day debut. $43.5 million weekend debut.

Simon — Google Acquire Blogger.

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Java Tip 134: When catching exceptions, don't cast your net too wide.

Emmanuel — Quizz Java.

Ben — Apple's global pricing policy. Utter cobblers and Gblogger.

Bernard — Java Best Practices.

Chris — My intro to Daredevil.

Danno — Aggie 1.0 RC5 (or is that alpha 5?)

Dorodok — New Eclipse Technology project: Equinox.

Dominic — Any good JRun4 books?.

Scott — Programming the JVM Stack.

Greg — Pen and Paper to Write Programs?

Joi — Code Orange.

Lance — Nasty Webstart Classloader Bug Revisited…

Matt — GCC Myths and Facts.

Matt — Is Sun going to die soon?

Refe — I should mention …

Russ — Google.

Sam — Google + Blogger = Stimergy.

Scott — Google buys Pyra.

Danny — Google Buys Pyra (makers of 'Blogger')

Scott — Blogger: The New 500 Pound Gorilla of the Blog World.

Ted — More on ClassLoaders.

William — ANNOUNCING Free Java Resumes Board.

Bill — Google buys Blogger.

Karl — Yahoo!, AltaVista, and now Google.

Philip — <WOAH>.

Ugo — Google loves weblogs, indeed.

David — Google buys Blogger!

Mark — Google and blogging, portals, etc.

Seyed — Salon near death / Blogger bought by Google.

Ian — Google Buys Pyra.

Matt — Google goes blogging.

OpenEJB 0.9.1, a flexible and versatile EJB container system.

7-Zip 2.30 Beta 28 Released.

Pocket PC price war begins. Toshiba's e350, 300MHz, 64MB, $199.

Daredevil rocked. We both liked it. Our anniversary dinner at Morton's was another story. We arrived right on time, only to find out they were just starting to sit the 7 o'clock reservations.

Talk about overbooking… We ultimately had to wait an hour and half for our table.

The sales & marketing manager came to our table and profusely apologized. She also gave us a $100 gift certificate, which did make us feel a little better.

As usual the food was prepared to perfection. Lobster bisque, Filet Mignon, Lyonnaise potatoes and Lemon soufflé.

A late dinner, but a good evening overall.

On February 16, 1959 — Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.