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We're off to look for a new cage for Six. The palace turned out to be very small and cumbersome. I'll take some pictures before we dismantle it.

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Troubleshooting Jini Applications. From Keith Edwards, author of Core Jini.

JFreeVote, a set of Java tools to manage an e-vote process.

Diego — on security.

Bill — Like slashdot with better grammar.

Kevin — Ellipses Rule.

Mark — New news aggregator for Windows.

Jim — Scraping the barrel.

Jason — Thoughts on RSSLIBJ.

Matthew — More T300.

Darren — Outed.

Matt — How to setup Tomcat to run as an NT Service.

Rafe — Thinking out loud.

Russ — Grokking Intelliphones.

Ted — Wow, this is turning into a real OpenSource project….

Costin — Classloader fun with JDK1.4.

xmlenc 0.26, a light-weight XML output library for Java.

WebUtils 1.0.4, a Java toolkit for the development of servlets.

WebShop 0.6.0, an EJB implementation of an Internet shop.

JMX4Ant 1.0 interacts with JMX MBeans from Ant.

Apple nixes iTunes-based sharing software. iCommune no more.

Feds bust spam scam. Drivers license spam scam busted.

Sonicblue may put itself up for sale. Evaluating options.

Has Microsoft gained our trust? Critics—and Microsoft's own executives—said much more work remains.

jCIFS 0.7.1, an SMB client library.

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Book review: Effective Java Programming Language Guide.

The future of Java is in your hands. JCP.

Custom Tag Conversion Kit. A tool kit for converting Lotus Notes views and forms to JSP using Domino Custom Tags.

JAX-RPC Brings Portability to Web Services.

An introduction to the Advanced Imaging Image I/O API RC 1.0.

Glen — My new AirPort blog!

David — Java news roundup..

Patrick — Sun has announced to release J2EE 1.4 in Feburary…

Glen — Hibernate Tutorial Coming!

Jason — Hall of fame.

Joe — TortoiseSVN.

Matt — New Themes for Roller?

Rickard — WebWork FUD.

Russ — Avedia.com: 4 Years Later.

Charles — Databases, Part One.

Ted — GeekBlog 0.9 release.

Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide.

AntRunner, version 1.6.1 of the OpenTool for JBuilder has been released.

EJTools, a collection of J2EE tools: JNDI Browser, JMX Browser, etc.

AOL Time Warner names new chairman. Dick Parsons.

On January 17, 1994 — The Northridge earthquake rocked Los Angeles, CA, registering a 6.7 on the Richter scale. At least 61 people were killed and about $20 billion in damage was caused.

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Mail Management With Procmail. The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth…

Hard Core Tech Talk with Christophe Ebro on JMX.

Jeppe — FeedExpress beta 1 has been released.

Kevin — Hw to Write in Plain English.

Andy — Color me stupid…but Apache, its not just for breakfast anymore…

Chiara — Why put the toilet seat down?

Eric — Where Extreme Programming Falls Short.

Jeremy — Macromedia Acquires Presedia.

Matt — Here comes 80211.g.

Russ — Video Phones and RealOne Video for Series 60 Sucks So Far.

Damien — Progect fully GPLed.

Costin — More JMX in tomcat5.

Microsoft Posts Record Revenues. Announces Stock Split and Dividend.

EBay's fourth-quarter profits triple. Yahoo!

Sun Microsystems Posts $2 Billion Loss. Largest net loss ever with more than $2 billion in acquisition-related charges.

Gates' dividend payout: $100 million. CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives will also rake in big gains.

Handspring narrows loss. Chips away at losses but still sees a drop in second-quarter revenue of more than $22 million.

Book publisher adopts open-source idea. Prentice Hall.

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SAP embraces .net and Java with NetWeaver. The next generation of its mySAP platform.

Steve — A possible Apple-Sun merger?

Diego — syncing java to mobile phones and a simple performance test of java generics.

Markus — Ant doesn't solve the Classpath problem either.

Danno — Netbeans does SWT!.

Mark — Body IDs.

Brent — NetNewsWire 1.0b11.

James — Where did that class come from, anyway?

Greg — Apache + Tomcat Via mod_jk2.

Sam — Why .NET is better than Java.

A different bomb by Pete Townshend. PDF.

Guiffy 4.7. File and Folder Compare/Merge.

Samsung's first cameraphone. SGH-v205.

Security Flaws Found in ISC's DHCP. Several buffer overflows.

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DMCA Invoked Against Garage Door Openers.

Jim — Mark's redesign.

François — Pourquoi tant de bruit autour des smartphones?

Sam — Are My Ears Ringing?

Scott — Spam that is Really, Really Annoying.

Matt — Anonymous CVS taken offline at SourceForge.

Are Hummer Owners Idiots? More delightful proof positive that most SUVs are, in fact, morally repugnant.

VSS Plugin for Eclipse. Version 1.2 released.

Symantec reports 29 percent Q3 revenue growth. Third quarter income of US$72 million or $0.44 per share, on revenue of $376 million.

Ben — FeedReader goes GPL.

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Java Swing: Menus and Toolbars, Part 1.

Introduction to Text Indexing with Apache Jakarta Lucene.

Using JMeter. How to use JMeter, a Java-based tool for load testing client-server applications.

SMS Messaging Unreliable. Two-weeks. 26,000 messages. 7.5% never reached their destinations.

Diego — a pim for mobiles and geographical URL mapping part 3.

Right and Wrong. The copy-right infringement.

Markus — Fixing the classpath problem.

Dave — Safari Newsflash: Alternate Stylesheets and Safari Response: news.com.

Bob — Caching with SoftReferences..

Mark — The one I've never tried.

Doug — Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2 (beta) reviewed.

Stuart — Leo Outling Editor.

Matt — Easily Install Oracle 8.1.7 on Red Hat Linux.

Bill — Siege: an Open Source Web Server Stress Tester.

Matt — Java-based Forums and Free Software.

Ray — BuddySpace: How cool is this?!.

Apple reports $8 million loss or $0.02 per share for its fiscal first quarter.

Bid on a Tablet PC autographed by Bill Gates. Yuk!

Now the Honeymoon's Over. Dick Notebaert pulled Qwest back from the brink of bankruptcy. Here comes the hard part.

New Wrist PDA from TIMEX. Ironman Data Link USB.

Britney Falls For Limp Bizkit Bad Boy. Opposite attracts?

Diagnosing Java code: Design for easy code maintenance.

P2P with wireless Java technology, Part 2.

XML in Java: Data Binding, Part 1: Code generation approaches, JAXB and more.

SourceCafe 1.0, a Java code generator.

I spent an hour or so converting a KVM spotlet, that I wrote couple years ago, to a MIDlet using the Nokia J2ME SDK. Russ is going to give it a try on his new phone.

On January 16, 1987 — The Beastie Boys became the first act censored on “American Bandstand.”

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HouseSpider 4.4, a Java search applet for web site.

Feds: Car gadgets may cause accidents. One in 20 U.S. traffic accidents involve a driver talking on a cell phone.

Dude, want a cash register? Dell to sell smart cash registers.

Web spec targets small businesses. SMBmeta.

Darren — Open Source Bonanza.

Rafe — Bitter defeat.

Russ — Stress and Mobile and Wireless Links.

Inventor of JavaCard Turns Attention to .NET. SchlumbergerSema looks to capitalize on growth of North American smart-card market.

NetBeans Still Key To Sun Tools Strategy. Alive and well, albeit quite.

J2EE 1.4 Brings Web Services To EJBs, Adds Language to JSP. Second proposed final draft of J2EE 1.4.

Sybase: AvantGo Going, Going, Gone. iAnywhere Solutions acquires mobile Web developer for US$38M.

Glen — V4ALL Eclipse GUI Designer.

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Virtual PC 6.0.1 posted. Fixes issues on G3 machines and full-screen mode.

jir beta 4. Java IrDA lite.

Matt — MandrakeSoft Chapter 11.

Bill — PEAR on Mac OS X.

Bagging Explorer: Doc Searls on Safari.

Phone Units Join in Effort for Seamless Wireless Net. Motorola, Proxim and Avaya.

Supreme Court upholds longer copyrights. Songs, books and cartoon characters

Interest pinch could bruise Apple. Apple's checkbook may be earning lower interest, which could put a squeeze on the company's income.

Sun, Microsoft gird for Java battle. Judge ordered Sun and Microsoft to appear in court on Wednesday.

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

Fred — Dave Winer Says OpenSource is no Source of Innovation.

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Effective Java.

Bill — java -cp classpath.xml…

Joe — RSSLibJ and External Jars.

Eric — Why So Many Tree APIs?

David — Problem with WebMacro 1.1 quote on TSS.

Mark — W3C Choreography Working Group Chartered.

Seyed — My new phone: Nokia 7650.

Ray — NetBeans + Eclipse.

Sylvain — CVS source available.

Lance — Eclipse VeloEdit.

postgresql-7.2.3-5 for Red Hat 8.

GM to offer satellite radio on most cars. XM Satellite Radio service as an option on most 2004 model cars and trucks.

New Motorola A835 3G Phone has everything you want.

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Ian — Java, Who Needs It? and XHTML 2.0 is not HTML.

How can I read an .INI file in Java? IniFile…

Intel's Centrino “a serious threat to WLAN chip makers.”

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Telefónica Móviles offers customers SMS worldwide.

Orange SPV MS smartphone cert security cracked.

Portable player unlocks net radio. GlobalTuner InTune200.

OWASP Names Top Web Application Flaws. The Open Web Application Security Project has provided the top ten list for web application flaws.

Ted — Can we at least agree on SOMETHING?

Sam — O'Reilly ETech… be there!

Sun, Microsoft to discuss Java proposals. Attorneys will meet to discuss how Microsoft will include Java in Windows.

Coldbeans Releases JMX Web Suite. A set of JMX management widgets for various application servers.

Microsoft to reveal source code. Under an initiative called the government security program…

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man. What happens when two superheroes collide?

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Jeremy — My iPod Review.

Kasia — Searchable Java docs.

Music Companies Agree to Antipiracy Plan.

Build and Deploy a Simple EJB. Deploy an EJB with JBoss and build a client app that uses its service.

Build a Better Robot With Ant. Pow! Bam! A robot demonstrates Java's powerful multithreaded and graphical performance capabilities.

Panel Ponders the Future of Java. Community luminaries peer into the crystal ball at OracleWorld.

Servlet alternative to CGI dev. Servlets offer a simple alternative to CGI development.

Jeff — Orion Articles…

Danno — Automated GUI Testing.

Dave — Safari Newsflash: XML Lives!

Brent — NetNewsWire 1.0b10.

Chiara — The unbearable self-importance of Chiara.

Spike— going on a safari [osx].

Virtually there. 3G cellphones video conference with PC videophones.

Sony Ericsson T68i: King of all cellphones.

Java theory and practice: Where's your point? Tricks and traps with floating point and decimal numbers.

Book review: Java Graphics Programming Library.

Quartz 1.0.3.1, an enterprise-class job scheduler. The update fixes a bug with RAMJobStore.

Bringing SVG Power to Java Applications. How to build SVG libraries and applications on top of the Java platform.

Using the J2EE Connector Architecture and SOAP to Build Web-Service-Ready Enterprise Applications, Part 1.

JXMLEditor 1.7, a java component for editing XML document.

Adam — penis sizes.

JBossMX 1.1.2, a JBoss implementation of the Java Management Extensions (JMX) technology.

New service lets fliers pre-order airport meals online. Sandwiches from TGI Friday's.

I got myself a new pocket protector.

On January 15, 1987 — Paramount Home Video reported that it would place a commercial at the front of one of its video releases for the first time. It was a 30-second Diet Pepsi ad at the beginning of Top Gun.

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Intel to sell communications unit. Trillium Digital Systems division.

Jeremy — Search Engine Watch Awards.

Intel Reports Higher Profit. Intel Profit Doubles.

David — Bringing your Java Application to Mac OS X.

Rafe — Only from The Register.

Primitive Collections for Java, 1.0 beta 1 released.

RIAA calls hacking claim a hoax. Claims that they hired hackers to create a worm to infect peer-to-peer networks dismissed by security experts.

Pat — My sad blog posts.

Glen — PMD + Ant = Autolinting!

Broadband aims for mile-high club. Boeing a year away from launching a broadband service for passengers on its airplanes.

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Nokia J2ME DevSuite goes Linux. Version 1.1 for Linux.

JLAN Server v2.0, a pure Java Windows networking file server implementing the NetBIOS, SMB/CIFS and DCE/RPC protocols.

Pixory beta 2.3, a Java-based personal image server.

WebMacro 1.1 released.

The Year in Scripting Languages. Lua, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Tcl.

Joe — Article : Data binding, Part 1: Code generation approaches -- JAXB and more.

David — The only solid argument for using WebWork over Struts?

Chris — sed one-liners.

Mark — In brief: 14 Jan 2003.

Jim — ID card update.

Jason — Emacs or vi - that is the question. vi rules!

Russ — My new Bluetooth card.

Ted — The Top 10 Predictions for 2003.

JCTerm 0.0.2, an SSH2 terminal emulator in written pure Java.

JFtp 0.99, a graphical Java FTP client.

Microsoft Commits To At Least One More Office Rev. Office 11.

Wireless PDA keyboard. Out by March.

Version 1.0 of the Jakarta Log Taglib has been released.

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Swapping wireless Java applications with SWAP. Solution for Wireless Application Provisioning.

JFCMark, a benchmark suite.

Chris — GUI testing tool.

Jim — Don't Do Nothing If Nothing Isn't The Correct Thing To Do.

Karl — Learning Music Theory With Java.

Lance — Lucky Bastard.

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Two worlds collide. The past and future impact of Java's rival.

Luxor XUL Beta 8 Released. Build Your Swing UIs Using XML.

xmlenc 0.23 released. Ultra-light XML output library.

Aqua Data Studio 1.5 released. A free SQL editor.

Henri — Java vs .Net.

Jim — The future is bright, there's a rhyme for Orange.

Glen — Ant 101.

Brent — NetNewsWire Pro 1.0b8.

Jason — Creating SVG charts with jCharts and Batik.

Jeremy — Sun could get a clue from PHP.

Ted — Sweet Belgium: job benefits not an extra.

Ovidiu — My new job at Google.

Joe — Cult of Personality in Development.

Russ — GPRS vs. CDMA.

Scott — Jupiter Research Weblogs.

Scott — Good Spam Assassin Stuff.

Ted — Announcing GeekBlog!

Werner — Running 2 JBoss instances on the same host.

Essential Blogging.

JFaceDbc 1.2beta1, a JDBC client application written in Java.

Apple responds to proposed Microsoft settlement.

Tech buzzwords fill the air. DRM ecosystem, etc.

Windows CE update to ship mid-year. Code-named McKendric.

Windows CE update to ship mid-year. Code-named McKendric.

The iTrip for your iPod. Listen to your iPod on any FM radio.

Sun One Identity Server 6.0. Liberty-enabled.

We decided to buy a new cage for Six. We don't think she's got enough room to roam around, and Clem already knocked it down once this morning.

On January 14, 199 — The impeachment trial of U.S. President Clinton began in Washington, DC.

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sync4j 0.2 released.

Excelsior JET, a J2SE 1.4 ready Java VM replacement for Microsoft Windows.

Eric — Talk About Software Process, Lose Your Mind.

MultiJava, adds open classes and multiple dispatch to Java.

Intel shaves mobile chip prices. Pentium and Celeron notebook chips by up to 38 percent.

www.bug-track.com,  a web-based bug tracking system.

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Oplayo brings video to Java phones. A spin-off from the Finnish government's VTT Labs.

Updated Java software for handling pdf files. Storypad.

AurigaDoc 1.1, a java-xml based documentation engine used for writing documents in xml format.

Standards and Innovation. Part I of an interview with Sun Microsystems' fellow and chief engineer Rob Gingell.

Jeff — Eclipse Tips: CVS command line, Export your preferences, Importing existing project and .metadata corruption.

Emmanuel — Preparing for Generics (jsdk1.5).

Ben — No! *I* invented RSS.

Mark — Semantic obsolescence.

Jim — Stand up for your freedom.

Niel — Home Automation - X10 API for Java.

Ovidiu — Free software Java platforms.

Matt — ConvertUtils problem solved!

Aslak — Are you a java snob?

François — How To Be a Superprogrammer.

Simon — Concurrency utilities for Java.

Ted — A Call for Help.

Werner — JBoss-3.0.5 has been released.

Microsoft Office v. X 10.1.3 posted.

Judge denies appeal in Microsoft ruling. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said two trade associations had failed to justify their appeal…

CNET's picks for the best of CES. Sony's CLIE PEG-NZ90 Fossil's SPOT watch, RCA's Lyra Audio/Video Jukebox RD2780, and SONICblue's GoVideo D2730 DVD player.

PalmSource Creating Graffiti 2: ‘Jot’ This One Down.

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Announcing the J2EE Deployment and Administration book series.

Learn More About J2EE Best Practices: Free Training Video.

CLD — The Java Clientside - Alive and Well.

Jim — That's Groovie baby!

Chiara — The thing is.

James — Java HTML parsers.

James — IDEA half-price!

Carlos — Why Java is Better than .NET, Reasons #11 to #25.

Sam — Two Weeks Notice.

Scott — Blogging Utility: Source Code Formatting for Bloggers.

Ted — Erik asks about J2EE Security.

SonicBlue Product Plans for 2003. ReplayTV ,Rio ,GoVideo, etc.

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FreeMarker 2.2 pre1, a Java-based template engine.

Jeremy — Apple Responds. Wow. Me too, Dave is incredible. Apple should clone him.

Java 2 Software Development Kit 1.4.1. Source Release.

Light up your life. Backlit Keyboard.

Amazon handhelds sale. CLIE PEG-SL10 is $119.59, Treo 90 is $269.99, and iPAQ 1910 is $275.99.

The first Pentium 4 ultraportable PC. Competition for the 12-inch PowerBook G4.

Fred — Why J2ME wins over C# and MS .NET.

Charles — When is a constant not a constant?

iPhoto 2.0 - First Look. ThinkSecret looks at iPhoto 2.0.

Techies challenge Microsoft. The Neo Project is designed to break the Xbox code.

My kingdom for a good timer! Reach submillisecond timing precision in Java.

Jeremy — Hyperthreading Benchmarks.

Aslak — Java programmers are idiots.

PostgreSQL 7.3.1, a robust Object-Relational DBMS.

Yesterday we brought home a new addition to the family. A short-haired female hamster that we named Six.

Vicki came up with the name, which is very appropriate since she's always trying to get out of her cage, just like he did.

As you can see from the pictures both of our cats are very interested, but she isn't scared one bit.

On January 13, 1906 — the first radio advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile.

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Dave — Safari Response: diveintomark.org.

Andy — True things.

Scott — Washington Post: Steve Case resigns.

JMP 0.26, a runtime profiler of the JVM, with object and method statistics.

Patrick — Developer.com's Product of Year 2002The conclusion…

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

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Mark Watson's Blog — A great Newsweek article on diet.

Damien — Feedreader went Free Software.

Wireless Java competition organized by Siemens. Download the Toolkit for Java cellphones, develop an application and get some prizes…

Symbian not endangered by Linux. Symbian though is jointly owned by Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Samsung, Panasonic, Fujitsu, and others.

Diego — spaces-alpha 1.7.

Alan — JBoss eating in their own kitchen?

David — Java Best Practices … from 1969?

Rickard — What is AOP?

Russ — Tom's Moblog.

RCA's personal video player. The RD2780 has a 20GB hard drive, and a 3.5-inch LCD screen.

ProGuard 1.5, a free Java class file shrinker and obfuscator.

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Alan — Has anyone used BEA's jRockit?

Joseph — PortalWizard Data Storage.

Joe — Jakarta should absorb OpenSymphony.

Tobias — Proposal Of Marriage.

Martin — I was a JCA martyr.

Russ — What if the Italians designed mobile phones?.

Simon — Hep/Roller HOW TO:.

Werner — JBoss : eating your own dog food.

First round goes to Lexmark in DMCA toner battle. Defendant to stop making chip.

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Mark — How to hide CSS from Safari: solution.

Chiara — Flirting with Prevayler.

Fred — Desktop Java Applications-They Are Out There!

RIAA defaced -again! Crappy New Year.

JImage Mosaic, full featured image mosaic with support for plugins.

Windows beats Mac in digital file transfers, in virtually all of the benchmarks.

JellyfiSSH 2.0.8a, SSH/Telnet login helper & bookmark utility.

Slick digital cameras pack a punch. From the Consumer Electronic Show. 

Popular Mechanics: Our Annual Editor's Choice Awards From 2003 CES.

Where the Girls Aren't. Anyone who has ever tried to pry a girl offline knows that girls like computers.

Bee Gees singer dies. Maurice Gibb died in hospital on Sunday.

JAMIT, a Java Access Modifier Inference Tool.

PCJ 1.0alpha2. Private Collections for Java.

koalaGML, the koala GUI Markup Language used to generate graphical interfaces in XML.

DocBook Docklet 0.3.3. Creates DocBook code from Java source documentation.

Russ and I have recently started to play with Groove. I had never used it before. I'm floored. It totally rocks. Move over NetMeeting.

On January 12 1966, — “Batman” debuted on ABC-TV.

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David — Java HTML parsers..

Dave — Safari Response: memeufacture.com.

David — Just Java-related blogs? Nah. No fun..

Jeremy — Palm Desktop vs. iSync/iCal and Address Book. Palm Desktop used to be known as Claris Organizer, which explains why it is so nice.

Keith — Java and Pointers and Quickies.

Matthew — Moblogging.

Impressive Martial Arts Clips. Inspired by Bruce Lee.

Matt — My First Attempt at ConvertUtils.

Pelle — Running Apache 2.0 on a John Companies server.

802.11g For The Rest Of Us? Apple's AirPort Extreme cards are compact PCI, not PCMCIA.

Microsoft vs. the World. Redmond's new competitors are really the cellphone of Scandinavia and…

Livra Worm Exploits Outlook, IE Security Flaws. Lirva.B and Lirva.C.

Glen — Open Oource and Sympathy.

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Judge narrows Sun lawsuit against Microsoft. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz.

Eric — OptimizeIt.

Chris— Blanket commutation and Treat your customers right.

Kasia — Girl programmers.

Matt — Returned: Virtual PC 6 and Tomcat 4.1.x Tip - Contexts.

FCC's Powell declares TiVo ‘God's machine.’

Russ — T9 is AMAZING and GPRS Phones have an IP.

Sam — RssValidator Client.

Top Ten Reasons to Work at Google. Millions use Google - your ideas will make a difference.

Damien— Fiscal pressure, second approach.

DrawSWF 1.2.6, a simple drawing application written in Java.

Study: Gadget sales flat.

Linksys 802.11g wireless router on sale at Amazon. Currently the number one selling item, $133.99.

Cellphone + GPS. Garmin NavTalk GSM.

Rick — Female or Shemale?

Dave — Safari: Why KHTML?

JGraphicTools 0.0.1. alpha release.

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jEdit 4.1pre8 is now available.

Get your apps moving with Java streams.

Mark — How to hide CSS from Safari.

Andy — JavaBlogs spam.

Ted — More food for thought.

Quartz, an enterprise-class job scheduler.

Judge: Kazaa can be sued in U.S.

Ted — More food for thought.

jSyncManager 2002-12-11 pre-beta, a Java Palm handheld synchronization toolkit.

Joi — China starts to ban blogging.

Gadgets: The Kitchen Of The Future.

Ben — Font sizes.

I've updated my blog server to Tomcat 4.1.18. Very smooth upgrade.

On January 11, 1902 — “Popular Mechanics” magazine was published for the first time.