Hard is the way...
It has been 335 days since Java 1.4 was first released and still no general availability on Mac OS X. Instead of wasting time making another incompatible browser, how about getting Java up-to-speed?
Details emerge on Burton ‘Amp’ jacket. The only electronic jacket with an integrated iPod control system.
HomeRF Working Group disbands. Long live Wi-Fi!
Patrick — Liberty Alliance may take off in 2003.
Fred — To The VCs of Silicon Valley.
Grammy awards 2003. Norah Jones and Avril Lavigne.
PCS Java Toolkit, a small and simple framework for building web applications similar to Jakarta's Struts.
Gadget sales seen flat in 2003. DVD players, big-screen TVs likely to be sales leaders.
Konica, Minolta plan merger by August. Major precision machine manufacturers Konica Corp. and Minolta Co. plan to merge by August.
Password Manager v2.1 Build 1 Released.
IBM Joins Sharp Electronics To Target Handheld Linux Market. Big Blue plans to start selling software that can work with Sharp's new Zaurus SL5500 handheld device.
No. 3 Cellco J-Phone Reports 4.7mn Java Users in October 2002.
MotoCoder from Motorola helps wireless Java developers to bring innovative applications to the market.
Jeff — Velocity Eclipse Plugin!
Andy — Java lovers: Call for help. Host Video for the J2EE Container shootout.
Joey — It's Dead, Jim.
Kurt — Debugging Jelly == Pure Evil.
Beer belly ‘gene’ found. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme.
Some of my Safari observations:
- No tooltip support. Annoying.
- FTP directories are mounted on the desktop.
- Activity window displays page content info (images, css, etc.)
- Bookmarks cannot be showed in a sidebar.
- Does it support IE plugins? Is there a plugin API? Where do plugins go?
100 Best Companies To Work For. Quite a few tech companies…
Glen — PMD: The Java Lint.
Martin — A very wet internet protocol.
Rick — Stick it to the Record Co's for $5-$20.
exeQ, a Java ICQ Library.
Microsoft announces Mac 'trifecta'. Office Party, Office v. X Test Drive, Entourage X as a stand-alone product.
Apple drops price on 1GHz 15.2" PowerBook G4, 14.1-inch iBook. As expected.
ICANN raises concerns over VeriSign IDN change. VeriSign service is using technology contrary to Internet DNS standards.
Java News Shorts. Brief items concerning Java development.
Most CIOs Average Pay Hovers Between $200,000 And $300,000. Survey says compensation is more dependent on the size of a company than its location.
Macromedia ships JRun 4 for Mac OS X. About time!
Alan — Great Quote on the state of software.
Ben — Safari Review.
Ben — Domino and JSP at last.
Mark — Safari review.
Apple introduces X11 for Mac OS X. Public Beta.
TiVo, Brother and Aspyr announce Rendezvous networked products. Automatic discovery and connection of devices over IP networks.
New wireless Pocket PC from Asustek. A710.
Samsung plans camcorder phone. Integrated 300,000 pixel digital camera.
Enhanced MySQL software for Mac OS X available. MySQL binary installer in “.pkg” format.
I'm watching the live webcast of Steve Jobs delivering the Macworld Expo keynote address from Moscone Center in San Francisco.
- No video iPod, the iPod Ski Jacket instead, $499.
- Jaguar software update: QuickBooks Pro, Virtual PC 6, Digidesign Pro Tools.
- Final Cut Express: Edit like a Pro, $299.
- iPhoto 2: integration with iTunes 3 & iDVD 3, one-click enhance, retouch brush, archive to CD & DVD.
- iMovie 3: integrated with iTunes, iPhoto & iDVD, chapters, Ken Burns effect, precise audio editing.
- iDVD 3: integrated with iTunes, iPhoto & iMovie, scene selection, 22 new themes.
- iLife: iTunes 3 (free d/l), iPhoto 2 (free d/l), iMovie 3 (free d/l), iDVD 3 ($49 retail, includes all other apps)
- Safari: Turbo Web Browser for Mac OS X, based on open source KHTML. Beta release, free download.
- Keynote: presentation application, slide-based with themes and transitions support, PowerPoint import and export. $99. Free copy to the all keynote attendees.
- Titanium 17 inch Powerbook: less than 1 inch closed, fiber optic keyboard back-lighting with ambiant light sensors. 6.8lbs. 1GHz G4, 1MB L3, FireWire 400/800. Bluetooth. Airport Extreme 54Mbs 802.11g. QuickBooks. $3299.
- Airport Extreme Basestation: 802.11g, USB Printing. $199.
- 12 inch Powerbook: 867Mhz G4, Combo drive, Bluetooth, Airport Extreme ready ($99 module). QuickBooks. $1799. $1999 w/ SuperDrive.
Not a word on the PowerMacs or iMacs. I guess, as Russ put it, Apple is slowly becoming Toshiba West.
Russ — Quick Nokia 7650 Thoughts.
Jim — Wrong kind of snow.
Mark — Dead Airport.
Matt — Upgrading to Struts 1.1b3 - Tips and Tomcat 4.1.18 + Apache 2.0.43 + SSL.
Apple Developer posts PostgreSQL tutorial.
IRS: Ease tax-filing pain; pay on Net.
Caribbean island for sale on eBay. Minimum bid of $3 million.
E Viva Espana! For Russ. ;-)
Hacking Linux Exposed, Second Edition.
Macromedia Announces ColdFusion MX For Top J2EE Servers.
Alan — P800 … email at last!
Anthony — BSF on Apache.
Kevin — Visual Thesaurus.
Ken — Compiler framework creates Java-like languages.
Damien — Chora, a CVS viewer.
Gillette Orders 500 Million RFID Tags. Purchase could move the tags into mainstream commercial use.
Viewsonic to sell desktop PCs. Better know as a maker of computer monitors.
Scott — Pasta: Package Structure Analysis Tool.
Pat — Calling all Orion users.
Yahoo passes paid subscriber goal. 2 million paying subscribers.
Anthony — JPublish in JavaPro.
Create your own type 3 JDBC driver. Part 2, Part 3.
Install your Java programs with InstallAnywhere.
Helen: JavaHelp Authoring Tool.
Using EMF, Eclipse Modeling Framework.
Brian — Pooled EJB Objects.
Ian — RDF Templates Draft 1.
Jeremy — Spatial (R-Tree) Indexes in MySQL 4.1.
Carlos — Sing Li On Integrating JMX And OpenNMS.
Matt — NTP.
Philip — bzero 0.14 available.
Scott — Liberty Alliance: Majority of members plan to implement in 2003.
Simon — JobStats.
JLense 0.2.0, Eclipse plugins that make it easier for Java developers to create world-class, thin-client.
TM4J 0.8.0 alpha 3, a topic map engine implemented entirely in Java.
Teen cleared in landmark DVD case, Norwegian teenager cleared of DVD piracy charges in trial brought by Hollywood studios.
JPedal 1.8.2, a Java PDF Extraction Decoding Access Library.
On January 7 1782, The first U.S. commercial bank, Bank of North America, opened in Philadelphia.