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Sharp Ships Zaurus SL-5600.

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

Kuwait to use text messages to alert populace to war.

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

Apple updates X11 public beta.

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

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

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

Omnicore releases Java IDE CodeGuide 6.0.

Matt — What to do with my Chapters?

Graeme — .Net, What are the benefits? If any..

Didier — HttpUnit et Cactus.

Cameron — Java thread scheduling.

Bill — Shortcut keys in IE.

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

Cedric — JUnit wish list.

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

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

Aladdin offers Mac developers MakeBundle for free.

J2EE and beyond. Impressions from the “No Fluff, Just Stuff” Java Symposium.

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

Interview with James Gosling.

Andres — Mozilla 1.3 and Java.

Nanik — Planning to write a book.

Rickard — Memory leak tool.

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

movianVPN for the P800. Certicom and Sony Ericsson.

I 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.

Dong — Java OLAP server.

Simon — Struts Action Scripting.

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IBM releases tutorials on Jetspeed, Advanced portlet technology.

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

JRockit 8.0 vs. Sun HotSpot VM Performance.

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

Jason — Open source Java - what does that mean?

Rafe — Perl and Java.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Symbian 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.