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Sun plans to get Java on PCs. Sun Microsystems expects major PC makers to begin bundling Sun's software for running Java programs on their computers.

Forbes on Centrino/Pentium-M battery life.

Microsoft Delivers Fresh Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.

Your Personal GPS in a Mobile Phone.

50 Best Pocket-sized Gadgets for 2003.

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Download4J 1.1, a JSP/Servlets component for downloading files.

ONJava: Surviving Abrupt Shutdown.

Design Markers. Explicit Programming for the Rest of Us

Bluetooth: A User's Experience.

Diego — onward!.

Didier — The endgame is over! Eclipse Project release 2.1 is now available for download.

Brent — Interview with me.

Matt — A Phone Without T9 is Not Worth Owning.

Matthew — Mobile Phone Number Portability Becoming a Reality.

Secure FTP Bean 2.0.3, a Java bean for performing secure FTP transfers.

Centrino-based Tablet PCs on the horizon.

LINKing your iPod and your cellphone. Skullcandy's LINK headphones.

Use A Firewall, Go To Jail… AND Send Bill Gates To Jail.

20-Inch LCD Breaks $1,000 Barrier. Formac's new Oxygen line.

I'm getting WiFi'ed. I just placed an order for a NETGEAR Wireless Router, PC Card and CF Card. The mail-in rebates and coupons made it impossible to resists.

I even found a 802.11b Driver for Mac OS X. Sweet.

Now I just hope my 2.4GHz cordless phone won't interfere too much.

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Eric Raymond Talks About Going Back to Basics.

California moves closer to Net sales taxes.

Final Release: Connected Limited Device Configuration 1.1. CLDC.

Greg — Quick References Heaven.

Charles — Testing private methods (don't do it).

Mobile Commerce. The three giants have signed a letter of intent to work together.

TipicME 1.2 out for UIQ, Series 60. J2ME-based Jabber Client.

Acer preps cut-price PocketPC. The n10 is set to cost under $300.

Tutorial: Look, Ma, No EJBs!

Russ — Nokia MIDP Gaming UI Whitepaper.

Matt — Frames and XHTML.

David  — IntelliJ IDEA #698 available.

Giulio — To Test Or Not To Test: private methods.

ID theft: a $1bn a year crime.

Thanks in part to Russ, I was able to solve my Zaurus' TCP/IP over USB problem.

On March 28, 1968 — The U.S. lost its first F-111 aircraft in Vietnam when it vanished while on a combat mission. North Vietnam claimed that they had shot it down.