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We went to see X2 yesterday. Right after the show we stopped by the mall so I could try the free hotspot… It worked.

I even did a little bit of war-mall-driving, in the middle of the food court, using Kismet on my trusted Zed.

Nightcrawler, Colossus and reliable Wi-Fi… What else can you ask for?

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Rational Straddles Java and .NET. General manager Mike Devlin shares his thoughts in a recent interview.

Martin — Being Mobile.

Michael — Unit Testing Web Pages.

Matt — Jabber and Roller.

Dominic — Finally Sun CRTFIED. Congrats!

Brent — NetNewsWire 1.0.2b2.

François — Who said we didn't need wireless? :))

Keith — Bruce Eckel has a weblog.

Ted — Effective Enterprise Java (Persistence): Pass data in bulk, Keep data close to processors, Use in-process or local storage to avoid the network, Aggressively release resources and Never assume you own the database or the data.

Torsten — STX vs XSLT.

ProGuard 1.6, a Java Shrinker and Obfuscator.

Sun rises on acquisition speculation. Shares of Sun Microsystemsrose 12.3 percent on speculation the company might be bought by a larger computer rival.

Dotcom survivors come roaring back. After years of ridicule and ruin, Internet stocks are seducing investors again.

X2 makes $33 M on Friday. The show we went to wasn't sold out. A theater employee mentioned that very few of their shows actually were.

On March 4, 1715 — A French manufacturer debuted the first folding umbrella.