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meErik's Pulse has been published — My top ten Java bloggers.

blogKasia — Fun with l33t h4x0rz.

javajsXe 0.111, a simple XML editor.

macInternet Explorer update for Mac OS 8/9 released. More security vulnerabilities patches.

macRumors abound as Macworld NY opens. G5 systems are anticipated by rumor sites.

netHacker Plot Hijacks PC's for Sex Sites. Unless the owner of the hijacked computer is technologically sophisticated, the activity is likely to go unnoticed.

music

It's all you, you want it, you can have it
It's all you, take your flight and get it
It's all you, live it up, enjoy it… while you can

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mobileWAP Hits Back In UK. Despite its poor reputation, the number of WAP page impressions viewed in the UK more than doubled in the nine months to May 2003.

javaHani — java.net, again.

moblogRuss — Bluetooth Cameras!, I love eBooks! and My Documentation Directory.

java blogDominic — SCBCD beta info doc and mock exams.

blogDoug — Start Programming (online book for true beginners).

maciPods return to Target. They stopped carrying in April.

humorQuiz: What Kind Of Idiot Are You?

windowsMicrosoft Reader security cracked already. Now go get those free eBooks :)  (Thanks, Frank!)

moblogThomas — Intel et le 802.16a.

perlPerl 5.8.1 RC1 Released.

javaUsing the Jakarta Commons, Part 2.

javaCreating Email Templates with XML. Rafe Colburn demonstrates using XML, the Commons Digester, JavaMail, and MessageFormat to simplify generating and sending email.

java blogFrançois — La terrible vérité sur le financement des logiciels gratuits.

blogRuss — Personal Sys Admins.

java blogMatt — Compression Filter Issues – EOFException.

java blogDanno — SWT: I Still Don't Get It.

blogDiego — the SCO-Sun deal.

java blogJay — Checking out the now open source XMLBeans.

java blogEitan — Impressions of “Mac OS X for Java Geeks”.

blogJeremy — Blogging over your Shoulder.

blogSimon — Stored procedures in MySQL?

javaJRefactory 2.7.04, a refactoring tool.

javajMechanic Profiler 0.5.2 Plugin for Eclipse.

javaJMP 0.32, a runtime profiler of the JVM, with object and method statistics.

macApple releases BlueTooth 1.2.1 update via the Web.

mobileFCC to require many cell phones to be hearing aid-friendly. Can you hear me now?

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blogMatthew — Open Source Awards announcement.

blogKevin — Open Source Precursors.

netBill Gates tops email hoax list. Unwilling daddy of useless chain mails.

java blogRusty — Morphon is now making the Morphon XML Editor 3.0 free beer.

blogDerek — Real Life “Unbreakable”.

blogDanny — Winer Watcher.

mobileHello, it's your favorite song calling. For those who thought cell phones couldn't get any more annoying, brace yourself. Personalized “ringback tones” are on the way.

gadgetsNew Toshiba gadget firm to open. A new engineering company to provide advanced engineering support for discrete devices.

music‘Nashville Star’ Winner Dominates Country Charts. Buddy Jewell.

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developmentNumerical Recipes Books On-Line. 3 books from the collection Numerical Recipes (C, F77 and F90) are available online.

javaEnhance the accessibility of your GUIs. Build a customizable cross-platform look and feel for visually impaired users.

javaGetting started with NIO. The new input/output (NIO) library, introduced with JDK 1.4, provides high-speed, block-oriented I/O in standard Java code.

booksReading Lounge: Crackproofing your Software.

javaServicing Eclipse plug-ins. How to leverage Eclipse tooling to diagnose customer problems.

java blogCarlos — Meta Tags Revisited.

java blogCarsten — Project Dywel started.

java blogMatt — Changing Struts' <bean:message> to JSTL's <fmt:message>.

java blogJoe — What the heck is Sun thinking?

java blogMax — Java Printing on Unix is flakey, even on 1.4.2!

java blogRusty — ABLE 2.0, the Agent Building and Learning Environment and Chris Stevenson's TestDox.

blogBill — Winer should apologize.

java blogSimon — Clearout.

blogSylvain — Cool web tools.

moblogRealRadix — P810.

blogChristoph— Jexed P800 – a Vexed java port and Url Rewriting mind boggler.

blogTristan — RSS2Necho.

pdaMore pics of Gateway's Pocket PC. 100X.

javaKoala Bean Markup Language, enables the serialization/de-serialization of JavaBeans to/from XML documents.

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blogTom — Table tennis - Matrix style! and Nokia's view of telecoms.

musicRIAA sues Spanish music site. Out of tune.

pcSony recalls 18,000 Vaios. We're shocked. Shocked!

macApple earns top honors in PC Magazine survey. 16th annual Service & Reliability reader survey.

java blogDiego — rss performance improvements.

blogZohar — A Rebelutionary Day.

blogMatt — Duron to be Renamed Athlon FX.

blogJanne — Spamblog.

meI've been listening to Rachel Farris' Soak quite a lot lately.

blogEmmanuel — Développez à la mode J2EE en utilisant .NET.

blogAdam — more rss.

macWindows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X. Soon?

java Sun: Rave on over to the other side. ‘Visual-style’ JDE

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javaImprove the Performance of Loops. Almost all Java applications require looping at some point or other.

blogJim — Ship Ahoy! and McFi? Wi?

moblogMatthew — Meeting people.

blogFrank — sorehead.org: Microsoft Word makes me cry..

blogMatt — Feed Validator: Now With Pie.

java blogMatt — [Denver JUG] The J2EE 1.4 Web Foundation: Servlets and JSPs.

blogLuke — Google favors blogs in first name searches.

java blogBenoit— Le tutorial J2EE 1.4.

java blogJiri — Looking for the 'application' in an application framework.

java blogCarlos — Mike's presentation on WebWork 2.

java blogJos — Cocoon issues, or how to waste a complete evening..

blogLeslie — Quick links.

blogBob — Bloggin' from the Chicago Apple Store…

blogChris — Read man pages in your browser.

blogSteven — CurryPie.

java blogPankaj — Exploring Java Code Made Easy …

blogKenneth — Install Debian Onto a Remote Linux System.

java blogAlan — Too Many EJBs.

javaJahia CMS and Portal Server 4.0 Beta 1. Java CMS and portal software.

windowsIE bugs keep coming. Patch Redmond.

netHalf-dozen anti-spam bills presented to Congress.

technologyEllison: We're going to do this deal. Oracle is willing to continue its campaign to buy PeopleSoft, even if it took another year to carry the day.

blogTom — Don't Copy That Floppy!

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