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Open Web SSO: The Open Web SSO project aims to provide an extensible identity services implementation, to facilitate single sign-on for web applications. The project recently graduated from the general incubator, and its session architecture and project sources have already been released.»Read more
(December 16, 2005 3:53AM PT)

JXTA

JXME 2.1.1: Mohamed Abdelaziz has announced the availability of the stable 2.1.1 version of JXME, which provides JXTA functionality in J2ME. The new version adds a number of bug fixes and performance enhancements, and can be checked out by the JXME_2_1_1_STABLE tag.»Read more
(December 16, 2005 3:53AM PT)

Community Weblogs »

MyJXTA Video: MyJXTA Collaboration ... chat, voice and video.
gonzo from JXTA (December 16, 2005 12:01:46 PM PST)

Visual feedback on password strength: Want to provide visual feedback to your users on the password strength while they are typing new passwords? Here is how you can do it.
kirillcool from JavaDesktop (December 16, 2005 03:03:50 AM PST)

Bringing Ruby on Rails's Flash to JSF: This blog is an introduction to the new jsf-extensions project on java.net, and to its first component, the Flash.
edburns from Java Enterprise (December 15, 2005 01:57:01 PM PST)

Also This Week

JDK Community

Zoom Zoom Zoom: The JDK Community spotlights JVM performance: "Record setting Weblogic 9 set the world records running on Sun's Hotspot JVM. David Dagastine blog has more examples of Sun Hotspot JVM performance leadership. SOOOOO how does JRocket work with a Java Client? Kirill Grouchnikov gives a hint by yelling out show me the money." » Read more

Java Tools

JavaTools Community Newsletter #65: The 65th issue of the JavaTools Community Newsletter features news from a number of projects, a list of new community projects, a tip for using Eclipse perspectives, and a call for JavaPolis attendees to meet community leaders Fabiane Bizinella Nardon and Daniel López, who are attending this week's conference. » Read more

Java Web Services and XML

XML Schema Object Model: The XML Schema Object Model (XSOM) project is "a Java library that allows applications to easily parse XML Schema documents and inspect information in them." It's a helper for applications that need to work with XML schema, and comes in two versions - a J2SE 5.0 version that uses generics, and a J2SE 1.4 version. » Read more

Java Enterprise

Open Java DB: Bernt Johnson's blog Open Java DB covers the ApacheCon announcement that Apache Derby will be redistributed by Sun as "Open Java DB" and integrated into many Java projects, including the GlassFish J2EE application server. NetBeans will also get a plug-in for working with Open Java DB. More information about Open Java DB is available in a Sun press release. » Read more

JavaDesktop

Substance 2.1: The Substance look and feel project has reached their 2.1 release. Kirill Grouchnikov's blog entry summarizes and has screenshots of new features, including new shapes and gradients for buttons, Mac-like "unsaved content" indicators, 21 additional themes, a new color wheel chooser, custom UI delegates for NetBeans components, and more. » Read more

Java User Groups

JavaPosse: Interview with Burr Sutter: Episode 19 of the Java Posse podcast features an interview with Burr Sutter of the Atlanta Java Users Group. Sutter talks about the group's history and activities, his history with it, and the group's heavily-trafficked AJUG jobs page, as well as his role heading up the Atlanta Chapter of the International Association of Software Architects. » Read more

Jini

Banking on Jini Services: The Artima.com article Banking on Jini Services, the first in a series on innovative architectures, looks at how Rubean, A.G., developed a Jini-based system for managing devices in banks. Online since 2002, the system serves over 35,000 customers and is a model of a decentralized system and one that can use Jini to proxy legacy devices. » Read more

Mac Java Community

NetBeans Performance Profiler for Mac: Tor Norbye's weblog Performance profiler - now for the Mac! notes that Milestone 11 of the NetBeans Performance Profiler now works on Mac OS X. The profiler is based on JFluid and previously required a special JDK. Those modifications have been rolled into the JDK and were part of the latest update to Apple's J2SE 5.0 VM. » Read more

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Ricoh Java Programming Contest 2006: The ricoh.dev.java.net project is the home of the Ricoh Java Programming Contest 2006. Students from universities in six European countries are encouraged to develop innovative Java-based applications for Richo's Aficio multi-functional products. Information on entering the contest is compiled on the ricoh project's front page, and requires being a java.net member, joining the CoolThreads project and the support forum, and then submitting a project request. Registration is open through February 15, 2006.

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