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A Google OS Powered PC?

The rumor factory says Google is planning to announce a PC powered by a Google OS that will sell at Walmart. Is it true? If so, what will Java's role be?

0 replies: Posted 01/03 by Michael Urban in News

Erik's Pulse - 2005: A Year In Links

The truth is out there, and JL's Erik Thauvin never misses it! Last year, the Javalobby Newsletter published 46 editions of Erik's Pulse. Erik assembled a great summary of them in this mega-list.

0 replies: Posted 01/03 by Matthew Schmidt in Noteworthy

Future Directions of Matisse

Matisse developers are already discussing the next version of NetBeans GUI builder. Let us know what improvements you would like to see the most.

58 replies: Posted 01/02 by Roman Strobl in Tools, Desktop

Protecting Java Bytecode from theft and modification

As we near the release of Java 1.6 (6.0) and the new 'desktop revolution', many java developers will be releasing more products outside normal 'developer' markets. How are we going to protect them?

36 replies: Posted 01/01 by Gregory Pierce in Desktop, Problems

Do CSci Students Have It Too Easy Today?

Joel complains that CSci students have it too easy today because of the adoption of Java, and gives the "when I learned programming..." story. My take? Joel completely misses the mark.

49 replies: Posted 12/30 by Michael Urban in Opinion

RAD Race again

There has been lot of talk about "RAD Race" at Javapolis recently, but I wasn't able to find any references to what kind of assignment or task was given to contesters?

3 replies: Posted 12/30 by dario novakovic in Beyond Java

Why is object-to-service mapping useful?

One of the comments that I received as a result of my last blog entry was from James Sadler and was important enough that I want to address it in another entry.

8 replies: Posted 12/29 by Matthew Adams in News, Noteworthy

How to Save JEE, And It’s Not EJB 3.0

The inevitable push to bury Hibernate and Spring is throwing a lot of very good tools down the drain in order to continue the Sun monarchy and JCP worship.

17 replies: Posted 12/29 by Brandon Werner in Server, Opinion

EclipseZone - Sun Swing/NetBeans given invite but will they come to the party?

A noted Java Client expert has pointed out Java doesn't need so many Data Binding frameworks, and one of the architects of the new Eclipse one has asked Sun if they'd be interested in collaborating on...

22 replies: Posted 12/28 by Ed Burnette in Desktop

How to recruit Java developers?

We've placed ads in the paper and online, notified headhunters, raised referral bonuses, and are even offering $100 just to interview good folks. We're not getting enough interest. What should I do?

89 replies: Posted 12/27 by ggruschow in Problems

JSP/Servlet Hosting

What are your personal experiences about the different JSP/Servlet Hosting providers you might have used/heard?

24 replies: Posted 12/24 by W D in Opinion

IBM's donation is starting to paying off...Derby Database

This is a story of a mini application that ended up being coded/ built on Derby database (donated by IBM to Apache Foundation). Derby seems to be a very powerfull database...

30 replies: Posted 12/23 by Alex Gheorghiu in Desktop, Opinion

Eclipse 3.2 M4 reproduces many features of Swing and IntelliJ IDEA

Keith Lea has made a very interesting analysis of new features in Eclipse 3.2 M4. Is it really so new?

67 replies: Posted 12/23 by Alex Tkachman in Opinion, Tools

What was hot in 2005? Top 10 most-clicked items on Javacrawl.com

2005 was a busy year for Java developers. Below are the Top 10 most-clicked items in 2005. The topics are about what you would expect: Eclipse, AJAX, .NET comparisions, etc.

2 replies: Posted 12/22 by Jason Jones in Noteworthy, News

Java Based Web Browser for Your Mobile Phone

Opera has temporarily lifted regional restrictions on the pre-release of their Java based browser for mobile phones so anyone can download it.

1 replies: Posted 12/22 by Michael Urban in Mobile, News

JDO2 anyone?

Anyone here using JDO2? Any recomendation? Pros and cons of JDO2? Anybody here prefers JDO2 to Hibernate3? Why? C'mon, lets hear it.

6 replies: Posted 12/22 by Seymour Cakes in Opinion, Tools

Java Nuke

I recently read a book about DotNetNuke, which is an open source DotNet portal. Does anyone know of a Java based Nuke project?

9 replies: Posted 12/21 by Chad Oliver in Open Source, Tools

Bugs.sun.com login down?

Can't log into bugs.sun.com ? Post here... this site has been down for a few days, and so far I've not heard back from Sun IT with a fix date.

3 replies: Posted 12/21 by Jonathan Bruce in Problems, Opinion

Subversion users/developers wanted

We are looking for people willing to cooperate on development of new Subversion integration in next version of NetBeans.

3 replies: Posted 12/21 by Roman Strobl in News, Tools

Good Java GUI designer?

Back in the nineties, I've been working with PowerBuilder which is an excellent RAD tool with a super powerful control called DataWindow

35 replies: Posted 12/21 by Yakov Fain in Tools

Java having success in Independent games

This has been a good year for at least two independent games developers using. Offering from both Oddlabs and Puppy Games have landed in the top 5 lists of Game Tunnels yearly roundup.

2 replies: Posted 12/20 by Darren Pye in Noteworthy, Desktop

Your Predictions for 2006

Around this time of the year, predictions for next year run rampant. As a developer and user of technology, where do you think things are going to go next year?

31 replies: Posted 12/20 by Matthew Schmidt in Opinion

Profiling the Wildfire IM server

Read an in-depth article on how profiling was used to optimize performance in the Open Source Wildfire IM server.

0 replies: Posted 12/20 by Matt Tucker in Server, Open Source

Top 10 Overhyped Stories of 2005?

So what are the top 10 overhyped stories of 2005? This article makes some suggestions, including some questionable ones such as SOA, Web 2.0, and so on.

17 replies: Posted 12/19 by Michael Urban in Opinion

JavaPolis 2005 - Conference Report

JavaPolis 2005 wrapped up last week and Julien Delfosse gives an incredible overview of the sessions he attended and his overall feel of the show. Synopsis: good place, good drinks, too many guys!

10 replies: Posted 12/19 by Matthew Schmidt in Noteworthy

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