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Video: New Features in Java 6
With JavaOne commencing this week, there will be much persuasion for those not yet upgraded to Java
Another Chapter Begins
At the end of this week, I will no longer be employed by BEA Systems. It has been a great 4 years wo
Open BlueD ragon: Game On!
Open BlueDragon is now available for working with.Leave CommentRel ated Entri es:Open BlueDragon : 1 d
Woot!
iPhone, key arrived, os install ing, nothing to be said, NDA and all that, very excited... Lame attem
Kaazing's Brian Albers to speak at Interop in Vegas
As a software guy it is always int eresting to attend a "hardwar e/network" conference such as Interop
Bringing Web 2.0 into the Enterprise
Today, social net working, and user-g enerated content web sites are among the most popular sites on
Applets re-birth, what happened?
Dion has been blogging about the re-birth of Applets, but how did things end up this way?
How much test coverage do you need? - The Testivus Answer
Referring to "The Way of Testivus" entry: http://www .artima.co m/weblogs/ viewpost.j sp?thread= 203994
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Video: New Features in Java 6
With JavaOne commencing this week, there will be much persuasion for those not yet upgraded to Java 6 to do so. Although not as rich in features as the move to Java 5 was, Java 6 still has benefits. My favorites include: - A scripting engine (Rhino)
Glitch Watch - Volvo recalls 65,000 cars
Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will recall 65,000 Volvo V70 and XC70 cars because of a problem with the software that controls the side-impact air bags. Apparently the recall applies only to cars in Europe. According to Volvo’
Book Review - Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash
Tom and Mary Poppendieck are two leading evangelists of Lean software development who share their experiences at conferences on a regular basis. Their first book was an excellent introduction to lean principles and tools, and this book continues the
Glitch Watch - Lower than low fares at Aer Lingus
Glitch Watch is a bit abbreviated this week by virtue of the fact that I am on the road which severely limits the amount of time I have available to sort through the mail bag. However, one story did catch my eye this week. Irish airline Aer Lingus
Video: Cease Inspections
When investigating Lean for the first time, books and articles that give an overview of the principles and tenets of Lean can appear to be contradictory. For example many managers may question how Cease Inspections can be advocated where a basic prin
Glitch Watch - Nuclear software fault goes undetected for 28 years
Stillwater, MN: the Stillwater Lift Bridge got stuck in the open position for more than two hours this week after its controlling computer got “confused”. According to Minnesota Department of Transportation spokeswoman Mary McFarland-Bro
Glitch Watch - TomTom gets lost in FLA
Problems with a new $3m automated trip reservation system caused difficulties last week for disabled users of Chicago’s paratransit system. Apparently, computerizing the dispatch system was supposed to make things better for the roughly 6,000
Video: Small steps
When your manager says: “We expect you to write good quality code,” many people, especially junior developers, will freeze, thinking about code structure, performance, best practices, company coding standards, patterns… the list goes on a
Glitch Watch - Turkey hunters forced to wait in line
Wednesday last week in Lake Placid, FL, residents were warned to boil water after a computer glitch caused the town’s water storage tanks, which together hold some 300,000 gallons, to run dry. By Friday, the water was back on, and certified dr
Emerging from beta
 After three months of beta testing Enerjy, it’s April 1st and that’s the date we always said we would go live with the commercial version of the product.  So, as of today, we’re switching from the free beta version to a 30-day tria
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RIM Announces BlackBerry JDE Plug-in for Eclipse
Don Babcock wrote: I love(d) mobile development with Java. Right up to the point that I found out that it was next to impossible to get apps to market through the catacombs you are required to navigate with each and every separate telecom provider out there in order to get yo...
Setting a Project Based on an Existing ANT Build File
Steve Cohen wrote: I also have this problem. It would appear that the purpose of this function is to import build files that were created by exporting an existing Eclipse java project buildfile. It is not intended to be able to import any random build.xml, which might conta...
Eclipse Runtime Project Is Born
queZZtion wrote: How does Equinox relate to RCP, RAP, Swordfish, EclipseLink and ECF?
Why Is an Enterprise RIA Platform Different?
RichardTreadway wrote: Hi Ramesh, You can find the study at http://www.curl.com/sonat a-announcement-9-25-07.ph p Richard
Debugging and Profiling with Eclipse, Jetty, and Tomcat
Jan Bartel wrote: Hi Sujit, Glad to see you use Jetty. Just one thing, the maven-jetty6-plugin is now really really old. We renamed it some time ago to just the maven-jetty-plugin. The current version is jetty-6.1.7, very soon to be release jetty-6.1.8. cheers Jan

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AJAX World - Skyway Software Announces RIA Developer Contest
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Skyway Software Releases Eclipse Plug-In at JavaOne
Skyway Software announced a strategic partnership with SpringSource. In this technology partnership,
Virtualization Conference Keynote Webcast Live on SYS-CON.TV
Brian Stevens, the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering of Red Hat, delivered
Borland Finally Dumps CodeGear Tools Division
It's only taken Borland two years but it's finally dumped its CodeGear tools division, responsible f
3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo: Themes & Topics
From Application Virtualization to Xen, a round-up of the virtualization themes & topics being discu
Red Hat Named "Platinum Sponsor" of Virtualization Conference & Expo
Red Hat is a trusted open source provider. Red Hat offers enterprise customers a long-term plan fo
Momentum for Instantiations Products Increase as Adoption of Eclipse Grows
Instantiations announced that its customer base has grown to more than 10,000 customers. Instantiati
Migration from IBM Rational Application Developer to MyEclipse 6.5 Blue Edition
Genuitec announced the availability of the milestone release of MyEclipse 6.5 Blue Edition, a tailor
Mainsoft Announces Sharepoint Integrator for IBM Lotus Notes
Mainsoft announced the release of its SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes. This add-on to IBM Lotu
MyEclipse 6.5 Delivers Portlets, Spring and JSF Upgrades and JAX-WS Web Services
Genuitec announced the availability of the initial milestone release of MyEclipse Enterprise Workben
AccuRev Makes Available Initial Release of Its Maven-SCM Plug-in for m2Eclipse
AccuRev announced the release of its process-centric software configuration management (SCM) plug-in
Ubuntu Here We Come! - Java Finally To Become 100% Open Source
With only two weeks to go now before JavaOne, its annual Javaganza for developers, Sun has revealed
Engelbart's Usability Dilemma: Efficiency vs Ease-of-Use
The mouse was the original idea of Doug Engelbart who was the head of the Augmentation Research Cent
VoiceObjects Desktop for Eclipse
VoiceObjects announced the availability of its VoiceObjects Desktop for Eclipse and VoiceObjects Dev
Curl Joins Eclipse Foundation and Announces Eclipse Strategy
Curl announced it has joined the Eclipse Foundation, a not-for-profit, member-supported corporation
CodeGear Announces New Release of JBuilder 2008
CodeGear announced the availability of JBuilder 2008, its latest version of the IDE for the Java pla
Web 2.0 Is Fundamentally About Empowering People
'Unlocking content to be remixed into new business value' is the driver of Web 2.0 in the enterprise
Why Do 'Cool Kids' Choose Ruby or PHP to Build Websites Instead of Java?
Here is a question that I have been pondering on and off for quite a while: Why do 'cool kids' choos
VLX Developer V2.0 Offers Support for Deploying VLX Realtime Virtualization
VrtualLogix announced the availability of VLX Developer v2.0, offering enhanced support for deployin
AMD Unveils Open Source Eclipse Plug-In
AMD announced a new plug-in that provides the Eclipse community with increased performance managemen
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