Butterfly Container 2.2.0
This is the announcement of Butterfly Container 2.2.0 - an attempt to create a very small DI container without sacrificing any advanced functionality.
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Team Concert Beta 3 Out
The IBM's Jazz project has just released the beta number 3 of its Rational Team Concert, the first product based on the Jazz Team Server. If Eclipse... more »
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MyEclipse Milestone Releases: Migrate from RAD to MyEclipse, Portlet Support, JSF Upgrades
Genuitec is proud to announce the immediate availability of two milestone releases: MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 6.5 M1 and MyEclipse 6.5 Blue... more »
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JGAP 3.3.3 released (Java Genetic Algorithms Package)
JGAP is a sophisticated Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming package written in Java. JGAP version 3.3.3 is an extensive release, featuring... more »
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Android handset
Android handset in the wild - E28
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JavaOne: Extreme Innovation (or James Goslings Showcase) Part 1 of 2
In a week that now seems to have raced by in a blur, the main hall at the Moscone Center was packed to capacity as you would expect when James Gosling... more »
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CommunityOne 2008 Impressions (Day 0 of JavaOne)
The CommunityOne conference this year was on Monday, May 5, 2008, the day before JavaOne "proper". It's easy to think of CommunityOne as a... more »
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OpenOffice.org 3 Is Near
Do you really need an introduction for OpenOffice.org?
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Sun juggles love of code with need for cash
Ian Murdock, Sun vice president of developer and community marketing, and Marten Mickos, head of Sun's database group, used CommunityOne to outline... more »
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CommunityEngine is a free, open-source social network plugin for Ruby on Rails applications
CommunityEngine is a free, open-source social network plugin for Ruby on Rails applications. Drop it into your new or existing application, and you’ll... more »
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Groovy: The Red Pill
Dynamic languages are coming on strong and this year's JavaOne has quite a bit to talk about. Here is a reflection on one of the Groovy talks.
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Borland (Finally) Sells CodeGear to Embarcadero
Borland's management has been accusing the tool division for dragging down profitability for a long time. With this transaction, we will finally able... more »
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Federal Circuit To Hear Case That Could Stem Software Patents Tomorrow
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc will hear oral arguments Thursday in the Bilski case, which, if their honors get to feeling... more »
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Web 3.0 alias Java 6 updated N + JavaFX Desktop profile anounced
With Java update 10 and later + JavaFX Desktop profile it is possible to run REAL applications (lets call them applets) out of process in the browser.... more »
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Embarcadero Buys CodeGear for $23M: New Life for JBuilder?
Embarcadero Technologies, a privately held database tools vendor, today announced a definitive agreement to purchase Borland's CodeGear division for... more »
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MySQL Server is Open Source, even Backup extensions
As reported yesterday from CommunityOne: * MySQL Server is and will always remain fully functional and open source, * so will the MySQL... more »
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Sun's JavaFX to hoover-up user data
Sun today announced the yet-to-launch JavaFX programming language will gather data on end-users activities to help developers monetize software, by... more »
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DbUnit 2.2.2 is out
The dbUnit development team has just sent the announcement, version 2.2.2 is out! :-) I mentioned a couple of days ago that the snapshot version was... more »
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Eclipse Prepares for 3.4 with Feature Complete Milestone Release
The final milestone and feature-complete version of Eclipse 3.4M7 was released on Friday, with a number of improvements over the previous Eclipse 3.3... more »
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Microsoft withdraws Yahoo bid
According to TechCrunch, Microsoft has withdrawn Yahoo bid. But what looks like an end of the saga, may still have a couple of unfinished episodes... more »
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Twitter Reportedly May Abandon Ruby On Rails
Twitter has plans to abandon Ruby on Rails after two years of scalability issues. Candidates to replace Rails are said to be PHP, Java, and Ruby... more »
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Adobe opens up Flash, but leaves out Google and Apple
In a well timed move today Adobe announced the Open Screen Project and lifted restrictions on the use of Flash related specifications. The initiative... more »
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SpringSource licenses its Application Platform under GPL V3
It's going to have two versions: a GPLed, open version, and a subscription-based version. Rod Johnson: "Creating an application platform that makes... more »
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Servlet 3.0 (JSR 315) update
It's been a while since I put a post on the blog so I thought I would take this opportunity to give an update on the servlet 3.0 specification. The... more »
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