In the middle
Is "would be nice"a compelling reason for a new language feature?

Product of the Day: JReport, Java-Based Reporting for the Linux Envir
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Trusting generated code
Another battle of good vs. evil

Geotagging Web Pages and RSS Feeds
Providing geographic metadata in Web sites and syndicated feeds can provide users with the ability to search easily for services and articles based on location and proximity.

QuickTime Java
Developer Notebook fills long-standing void

October's New Java Performance Tips
The latest Java performance tips from around the web, such as "The purpose of atomic variables is not to remove race conditions that are not threadsafe; their purpose is to make the code threadsafe so that the race condition does not have to be prevented"

NetBeans IDE 4.1
Out-of-the-box support for J2EE 1.4 and Web Services. Check out what early access release 2 can do for you!

NetBeans IDE 4.1 Early Access Now Available
The NetBeans open source project is proud to announce the early access release of the NetBeans IDE 4.1 as the project delivers significant new development capabilities for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE) including Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components and Web Services.

For downloads of this release go to:

• http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

NetBeans Quickstart Guide

• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/quickstart-j2ee-41.html

NetBeans IDE 4.1 Early Access 1 Annoucement:

• http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/41/announce.html

Chat Transcript: Project Looking Glass
Where did theoriginal Looking Glass idea come from? Read the answer to this and other interesting questions about Project Looking Glass, a project that explores the next generation (3-dimensional) desktop.