*ware - WinZip 10.0 Beta 2 released

http://www.winzip.com/whatsnew.htm

Web App Frameworks - Wicket 1.1-rc2 released

"The second release candidate for Wicket 1.1 is available for download and testing. We expect this to be the last release candidate, but Murphy might think otherwise. Most notable changes are: moved script.aculo.us and dojo handlers to their own packages at Wicket Stuff, added serialversionuid to all the serialized wicket classes, and several fixes regarding resources (javascript)."
http://wicket.sourceforge.net/Download.html

POJ - JBossAS 4.0.3 released

The JBoss Group has released version 4.0.3 of JBoss Application Server, a bug fix release.

http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=70384

*ware - Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 Released

Almost a month after the release of Firefox 1.5 beta 1, the second beta of Firefox 1.5 has been released. Firefox 1.5b2 can be downloaded from Mozilla.org. A changelog outlining the changes in this release is also available. The official announcement is over at MozillaZine.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

Linux - SUSE Linux 10.0 OSS GM has been released

The openSUSE project is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com) that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The program provides anyone with free and easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, SUSE Linux.
http://www.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org

POJ - Say ADIEU to complexity when developing Web services

ADIEU is a tool that lets you develop Web applications and Web services without having any knowledge of Java, J2EE, or any other traditional programming language. It is intended to provide Web end-users the ability to develop Web applications without their having to master complex programming skills. Even though it is intended primarily for the end-user audience, there is no reason that you as a developer can't start taking advantage of its simplicity today.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-adieu/

POJ - Geronimo J2EE 1.4 Certified Release - Milestone 5

The Apache Geronimo development team have released Milestone 5. "The Geronimo team released its Milestone 5 build today, the first build that is J2EE 1.4 certified. A certified milestone release means this build, while not as stable and feature-rich as the eventual 1.0 and later releases, it should provide all required J2EE 1.4 services and features. This release is a huge step forward for the Apache Geronimo project. Since the Geronimo project began in the Apache incubator in August 2003, paid and volunteer Geronimo developers have integrated several existing open source projects and written a lot of new code to create the first open source J2EE 1.4 server available with a BSD-like license."
http://geronimo.apache.org/downloads.html

Web App Frameworks - First chapter of Spring: A Developer's Notebook available for download

Spring: A Developer's Notebook is an introductory book to the Spring framework introducing the IoC container, Spring MVC, JDBC abstraction, AOP and transaction management. The first chapter is now available for download.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/springadn/excerpt/ch01.pdf

POJ - SIP COMMUNICATOR

SIP COMMUNICATOR is a Java SIP User Agent built on top of the JAIN-SIP-RI and JMF.

It started out as the JsPhone example in the NIST-SIP project and is since recently out on its own. Though technically separate, both projects are in close collaboration. You can find the JAIN SIP Reference Implementation (nist-sip-1.2) at http://jain-sip.dev.java.net and SIP COMMUNICATOR's older brother - the NIST-SIP Proxy at http://jain-sip-presence-proxy.dev.java.net.

Currently SIP COMMUNICATOR supports audio/video sessions over IPv4 and IPv6. Features planned for the near future are: a J2ME port, presence and instant messaging, mobility.

https://sip-communicator.dev.java.net/

POJ - Apache Maven 2 Beta 3 released

The Apache Maven development teamn have announced the release of version 2.0 Beta 3. It is a bug fix release.
http://maven.apache.org/maven2/

*ware - Beta update for netbeans JMX module

The JMX team is pleased to announce a beta update of the exising NetBeans module for JMX technology.

It is downloadable from the 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0 beta update centers. (Don't forget to select the beta server when connecting to the update servers from NetBeans).

We have added significant new features that allow developers to:
- Update existing MBeans
- Generate MBeans from plain Java classes
- Generate JMX Managers
- Easily name and register MBeans

The existing tutorial (Adding JMX Power to a Java Application) has been updated with these new features:
http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/jmx-tutorial.html

Misc - Speegle Speak Perfect Web Search

http://www.speegle.co.uk/

Ajax / CSS - George W. Buch speechwriter

http://www.actofme.co.uk/bush_speech/bushspeechwriter.html

*ware - Eclipse 3.1.1 maintenance release

http://www.eclipse.org/

Misc - Guru.com: The world's largest online marketplace for freelance talent.

1. Search for projects
2. Post your profile and select a membership type
3. Bid on projects that interest you
4. Work on projects
5. Get paid via SafePay and receive feedback

Over 4,700 new projects posted last month!
http://www.guru.com/pro/professionals.cfm

Google - Google and Sun plan partnership

Sun Microsystems and Google plan to announce a collaborative effort that some analysts speculate could elevate the profile of the OpenOffice.org and Java software packages.
http://beta.news.com.com/Google,+Sun+plan+partnership/2100-1012_3-5887923.html?

POJ - JavaOne 2005 Hands-on lab files

http://www.javapassion.com/handsonlabs/

POJ - Apache Beehive 1.0 released

Our goal is to make J2EE programming easier by building a simple object model on J2EE and Struts. Using the new JSR-175 annotations, Beehive reduces the coding necessary for J2EE.
http://beehive.apache.org/

Misc [pt] - Novo Ano judaico e Ramadão

Os judeus entraram hoje no Ano Novo - o ano de 5766 da criação do homem, mais exactamente -, enquanto os muçulmanos do mundo inteiro começaram o seu Ramadão, o mês mais sagrado para os seguidores do islão. Como em ambas as religiões o dia se inicia ao pôr do Sol, o início do novo ano e do mês sagrado foi assinalado na noite de ontem.
http://www.publico.clix.pt/shownews.asp?id=1234669&idCanal=10

Ajax / CSS - SQL Designer

Graphically design databases online

Demo : http://ondras.praha12.net/sql/demo/
Download : http://ondras.praha12.net/sql/sql.zip

Misc - Version Control System Comparison

This is a comparison of version-control systems. It is split into several categories and sub-categories under which the systems are checked.
http://better-scm.berlios.de/comparison/comparison.html

Subversion And Cvs Comparison
http://wiki.gnuarch.org/SubVersionAndCvsComparison

*ware - Run Windows programs... Without Windows!

The ReactOS project is dedicated to making Free Software available to everyone by providing a ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows XP compatible operating system.
ReactOS aims to achieve complete binary compatibility with both applications and device drivers meant for NT and XP operating systems, by using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent public interface.
http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html

*ware - Free Skype Recorder

Free MPLAT Voice Machine software for skype Answer machine plus recorder. beta version
http://share.skype.com/directory/mplat_voice_machine/view/

Misc - Keeping Your Life in Subversion

"I keep my life in a Subversion repository.
For the past five years, I've checked every file I've created and worked on, every email I've sent or received, and every config file I've tweaked into revision control. Five years ago, when I started doing this using CVS, people thought I was nuts to use revision control in this way. Today it's still not a common practice, but [...] I know I'm not alone. In this article I will describe how my new home directory setup is working now that I've switched from CVS to Subversion."
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/06/svn_homedir.html