AJAX / CSS - Survey of AJAX/JavaScript Libraries

http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/AjaxLibraries

*ware - Substance look & feel - NetBeans plugin

https://substance-netbeans.dev.java.net/

*ware - Maven 2 NetBeans Plugin

It's fairly simple: you simply type m2 netbeans:netbeans, and it will generate the missing NetBeans project files for your Maven 2 project.
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/wilfred?entry=maven_2_netbeans_plugin

Databases - Oracle Performance Tuning ? Part 3

As mentioned in Parts 1 and 2, there are several relatively easy steps you can take to improve performance. One of those steps involves using an automated tool to "guide" you in writing SQL statements. There are several vendors who manufacture analysis or performance tuning tools, and in the next two articles, we will look at one of them.
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3555076

AJAX / CSS - RoundCube webmail client

RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation and message filters. RoundCube Webmail is written in PHP and requires the MySQL database. The user interface is fully skinnable using XHTML and CSS 2.
http://www.roundcube.net/

Google - Suggested Google Alphabet

Each time you load this page, it checks the most popular keyword for each letter of the alphabet given by Google Suggest, and displays them here for your viewing pleasure.
http://labs.patrickgaskill.com/googlealphabet/

POJ - akarta Commons HttpClient 3.0rc4 released

The Jakarta Commons HttpClient team is pleased to announce the fourth and hopefully final release candidate of HttpClient 3.0. RC4 fixes a number of hard to find bugs left over in the previous release. We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to HttpClient 3.0 RC4. Please download and enjoy.
http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_commons-httpclient.cgi

*ware - OpenOffice 2.0 RC3

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/stx12?entry=openoffice_org_2_0_rc3

Google - Google Adds Tagging

Google has silently added a Bookmarks feature to My Search History, enabling you to quickly tag and comment any web page you?ve visited. If Google in the future opens this up, letting users share their bookmarks and see bookmarking data in searches, we could see something very useful and popular.

To bookmark a page, just visit it through Google Search, get to it in your Search History, and click the star icon. Then click "edit" and type in any tags under the "Labels" heading. You can even add some notes in the box underneath that.

Once you?ve saved a bunch of sites, you can view them by clicking the Bookmarks heading in the left sidebar. You can show multiple tags at once by clicking all of their check boxes.

http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/10/google-adds-tagging/

POJ - Apache Geronimo 1.0-M5 Official J2EE 1.4 Certification

The Apache Geronimo development team has announced version 1.0-M5 and that the project has gained official J2EE 1.4 Certification. "With great pleasure the Apache Geronimo Team would like to announce the official release of Milestone 5 (M5) of Apache Geronimo. Significant changes since the M4 release, official J2EE 1.4 Certification, complete Tomcat integration, configuration of ports, hosts, and most other attributes without rebuilding the server, and developer preview of web management console."
http://geronimo.apache.org/

*ware - IBM JDK 1.5.0 Beta

"IBM has done it again. Yes, they?ve (quietly) released a beta of their JDK5.0 with a brand new version of the famed J9 VM ? 2.3 to be exact. (Note: J9 VMs have been around since 1.4.1/2, but IBM?s been timid about it ? eg. it wasn?t on by default). [As of this writing only Linux (AMD64, x86, powerpc) and AIX betas are available for download]."
http://codeperformance.com/index.php/2005/10/11/ibm-quietly-releases-their-jdk50-beta/

POJ - Apache Axis (Java) 1.3 Released

The Apache Axis team is pleased to announce the availability of Apache Axis (Java) version 1.3.
This version gives Axis the ability to run inside applets, more efficiently process attachments, and preliminary support for MTOM, not to mention the usual round of bug fixes. More info is available in the changelog.html in the release.
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ws/axis/1_3/

Microsoft / Windows - Microsoft, Yahoo to Link IM Networks

Microsoft and Yahoo are set to announce on Wednesday a blockbuster interoperability deal that will reshape the landscape of the fragmented instant messaging market. The companies will connect their IM networks so users on each can communicate with one another using text and voice chat free of charge.

The agreement marks the first time major players in the highly-competitive IM industry have officially partnered up to enable cross-network communication. Interoperability has always been a hot topic among instant messaging providers, but had never yielded a compromise.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Yahoo_to_Link_IM_Networks/1129075667

*ware - Skype V1.4.0.78 for Windows released

http://www.skype.com/products/skype/windows/

Google - The Future

Ajax / CSS - ShrinkSafe - Shrink Javascript files

Select one (or more) JavaScript files to upload for shrinking.
The files you upload will be condensed into a single file and compressed.
Dragging items to change their order will change the order they appear in the download file.
http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/shrinksafe/

Google - Google Pattents

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=AN%2FGoogle&d=ptxt

*ware - Navision SP1 Available with New Employee Portal

http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=6976

AJAX / CSS - Inquisitor instant search

http://www.inquisitorx.com/beta/

POJ - Apache Geronimo meets Java standard

http://news.com.com/Apache+Geronimo+meets+Java+standard/2110-7344_3-5892423.html

Misc - EBay Acquiring VeriSign for $370 Million

VeriSign will be merged with PayPal and is estimated to generate a 20 percent operating margin which eBay hopes to help offset the recently reported high purchase price of Skype.
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2005-10-11T012150Z_01_BAU073533_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-VERISIGN-PAYPAL-DC.XML

Misc - KPL - Kid's Programming Language

PL makes it easy for kids to learn computer programming. KPL makes it fun, too, by making it especially easy to program computer games, with cool graphics and sound.

You can start learning KPL today ? it is available for free! ? if you have a computer running Microsoft Windows.
Please ask your parent or teacher for permission, and for help with downloading and installing KPL.

http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com/

Misc - Yahoo Podcast Search engine

http://podcasts.yahoo.com/

POJ - Apache Commons IO 1.1 released

his release fixes all open bugs, and adds various enhancements, including:
- FilenameUtils - A static utility class for working with filenames
without File objects
- FileSystemUtils - A static utility class that allows you to get the
free space on a drive
- IOUtils/FileUtils - read and write files line by line into a List
- WildcardFilter - A new filter that can match using wildcard file names

This release is binary and source compatible with 1.0 according to our
tests.

http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/io/

AJAX / CSS - Java object serialization for Ajax

Five ways to serialize data in Ajax applications

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-ajax2/

Google - Google Reader

Google has announced a web-based feed reader called Google Reader, at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco.
The product features a clean, easy-to-use interface and includes a comprehensive feed finder, multi-media feed displays, and algorithms that can assist users with automatic content prioritization, plus easy sharing capabilities with email and ?blog this? features.
http://www.google.com/reader/