Misc - Video of the Gorillaz preforming as 3-D holograms at the MTV EMA

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1IUG92LV9WK6I0PPZ9DY1YKE7S

if you want to know who've done it check this site:
Gorillaz ape a Victorian parlour trick for a bit of stage presence

Misc - BEA Purchases SolarMetric

BEA has purchased Java tools developer SolarMetric.
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4723

Misc - LinkZoom

Link Zoom

Misc - 10 by 10

An interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time.
http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html

Microsoft / Windows - Microsoft buys FolderShare

Microsoft has acquired an online file-sharing service

Misc - IBM slows light

IBM slows light, readies it for networking

POJ - SmartSVN 1.1 released

SmartSVN 1.1 (100% pure Java Subversion client)

Misc - QUAKE IV fullscreen panoramic screenshots

http://vrway.com/vr_q4/

Linux - FreeBSD 6.0 Released

http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/FBSDsites.php

Google - Google Desktop 2 comes out of beta

Today's the day that Google Desktop 2 comes out of beta, and that means you'll see some significant improvements -- like new sidebar panels, more plug-in development options, and better support for enterprise installations.
http://googledesktop.blogspot.com/

POJ - JavaSVN 1.0.0 released

The JavaSVN project has announced the release of version 1.0 Final.
They write in, "JavaSVN is a pure Java Subversion client library, that provides the following major features: "http","https","svn" and "svn+ssh" protocols support, support for Subversion 1.2.x features as well as support for older Subversions servers (1.1.x, 1.0.x);
API to perform operations on Subversion working copy and repository, that supports all operations supported by JavaHL and command line client; direct Subversion repository access API, i.e. one do not need to create or manage working copy to browse or modify Subversion repository; persistent connections and connections pool support for better performance; JavaHL 1.2. API implementation to let JavaSVN server as transparent replacement for JavaHL bindings."
http://tmate.org/svn/

Web App Frameworks - Tapestry 4.0-beta-12 released

http://jakarta.apache.org/tapestry/index.html

Microsoft / Windows - Windows Live Ideas

What is Windows Live?
Your online world gets better when everything works simply and effortlessly together. That\'s the basic idea behind Windows Live. So the things you care about - your friends, the latest information, your e-mails, powerful search, your PC files, everything ? comes together in one place. This is a brand new Internet experience designed to put you in control. And this is just the beginning ? you\'ll see many more new services in the coming months.
http://ideas.live.com/

AJAX / CSS - Web Two Point Oh!

Create your own Web 2.0 Company :-)
http://andrewwooldridge.com/myapps/webtwopointoh.html

AJAX / CSS - Taconite 1.0 released

Taconite is a framework that simplifies the creation of Ajax enabled Web applications. It\'s a very lightweight framework that automates the tedious tasks related to Ajax development, such as the creation and management of the XMLHttpRequest object and the creation of dynamic content. Taconite can be used with all modern Web browsers (Firefox, Safari, IE, Opera, and Konqueror, to name a few) and can be used with any server-side technology including Java EE and .Net, although Taconite does have its roots in Java EE.
http://taconite.sourceforge.net/

POJ - opensso - Session Architecture and Project Sources have been released.

The goal of Open Web SSO project is to provide an extensible implementation of identity services infrastructure that will facilitate Single Sign-On for web applications hosted on web and application servers. This implementation will offer the following core identity services:

* Authentication
* Session
* Logging

Apart from the above mentioned services, the Open Web SSO project will also provide a platform for creating and integrating custom services where necessary.
https://opensso.dev.java.net/

AJAX / CSS - jsquery

AJAX Javascript Resultset, http client and server code generator.
http://www.jsquery.com/java-jsquery/index.html

POJ - RFID Technical Challenges and Reference Architecture

This article discusses the appropriate architectures for RFID infrastructure to mesh with the greater IT ecosystem of a company. The article highlights several considerations often overlooked by RFID vendors, explains the architectural options to consider when choosing the provider of an RFID infrastructure, and examines in some detail the architectural benefits of these choices.
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/a/2005/11/rfid-reference-architecture.html

Web App Frameworks - Wicket 1.1 final available

New features include:

* Simplified feedback and validation - enables custom feedback strategies
* Live Component Reference - the examples project contains a component reference showing how to use the components.
* JavaScript and CSS support for components - contribute JavaScript and CSS from your component to the using page
* Markup Inheritance - enables template pages and components
* Inclusion of external markup
* Simplified Choice component - creating drop down, radio and list components was never this easy
* Less dependencies - we removed several library dependencies
* Customizable Form handling - easy for quick forms, easily enables full custom form processing
* Improved resource handling
* Date picker component - will not get you dates, but a JavaScript and text field enabled localized calendar component.
* Improved URL handling
* AJAX request handling support - support for two leading AJAX JavaScript libraries is available as separate downloads from our Wicket Stuff project: scriptaculous and DOJO toolkit
http://wicket.sourceforge.net/

*ware - Firefox 1.5rc1 released

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5rc1/win32/en-US/

POJ - Ruby on Rails Approximations in Java

The Ruby on Rails way is starting to influence thinkers in Java. Matt Raible apologizes on behalf of J2EE on how silly it looks to do CRUD in AppFuse and Trails has been announced as an approximation of Rails with Java frameworks.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=77745

AJAX / CSS - In search of the One True Layout

Pure CSS-based layouts
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/onetruelayout/

AJAX / CSS - How to Handle Bookmarks and Back Buttons

This article presents an open source JavaScript library that finally brings bookmarking and back button support to AJAX applications. By the end of this tutorial, developers will have a solution to an AJAX problem that not even Google Maps or Gmail possesses: robust, usable bookmarking and back and forward behavior that works exactly like the rest of the Web.
http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/6293