Misc - Ruby off the Rails

Ruby on Rails is just one facet of what makes Ruby great, just like EJB is only part of the Java? enterprise platform. Andrew Glover digs beneath the hype for a look at what Java developers can do with Ruby, all by itself.

Before I can even begin this article, I need to clarify something. First, this is not an article about Ruby on Rails. [...] Second, this article does not foretell the collapse of the Java platform in the face of better languages, tools, and frameworks like Ruby on Rails. So this article is about neither of the subjects most commonly associated with Ruby of late.
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AJAX / CSS - script.aculo.us 1.5.0 final released

script.aculo.us is an attempt to consolidate into one place all the scripts that happened to come into existence over the last few months.
http://script.aculo.us/

*ware - Maven 2.0.1 released

The Apache Maven team has announced the release of version 2.0.1.

This is primarily a maintenance release, incorporating improvements to:
* Artifact and Transitive Dependency handling
* POM inheritance and interpolation
* Multimodule Builds
* Plugin support
* and much more...
http://maven.apache.org/

Misc - Gene That Determines Skin Color Is Discovered

A gene that is responsible for the pale skin of Europeans and the dark skin of Africans has been discovered by scientists at Pennsylvania State University.

The gene comes in two versions, one of which is found in 99 percent of Europeans and the other in 93 to 100 percent of Africans, the researchers report in today's issue of Science.
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POJ - AjaxAnywhere 1.1.0.5 released

AjaxAnywhere is designed to turn any set of existing JSP or JSF components into AJAX-aware components without complex JavaScript coding.
http://ajaxanywhere.sourceforge.net/index.html

AJAX / CSS - Dojo 0.2.0 released

Dojo is the Open Source JavaScript toolkit that helps you build serious applications in less time. It fills in the gaps where JavaScript and browsers don't go quite far enough, and gives you powerful, portable, lightweight, and tested tools for constructing dynamic interfaces. Dojo lets you prototype interactive widgets quickly, animate transitions, and build Ajax requests with the most powerful and easiest to use abstractions available.
http://dojotoolkit.org/download/

POJ - JavaSVN 1.0.1 released

JavaSVN is a pure Java Subversion client library. You would like to use JavaSVN when you need to access or modify Subversion repository from your Java application, be it a standalone program, plugin or web application. Being a pure Java program, JavaSVN doesn't need any additional configuration or native binaries to work on any OS that runs Java. On this site you will also find instructions on how to make existing programs use JavaSVN instead of native javahl bindings.
http://tmate.org/svn/

Google - GMail Mobile

Now you can access your Gmail messages from the web browser on your mobile phone or device. Read and reply to your Gmail messages any time, anywhere.
http://www.google.com/glm/gmail

Misc - Rails 1.0 released

15 months after the first public release, Rails has arrived at the big
1.0. What a journey! We've gone through thousands of revisions,
tickets, and patches from hundreds of contributors to get here. I'm
incredibly proud at the core committer team, the community, and the
ecosystem we've raised around this framework.
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Web App Frameworks - RIFE 1.3 released

Below are the highlights:

* Pathinfo mapping for element inputs
* Dynamic embedded element differentiators
* JNDI support
* Better Spring integration
* Optional exit and output declaration
* Additional callback methods
* Arrival redirection
* RIFE LiveGuide
* Important fixes to the classloader
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*ware - Apache Continuum 1.0.2 is released

This release includes the following improvements:
* Improved performance
* Support for Clearcase
* Support for Perforce
* Added a default build definition for Ant project
* Added specific build definition screens for Ant and shell projects
* Added support of Ant build file in a subdirectory
* Allowed modification of default schedule
* Bug fixes
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POJ - iText 1.3.6 released

check the changelog for this release here.
http://www.lowagie.com/iText/

Web App Frameworks - Jakarta Tapestry 4.0 RC 1 released

The first release candidate for Jakarta Tapestry 4.0 is now available.
Tapestry is a component based web application framework that provides
lots of functionality with minimal Java coding, and creates an
environment that supports high levels of reuse.

This release fixes a number of minor bugs and a major bug that caused
Tapestry to be unusable in portlets. Documentation was improved, and a
new section of documentation for Tapestry JavaScript templates was
added. In addition, a few last-minute features were slipped in: the
default binding prefix can now be set (overriding the default, "ognl")
and the stategy used by Tapestry to localizes assets and resources is
now pluggable and extendable.
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*ware - Spring IDE 1.2.4 Released

http://springide.org/project