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Help Test NetBeans 6.9

Mar 11, 2010 2:00pm

The NetCAT program is back for Netbeans 6.9 and looking for volunteer testers. All you need is a spare four hours a week until June 2010, the scheduled date for the final release. For more information, read the NetCat program FAQs . There's also a chance to contribute code through the...

Call For JavaOne Submissions Closing Soon

Mar 11, 2010 2:00pm

As James Gosling points out, if you were thinking of submitting a proposal for a paper you want to present at JavaOne, you'd better be quick. The submission process ends on March 14th. For those looking to find out more about what's going to happen at JavaOne this year, keep an...

Consider the Environment When Deploying RIAs

Mar 4, 2010 2:25pm

There's a good article by Ed Ort about deploying RIAs in mixed environments on the Sun Developer Network. It's worth a read as a reminder to always check to see if the application you've written has any specific requirements - does it need a certain version of the JRE? Does...

The Reader's Choice Awards 2010 Winners

Mar 1, 2010 2:00pm

The results of the Reader's Choice Awards 2010 have been announced. Congratulations to the winners. I heard there were some very close races to win some of the categories. The following topics will take you to the category winners: Design / Publishing Email and IM Macs and PC...

JavaFX Olympic Desktop Schedule Application

Feb 25, 2010 9:00pm

© VANOC/COVANThere's only a couple of days left of the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010. In addition to the Medal Wheel application I've been using the JavaFX Desktop Schedule and Results application. I tend to have it sitting open somewhere in the background to make sure I don't miss any of...

Oracle Webcast: Mark Reinhold on JDK 7

Feb 25, 2010 2:13pm

On the Oracle Media Network there was a live webcast about JDK 7, Justin Kestelyn, Senior Director for the Oracle Technology Network talked to Mark Reinhold, Principal Engineer for Java SE and OpenJDK. There's a video, about 30 mins long, available on the Sun Developer Network website. They cover the basics...

The Reader's Choice Awards 2010 - Last Chance

Feb 18, 2010 9:01pm

Voting for the About.com Reader's Choice Awards is still going strong, but the polls close on February 25th. So, there's still a chance to affect the outcome by voting for your favorite nominees. The winners will be announced on March 1st. If you're unsure what categories there are or who...

JavaFX Goes Olympic

Feb 11, 2010 2:00pm

© VANOC/COVANOrcale announced the other day that the "JavaFX(TM) and Java(TM) platforms are being used as the Official Rich Client Technology by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". The official website will be sporting a JavaFX application which visitors can use to view medal...

JavaFX 1.2.3 SDK Released

Feb 8, 2010 11:04am

The latest version of the JavaFX SDK is out and available from the usual JavaFX.com downloads page. Looking at the release notes it's a bug fix release with a couple of tweaks for performance that include: Smaller JavaFX runtime download Faster startup times for JavaFX applications Improved reliability of JavaFX applications in...

Project Kenai - Change of Plans

Feb 7, 2010 1:11pm

It appears there has been a slight change of heart for Project Kenai so ignore the previous post on Project Kenai shutting down to the public. It seemed it was destined for internal use in Oracle and users were told to move their projects before April 2nd but now the...