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JavaOne - Hits and misses
This years JavaOne was a not to be missed event. Here are my views on how the conference has changed
Glitch Watch - 250,000 cell phone subscriber s without service
Approximat ely 250,000 cell phone subscriber s lost service for most of Tuesday this week in Vermont a
Another Chapter Begins
At the end of this week, I will no longer be employed by BEA Systems. It has been a great 4 years wo
Open BlueD ragon: Game On!
Open BlueDragon is now available for working with.Leave CommentRel ated Entri es:Open BlueDragon : 1 d
Woot!
iPhone, key arrived, os install ing, nothing to be said, NDA and all that, very excited... Lame attem
Kaazing's Brian Albers to speak at Interop in Vegas
As a software guy it is always int eresting to attend a "hardwar e/network" conference such as Interop
Bringing Web 2.0 into the Enterprise
Today, social net working, and user-g enerated content web sites are among the most popular sites on
How much test coverage do you need? - The Testivus Answer
Referring to "The Way of Testivus" entry: http://www .artima.co m/weblogs/ viewpost.j sp?thread= 203994
Eclipse Web Tools on Safari
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Glitch Watch - 250,000 cell phone subscribers without service
Approximately 250,000 cell phone subscribers lost service for most of Tuesday this week in Vermont and neighboring states. According to the Brattleboro Reformer, a “software issue” caused the problem, which caused the loss of Unicel̵
Video: New Features in Java 6
With JavaOne commencing this week, there will be much persuasion for those not yet upgraded to Java 6 to do so. Although not as rich in features as the move to Java 5 was, Java 6 still has benefits. My favorites include: - A scripting engine (Rhino)
Glitch Watch - Volvo recalls 65,000 cars
Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will recall 65,000 Volvo V70 and XC70 cars because of a problem with the software that controls the side-impact air bags. Apparently the recall applies only to cars in Europe. According to Volvo’
Book Review - Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash
Tom and Mary Poppendieck are two leading evangelists of Lean software development who share their experiences at conferences on a regular basis. Their first book was an excellent introduction to lean principles and tools, and this book continues the
Glitch Watch - Lower than low fares at Aer Lingus
Glitch Watch is a bit abbreviated this week by virtue of the fact that I am on the road which severely limits the amount of time I have available to sort through the mail bag. However, one story did catch my eye this week. Irish airline Aer Lingus
Video: Cease Inspections
When investigating Lean for the first time, books and articles that give an overview of the principles and tenets of Lean can appear to be contradictory. For example many managers may question how Cease Inspections can be advocated where a basic prin
Glitch Watch - Nuclear software fault goes undetected for 28 years
Stillwater, MN: the Stillwater Lift Bridge got stuck in the open position for more than two hours this week after its controlling computer got “confused”. According to Minnesota Department of Transportation spokeswoman Mary McFarland-Bro
Glitch Watch - TomTom gets lost in FLA
Problems with a new $3m automated trip reservation system caused difficulties last week for disabled users of Chicago’s paratransit system. Apparently, computerizing the dispatch system was supposed to make things better for the roughly 6,000
Video: Small steps
When your manager says: “We expect you to write good quality code,” many people, especially junior developers, will freeze, thinking about code structure, performance, best practices, company coding standards, patternsÂ… the list goes on a
Glitch Watch - Turkey hunters forced to wait in line
Wednesday last week in Lake Placid, FL, residents were warned to boil water after a computer glitch caused the town’s water storage tanks, which together hold some 300,000 gallons, to run dry. By Friday, the water was back on, and certified dr
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A Practical Solution For Deployment Of JSP
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Jeremy Geelan's Social Computing Blog: "Defining Web 2.0...And Then Acting On It"
Craig Tobias wrote: I hear a lot of discussion around defining Web 2.0; I think simpler definition is better such as ?user based collaboration and content generation?. There are a number of people who want a clear cut definition on exactly what Web 2.0 is and everything enco...
Which EII Solution Is Right for You?
nia wrote: is there any open source tools for EII??can Metamatrix runs in Window OS??thank you for your answer..
Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex 2 and Java
Yakov Fain wrote: With your modest requirements, use BlazeDS, which is an open source scaled-down version of LCDS and it implements AMF. If you'll use it with Clear Data Builder, your code development cycle will dramatically shorten. Read this article: http:/ /flex.sys-con.com/read/55 2632.htm
SpringSource CEO: "The Future of Enterprise Java is Clear and Bright"
GB wrote: SpringSource Application Platform will be generally available in June 2008 under the GPL open source license and is available now in beta for download on the SpringSource website. broken url?
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JavaOne 2008: A Day 1 Report From the Sessions
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SYS-CON Media Distributes Collectible "Virtualization Journal Mugs" at JavaOne
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Skyway Software Launches SOA Developer Contest at JavaOne
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Virtualization Conference Keynote Webcast Live on SYS-CON.TV
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Parasoft Unleashes Progressive Application Security Solution
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