Glazed Lists 0.9.6   19 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Version 0.9.6 of Glazed Lists has been released by Jesse Wilson. He writes in, "[Version 0.9.6 is] a bug fix release that includes a powerful new filtering API and performance enhancements. Significant memory and consistency bugs have been squashed, API Changes: Optionally use Matchers and MatcherEditors instead of AbstractFilterList. The BasicEventList constructor that takes a List as an argument has been deprecated for safety reasons, and filtering performance has improved by as much as 10%."
Source: Java.net

Public Review of JSR 252 - JavaServer Faces 1.2   19 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Sun Microsystems has published a public review of JSR 252 - JavaServer Faces 1.2 to the JCP. "JavaServer Faces 1.2 provides a minimal enhancement of the JavaServer Faces 1.1 specification. It is not a new feature JSR. The primary goal of this JSR is handling the Faces side of the JSP/Faces alignment issues addressed in the parallel JSR-245."
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Public Review of JSR 245 - JavaServer Pages 1.2   19 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Sun Microsystems has published a public review of JSR 245 - JavaServer Pages 2.1 to the JCP. "JSP technology is focused on simplifying the generation of dynamic web content. The JSP 2.0 specification (JSR-152) substantially extended the technology by integrating a simple yet powerful expression language, simplifying the tag extension API, and enhancing the pure XML syntax, among other important enhancements. These enhancements greatly reduced the learning curve of the technology, warranting a major version number upgrade."
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Apache JaxMe 0.4 beta   19 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Apache JaxMe project has released version 0.4 beta. "Version 0.4 is a feature release: Compared to version 0.3, it adds support for nested groups and the 'indexed' collection type."
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Adobe Picks up Macromedia for $3.2B   19 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Adobe has announced that it has purchaced Macromedia for $3.2 Billion in stock. "The combination of Adobe and Macromedia strengthens our mission of helping people and organizations communicate better. Through the combination of our powerful development, authoring and collaboration tools – and the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash – we have the opportunity to drive an industry-defining technology platform that delivers compelling, rich content and applications across a wide range of devices and operating systems."
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Centric CRM 3.0   19 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Centric CRM (Customer Relationship Management) project has released version 3.0 with major feature enhancements. "Major new features include quote management, a product catalog, document management, relationship management, lead management, internationalization (including a new German translation), and iCalendar and WebDAV support. In all, there are over 75 improvements. "
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Sun Microsystems Releases Sun Java System RFID Software 2.0   18 Apr 2005 17:27 GMT
Sun Microsystems Inc. today has announced the release of Sun Java System RFID Software 2.0, a key component of its RFID software package. The RFID software package first introduced in summer 2004, aims to simplify integration of data collected via radio frequency identification ...
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Argos Search API 0.1 - Initial Release   18 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Nick Lothian has announced the initial release of the Argos Search API project. "Argos is an open source (Apache licenced) Java library for accessing the search APIs provided by internet search engines. It provides a consistent, extensible and easy to use API, while supporting advanced features such as a paged request model and a simultaneous search across multiple engines."
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Compiere 2.5.2 Compatible CODAF   18 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Daffodil Software has announced a new version of CODAF (Compiere+Daffodil) made compatible with the latest Compiere version (2.5.2). "The new release augments the performance of Compiere (with Daffodil DB) by around 200%. To highlight this - each one of the nearly 175 forms and reports of Compiere now open in 5 seconds or less. Unlike the earlier version, users need not download the three separate components as the new release integrates all these and the GUI installer guides the user through the installation process."
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JasperAssistant 1.5.3   18 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Peter Severin has announced the availability of JasperAssistant 1.5.3. He writes in, "This version adds support for JasperReports 0.6.6. It also includes support for the Groovy language that greatly simplifies the syntax of report expressions."
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