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“It looks like Sun's got a lot more vision these days”

Sun Microsystems is trying to rejuvenate Java, using the JavaOne conference last week to position the 13-year-old Java platform as a foundation for next-generation technologies in such spaces as rich Internet ... via Infoworld

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“I'm not building a business on the backs of others' works. There are a lot of unprotected works as well.”

Gary Fung remembers years ago when the first computer he operated was a Pentium 90. via Privacy Digest

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“The advantage of using these aggregate operations with closures is that the code can automatically be parallelized. It makes it very easy to take programs written to be sequential and parallelize them just by using a different library”

If there is one topic that seems to get Java programmers excited, it is the question of whether to include a new feature called closures in the next version of Java. via Government Computer News

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“This is an issue we're working on to help address”

Computerworld newsletters! Emphasizing the company's commitment to the Java platform, AMD detailed this week how it is building technologies to make Java work better. via Computerworld

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As discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 in this series, the ECU_HSIS.H hardware/software-interface specification contains references to three external files that are used to further define the microcontroller ... via Embedded.com

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Sun Microsystems officially launched OpenSolaris today. Available pre-built as a combo live/install CD, the initial binary distribution download of the OS features a GNOME user interface, highly fault tolerant ... via DesktopLinux

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Interim Head of School Marlene Kostka has announced a number of courses will be offered this summer for enrichment at Oratory Preparatory School, 1 Beverley Road, in Summit. via Courier News Online

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Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday with a series of keynote presentations designed to showcase JavaFX , the company's new rich internet-application technology, ... via ZDNet UK News

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“That's really probably going to start helping us define what Ruby is today”

Computerworld newsletters! Ruby experts compared the scripting languages of the rival PHP language and Java during a panel session at the CommunityOne conference in San Francisco on Monday. via Computerworld

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Sun Microsystems has bragged for 13 years now that Java security features keep the programming technology virus-free. Apparently, the same doesn't hold for the JavaOne trade show . via CNET News.com

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