We had already focused on JDK 7 features in our post - Java/JDK 7 downloaded. According to the roadmap in OpenJDK site, JDK 7 would be arriving at the first quarter of 2010. Going by the schedule 6 milestone are expected in 2009, with the milestone M3 encompassing JSR 292's VM Support for non-Java languages, support for SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) and SDP (Sockets Direct Protocol) on Solaris, as well as an upgrade to Unicode 5.1 and an updated class loader.. JDK 7 would includes several enhanced features with respect to performance, usability and security of Java platform. We can wait till the current draft of the development process is published as a Feature Proposal Template. However, as the draft is available we decided to dig deep into the JDK 7 to sort out the top 10 features for JDK 7.

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WASHINGTON - A team of palaeontologists and archaeologists, who studied fossil evidence from Australia, Timor, Flores, Java and India, has shown that Komodo Dragons most likely evolved in Australia around 3-4 million years ago and dispersed westward to Indonesia.

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CentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed. However that doesn't provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets). Here are the steps to install and enable applets / Java plugin in Firefox browser on CentOS 5.

Note: The instructions may be applicable to other versions of CentOS, Fedora, others Linux distros too. However it has only been tested on CentOS 5.3. Full article (310 words) »

I never thought I would have to write this article. Downloading Java was the simplest thing possible. Just go to java.sun.com and download the JDK. Unfortunately Sun has (intentionally?) complicated the procedure to such an extent that it almost takes an expert to download the proper version of JDK and without any extra and often unnecessary baggage.

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With Apache Tomcat developers can enable PHP only in one web application and run it globally for all applications under tomcat. Generally, PHP is said to have several orders of magnitude more open source code and projects. Those developers favoring the Resin application server have the ubiquitous of PHP. Implementing PHP in Java would benefit both the PHP users and pure Java users. The developers can use the Java EE 5 platform-compliant Web container in Web Server to build reliable and scalable Web applications that are highly demanded.  Here's a comprehensive article that shows you how to run PHP in Java as well as JSP/Servlet-PHP integration options.

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JAKARTA - Terrorist mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was killed in a police raid on a militant hideout in Central Java on Thursday, Indonesian police have officially confirmed.

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Java Management Extensions (JMX) is Sun Microsystem's new Java-based tool for managing enterprise applications. JMX is a Java framework designed to manage enterprise applications in a distributed environment. The JMX technology equips the developers with the ability to add monitoring and management to their Java applications. These APIs can manage anything Java enabled- web servers to network devices to web phones - locally or remotely. JMX technology is defined by two closely related specifications developed through Java Community Process (JCP). To have a better understanding of Java Management Extension technology we decided to provide you an extensive FAQ of the technology. Full article (885 words) »

I have just started playing with JDK 7 (JDK stands for Java development kit and is suitable for Java developers, others should just download the JRE). Java 7 comes with some impressive features. My personal favorite is the WatchService API, more on it later.

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Summary Box: EU applies brakes to Oracle-Sun deal

SLOW DOWN: European Union regulators are launching a formal antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. Oracle expected to complete the acquisition this summer, but European regulators now have until Jan. 19 to decide whether to clear or block the deal. The U.S. Department of Justice has already approved it.

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NEW DELHI - The US Geological Survey on Wednesday issued a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean in the wake of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake striking Indonesia's Java island.

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