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Ask the Experts Session Transcript: JRuby Support in NetBeans 6

Enhancements to the JRuby debugger, Matisse-like tools, thread safety -- these topics and more were covered in an Ask the Experts session on JRuby support in NetBeans 6. Read the transcript

Registering Products Using Sun Service Tags

Use Sun Service Tags to track and manage your registered Sun products, such as the JDK, GlassFish application server, and NetBeans IDE.

Next Generation in Applet Java Plug-in Technology

Discover the new Java Plug-in technology, which runs applets in a different, more efficient and reliable way than ever before.

SOA Without SOAP: The Java ME Perspective

- In Part 3 of his SOA series Eric Giguere explores how to do SOA when the target device does not support Web Services (JSR 172). Dig in to learn what your options are.

The Java ME GUI APIs at a Glance

- So you think you know the Java ME graphic APIs? Bruce Hopkins' catalogues the current APIs, complete with examples, drawn from 13 JSR's. Read now adnd bookmark for future reference.

Create a MIDP Application Using Drag 'n' Drop

Interested in creating J2ME MIDP applications faster and more easily? Find out how the powerful new Visual Editor in the upcoming NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.1 IDE speeds your development time with drag and drop functionality. Read the transcript of this chat with the engineers who designed and implemented this feature for an inside look at its capabilities.

Sun Java Wireless Client Available On Latest HP iPAQ Smartphone

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced that Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) is integrated in the new HP iPAQ 900 series Business Messenger smartphone. Based on the Sun Java Wireless Client software - Sun's Java ME implementation for wireless handsets - and enhanced with custom features designed specifically for HP, the new HP 3G smartphone delivers a flexible wireless e-mail experience1, including convenient voice2 con...

Sun Microsystems and Intel Break Million-Messages-per Second Barrier for Thomson Reuters Market Data System

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA) today announced new benchmark performance results for Thomson Reuters market data platform. The new benchmark demonstrates that running the platform, known as Reuters Market Data System 6.0.3 (RMDS), on Sun technology not only provides the best throughput performance to date by breaking the million-messages-per second barrier, but also the lowest available network latency on a 1Gb Ethernet.

Sun Microsystems Releases New GlassFish and MySQL Offering To Provide Customers With Unlimited Deployments of Enterprise Class Application Server and Database Software

Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA), today announced the immediate availability of a new offering to help customers achieve greater return on investment (ROI) and significantly reduce the costs of deploying and managing database and application server software. Sun GlassFish and MySQL Unlimited enables companies of all sizes to deploy the software on unlimited servers across their entire organization for a flat annual subscription. For more details see:

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