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All, after a few years of publishing my blog on the Blogger service provided by Google, I've decided to move to a paid blog with my own domain name hosted by Wordpress. Whilst Blogger is a great free blogging service, lately I have been reading about Google deleting people's accounts, for non-fee paying users Google has little accountability and it is difficult - if at all possible - to restore

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Java Collections Library for millions of elements http://vanillajava.blogspot.com/2011/08/collections-library-for-millions-of.html Memory Barriers/Fences http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/07/memory-barriersfences.html Inter Thread Latency http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/08/inter-thread-latency.html Eliminate False Sharing http://drdobbs.com/go-parallel/article/

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Java Disruptor http://disruptor.googlecode.com/files/Disruptor-1.0.pdf Hidden Java 7 Features - System and Process CPU Load Monitoring http://sellmic.com/blog/2011/07/21/hidden-java-7-features-cpu-load-monitoring/ Top 15 java threading interview questions asked in Investment banks http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2011/07/java-multi-threading-interview.html The LMAX Architecture http://

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Java Java Collection Performance http://java.dzone.com/articles/java-collection-performance Tracing Java Applications with BTrace http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/07/tracing-java-applications-with-btrace.html Java SE 7: Final Release http://mreinhold.org/blog/java-se-7-fr JavaOne Content Catalog https://oracleus.wingateweb.com/scheduler/eventcatalog/eventCatalogJavaOne.do?ts=1311150560194

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Java Introducing Java 7 http://www.slideshare.net/myfear/introducing-java-7 Java SE 7 Documentation http://download.java.net/jdk7/docs/ 7 new cool features in Java 7 http://sellmic.com/blog/2011/07/08/7-new-cool-features-in-java-7/ JRockit GC in Action http://java.dzone.com/articles/jrockit-gc-action Incorrect Core Java Interview Answers http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/07/

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Java Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors - 2011 http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/07/top-25-most-dangerous-software-errors.html JDK 7: Release Candidate http://mreinhold.org/blog/jdk7-rc Programming Erlangs parallelism is not parallelism! http://jlouisramblings.blogspot.com/2011/07/erlangs-parallelism-is-not-parallelism.html

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Java Avoiding Classic Threading Problems http://drdobbs.com/tools/231000499 Technology Sony VAIO Z Series (2011) review http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/laptops/368422/sony-vaio-z-series-2011

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Java Top 5 free Java ebooks http://www.mkyong.com/featured/top-5-free-java-ebooks/ What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html How to upload your artifacts to Maven Central? http://www.codinginahurry.com/2011/04/24/how-to-upload-your-artifacts-to-maven-central/ A Method for Reducing

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Java Java SE 6 Update 26 is released! http://blogs.oracle.com/javase/entry/java_se_6_update_26 Moving to OpenJDK as the official Java SE 7 Reference Implementation http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the Technology Google Publishes C++, Go, Java and Scala Performance Benchmarks http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/06/cpp-go-java-scala-performance-benchmark.php

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Java Quick(er)sort, Parallelism, and Fork/Join in JDK7 http://www.deftitlenil.com/2011/04/blog-post_05.html Technology Comparison of Protobuff, Thrift, Avro, etc http://tech.puredanger.com/2011/05/27/serialization-comparison/ Chillblast Fusion Tranquillity review http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/367696/chillblast-fusion-tranquillity/specifications

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Java MapReduce: A Soft Introduction http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/05/mapreduce-soft-introduction.html JRockit is Now Free (and Other Java License Updates) http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/jrockit_is_now_free_and A Facelift for the Java Regular Expression Unicode support http://blogs.oracle.com/xuemingshen/entry/facelift_for_the_regular_expression Technology Rumour mill No.2:

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Java How Garbage Collection differs in the three big JVMs http://blog.dynatrace.com/2011/05/11/how-garbage-collection-differs-in-the-three-big-jvms/ Easy Red-Black Trees http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/05/12/easy-red-black-trees Technology Life inside Apple: Fortune article reveals anger, management and 'top 100' club http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/may

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Java Java SE 6 update 25 brings faster server startup http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Java-SE-6-update-25-brings-faster-server-startup-1235273.html Technology Sony admits 25m more accounts at risk http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/367078/sony-admits-25m-more-accounts-at-risk Amazon to launch tablet "in second half of the year" http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367084/

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Java 3 Free E-Books on Java for Beginners http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/04/free-e-books-on-java-for-begin.php High Performance Computing http://drdobbs.com/high-performance-computing/229402193 Java SE 6 Update 25 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u25releasenotes-356444.html The Azul Garbage Collector http://www.infoq.com/articles/azul_gc_in_detail Science Has the LHC

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Java Some insights from Oracle on the their plans for Java http://www.java7developer.com/blog/?p=307 Technology Intel, Micron Extend NAND Flash Technology Leadership, Introduce Industry's Smallest, Most Advanced 20-Nanometer Process http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/04/14/intel-micron-extend-nand-flash-technology-leadership-introduce-industrys-smallest-most-advanced

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Java DZone Meets The Well-Grounded Java Developers http://java.dzone.com/articles/dzone-meets-well-grounded-java Next step on the road... http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/next_step_on_the_road Java founder Gosling joins Google http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2011/110328-gosling-joins-google.htm Cliff Click in "A JVM Does What?" http://jeremymanson.blogspot.com/2011/04/

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Java The Performance Paradox of the JVM: Why More Hardware Means More Failures http://docs.media.bitpipe.com/io_25x/io_25445/item_394514/Azul_TheServerSide_SO%23033729_Expert-Tip_031611.pdf Java Tip: Find process id of running Java process http://boxysystems.com/index.php/java-tip-find-process-id-of-running-java-process/ The impact of Garbage Collection on Java performance http://

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Java Java SE 7 Documentation http://download.java.net/jdk7/docs/ Networking Network savvy trading with Solace and Arista LANZ http://www.solacesystems.com/company/partners/network-savvy-trading-with-solace-and-arista-lanz HPC Performance Tuning of Scientific Applications http://www.lbl.gov/cs/CSnews/CSnews31111.html

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Java Generating Java classes dynamically through Java compiler API http://accordess.com/wpblog/2011/03/06/an-overview-of-java-compilation-api-jsr-199/ JVM Performance - Part III - Concurrent Maps http://java-persistence-performance.blogspot.com/2011/03/jvm-performance-part-iii-concurrent.html Algo Trading Snake Oil Salesmen, Java, General Relativity and Low-Latency Trading http://

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Java Java Bytecode Fundamentals: Using Objects and Calling Methods http://www.zeroturnaround.com/blog/java-bytecode-fundamentals-using-objects-and-calling-methods/ Performance tuning @ JFokus http://kirk.blog-city.com/performance_tuning__jfokus.htm The Azul Garbage Collector http://www.infoq.com/articles/azul_gc_in_detail Nondeterministic Floating-Point Conversions in Java http://

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Java JXInsight/OpenCore vs AppDynamics, dynaTrace, NewRelic http://williamlouth.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/jxinsightopencore-vs-appdynamics-dynatrace-newrelic/ Technology Apple ramps up production of iPad 2 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365113/apple-ramps-up-production-of-ipad-2 Apple enters top five as PC market shrinks http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365077/

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Java Re-booting OpenJDK governance http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/openjdk_gov_reboot How to explain growing Worker Threads under Load https://community.dynatrace.com/community/display/PUB/How+to+explain+growing+Worker+Threads+under+Load Visualising Garbage Collection in the JVM http://redstack.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/visualising-garbage-collection-in-the-jvm/ Java Memory Model - Quick

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Java The Future Of Java http://blogs.forrester.com/john_r_rymer/11-01-23-the_future_of_java Looking Ahead to Java SE 7 and 8: A Discussion with Oracle’s Java Language Architect, Brian Goetz http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/briangoetzchief-188795.html Programming TIOBE Programming Community Index for January 2011 http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

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Technology Apple makes record profits of $6bn in last three months http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12221931 Engineering Winging it: NASA's aviation vision http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/01/nasas-aviation-vision-wraparou.html

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Java JSR-000302 Safety Critical Java Technology http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/edr/jsr302/index.html Kirk Pepperdine on Java Performance Tuning http://today.java.net/article/2009/07/08/kirk-pepperdine-java-performance-tuning C++ An Interview with C++ Creator Bjarne Stroustrup http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/article.php/c18357/An-Interview-with-C-Creator-Bjarne-Stroustrup.htm

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Introduction A method for inspecting the comprehensive set of HotSpot JVM options and some examples comparing different outputs. Background The Oracle JVM provides an enormous spectrum of options to control the runtime JVM. These options are given a criminally short and non-comprehensive discussion at the OTN here. OTN divides these options into three categories: Behavioural, Performance and

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Java Java Bytecode Fundamentals http://arhipov.blogspot.com/2011/01/java-bytecode-fundamentals.html Linux What's new in Linux 2.6.37 http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Linux-2-6-37-1163376.html Technology 2nd UK GPU Computing Conference, December 13-14 2010, Cambridge http://www.many-core.group.cam.ac.uk/ukgpucc2/programme.shtml CES: Sony's 3D visor - a hit, or garish

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Java Java concurrency bug patterns for multicore systems http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-concurrencybugpatterns/ Josh Bloch on Java and Programming http://www.infoq.com/interviews/josh-bloch-java-prog Java SE & Java EE Performance: A Lot Of Garbage http://ua.sun.com/java/Performance_SRitter.pdf A Comparative Study of JVM Implementations with SPECjvm2008 http://

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Java Joshua Bloch: Performance Anxiety on Performance Unpredictability, Its Measurement and Benchmarking http://theholyjava.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/joshua-bloch-performance-anxiety-on-unpredictability/ Programming Things Every Programmer Should Know http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2010/12/things-every-programmer-should-know.html Ranking Programming Languages by Size of Community and Number of

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Java What's New in IntelliJ IDEA 10 http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/whatsnew/index.html Is the JCP dead? http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/is_the_jcp_dead Java SE 7/8 passed http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/java_se_7_8_passed Java SE 6 Update 23 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u23releasenotes-191058.html Enum tricks: hierarchical data structure http://

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Java Java's System.identityHashCode http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/2010/11/javas-systemidentityhashcode.html Java for HPC (High-Performance Computing) http://www.dzone.com/links/r/why_java_is_increasingly_being_used_for_hpc_highp.html Using a PipedInputstream and PipedOutputstream http://www.certpal.com/blogs/2010/11/using-a-pipedinputstream-and-pipedoutputstream/ Java Fast Sockets:

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Java New Podcast Series: Java Spotlight http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/new_podcast_series_java_spotlight C++ NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 3.2 available http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/NVIDIA-CUDA-Toolkit-3-2-available-1141037.html Linux Troubleshooting Linux Servers http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/7232/1/ Tech Editing your Google Docs on the go http://

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Java A JSR Quartet http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/quartet The Mystery of the PolicyNodeImpl Class http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2010/11/15/mystery-policynodeimpl-class Devoxx whiteboard votes 2010 http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/devoxx_whiteboard_votes_2010 Top 10 Most Popular Eclipse Plugins http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/top-10-most-popular-eclipse A talk

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Java Oracle Announces JDK Roadmap for Advancing Java SE http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/173782 Oracle's JVM Strategy http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/OOW2010%20-%20JVM%20Strategy.pdf The Hotspot Java Virtual Machine http://www.cs.princeton.edu/picasso/mats/HotspotOverview.pdf Benchmarks Gone Wild Part 1: Watch the clock http://kirk.blog-city.com/benchmarks_gone_wild_part_1_

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Java Accelerating Performance for Server-side Java Applications  http://software.intel.com/sites/oss/pdfs/322727-001US_Java_Perf_Xeon_wp.pdf Eclipse 4.1 Stable Build: 4.1M3 Released http://www.dzone.com/links/r/take_eclipse_41_m3_for_a_spin.html Eclipse and TestNG: the Next Next Generation http://beust.com/weblog/2010/11/02/eclipse-and-testng-the-next-next-generation/ Java Performance Tuning

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Java Know the JVM Series -3- When Weaker is Better: Understanding Soft, Weak and Phantom References http://blog.yohanliyanage.com/2010/10/ktjs-3-soft-weak-phantom-references/ Exposing Java Technology Performance Myths http://weblogs.java.net/blog/2005/06/29/exposing-java-technology-performance-myths Babylon 5 and the Great War of Java http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/babylon_5_

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