RSS Digest: Week Ending 10-Dec-2010

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://java.dzone.com/articles/enum-tricks-hierarchical-data

Six JDK Classes You Think You Know
http://jnb.ociweb.com/jnb/jnbDec2010.html

Google AI Challenge: Languages Used by the Best Programmers
http://www.r-chart.com/2010/12/google-ai-challenge-languages-used-by.html

Algorithm Performance
http://www.drdobbs.com/high-performance-computing/228500262


Technology

Next-gen iPad prepped for April launch
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/363412/next-gen-ipad-prepped-for-april-launch

Slimmed-down iPad to feature two cameras
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/363517/slimmed-down-ipad-to-feature-two-cameras

Synology Diskstation DS110
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/storage-appliances/363400/synology-diskstation-ds110

Laser weapon lasts for 6 hours
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/12/laser-weapon-lasts-for-6-hours.html

The Anonymous group is taking aim at the wrong target
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/10/internet-wikileaks-anonymous

RSS Digest: Week Ending 03-Dec-2010

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: Enabling high-speed Java communications on high performance clusters
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/java-fast-sockets-enabling-high-speed-java-communications-on-high-performance-clusters/1327

Fast Sockets, An Interprocess Communication Library
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/fastSockets.html

Java Performance Tuning: Tips November 2010
http://www.javaperformancetuning.com/news/newtips120.shtml


Technology

Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/hard-disks/363226/western-digital-caviar-green-3tb

Programmer Competency Matrix
http://www.starling-software.com/employment/programmer-competency-matrix.html

WikiLeaks embassy cables: download the key data and see how it breaks down
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/29/wikileaks-cables-data

RSS Digest: Week Ending 26-Nov-2010

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://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/11/editing-your-google-docs-on-go.html

iOS4.2 Software Upgrade
http://www.apple.com/uk/ios/

Is this the most realistic CGI you've ever seen?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19765-is-this-the-most-realistic-cgi-youve-ever-seen.html

SAP ordered to pay Oracle $1.3bn
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/24/sap_must_pay_oracle/

RSS Digest: Week Ending 19-Nov-2010

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 with Brian Goetz on the future of Java
http://www.zenbi.nl/en/blog_a_talk_with_brian_goetz_on_the_future_of_java.php

How to Read a JSR
http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/how_to_read_a_jsr

Notes for Mark Reinhold's Keynote presentation at Devoxx 2010 about the future of java. [With pics!] 
http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/browse_thread/thread/7cfa2d004707630a?pli=1


Technology

Wall Street FPGA Introduces Hardware Accelerated FIX Solutions
http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/wall-street-fpga-introduces-hardware-accelerated-fix-solutions/

Apple MacBook Air 11in review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/laptops/362995/apple-macbook-air-11in