JavaDesktop NewsNews from java.net's JavaDesktop Community homepage.GNOME 2.14.2 Released- May 31, 2006 The latest release of GNOME is here: GNOME 2.14.2! This is the second release in a series of point releases for the 2.14 branch.http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2006-May/msg00079.html AMD-ATI Merger Looks Likely- May 31, 2006 Advanced Micro Devices may be looking to buy graphics company ATI Technologies, a move that would benefit the overall graphics industry, according to RBC Capital Markets.http://www.forbes.com/2006/05/31/amd-ati-technologies-0531markets10.html?partner=alerts IntelliJ IDEA: Analyze external stack traces- May 31, 2006 As a developer, you certainly get exceptions from users or QA engineers. And unlike the exceptions that you get in the debug mode, they dont have those nice links that help you to navigate to source. If your source code is scrambled, the things get even more complicated. Now imagine that you can simply copy an exception to your IDE and then navigate to source from the console. How much time will it savehttp://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t73243.html Advanced Installer for Java 4.0 Released- May 31, 2006 Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Installer For Java 4.0, a Windows Installer authoring tool with built-in support for Java applications, integrating them fully into the Windows OS and making them look and feel just like a native application. Advanced Installer for Java runs on Windows 2000XP, and the install packages it creates run on all Microsoft Windows 9xMENT2kXP operating systems. Starting from the version 3.3, building native Mac OS X packages is also supported.http://www.clientjava.com/blog/2006/05/31/1149083182995.html Meet the Java Developer's Journal Editors- May 30, 2006 We thought it was time that the readers of JDJ had a chance to meet the editors, those individuals behind the scenes who work tirelessly to bring you the best articles about Java in particular and i-Technology in general.http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/216389.htm A Clouded Vista- May 30, 2006 Microsoft is at a key point with Vista.http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1969094,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 EasyEclipse 1.0.1 Beta- May 30, 2006 The EasyEclipse project has announced the release of version 1.0.1 Beta. "This version delivers packaged installers for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux for the previous five distributions (Expert Java developer (formerly Starter Java), LAMP developer, Server Java developer, Desktop Java developer, and Mobile Java developer) and four new ones (PHP, Ruby and Rails, Python, and Plugin warrior). It has many plugin updates, bugfixes, and Subversion support in most distributions."http://today.java.net/pub/n/4453 Eclipse 3.2 Milestone Wrapup- May 30, 2006 Chris Laffra has organized the release notes of the last six milestone Eclipse 3.2 releases into one coherent 92 page slide presentation of what is new & noteworthy in the coming 3.2 Stable release: PPT PDFhttp://today.java.net/pub/n/4452 BuildDesk 1.0 - IDE for Build Engineers- May 30, 2006 The BuildDesk project has announced its intital release - version 1.0. They write in, "BuildDesk is designed to free Java developers from the most tedious and boring tasks - creating and maintaining build scripts. No more manual tweaking of Ant scripts; no more struggling with native Java launcher ; no more searching for installer for your Java application; no more figuring out how to obfuscate your jars. BuildDesk will take your IntelliJ IDEA project and produce a multiplatform installer with..http://today.java.net/pub/n/4451 Encyclopaedia Britannica Chooses WebRenderer- May 30, 2006 "We chose WebRenderer because it allows us to embed the Mozilla browser in our products, and, being Java Swing compatible, it provides both standards compliance and a platform for a compelling user interface"http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/228288.htm |