Connecting the Pieces with SOA at Java Entrepreneur

Source: W3C Over the years I've attended a number of different meetings held by consultants and executives in which they explained the need to bring different technology platforms together. Many of these discussions involved using some new technology that was the killer application of the time. When I first heard about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) I thought we were in for more of the same but after hearing and reading more [...] Read More


Java SE Development Kit gets open sourced at Java Entrepreneur

Sun has moved further towards its initiative for open sourcing Java as it has released a fully buildable java development kit for Java SE to the OpenJDK community. It's an important part of the Java Platform Standard Edition comprising of Sun's virtual machine, JavaHelp and javac compiler. Being licensed under the GPLv2 it will offer access to source code and application server code. The company has even said that the [...] Read More


Vulnerabilities Affect Sun Java JRE at Java Entrepreneur

Sun Java JRE is under threat from hackers and as a result the security of your system might be compromised with. Two errors have been reported in the JRE which could be exploited by malevolent applets for reading and writing local files or execution of local applications. Also two errors connected with serialization have been found in JRE which could be exploited by unknown applets for elevating their privileges. The [...] Read More


Battle Over the USF: Wireless vs. Landline ... Otherwise Known As 'Keep America Connected' vs. 'Connecting Rural America' ... at The Wireless Weblog

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Tim Logan reports on a growing debate between a group of companies calling themselves Keep America Connected, and another group calling itself Connecting Rural America, over the status of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The focus of the debate, Logan writes, is "whether the expansion of wireless phone service across rural America under the $7 billion fund should be capped while federal officials redesign the program for [...] Read More


TADAM Jewelry: Great Accessories at GREAT Prices. Make Mom Happy! at Cool Picking

Tadam Jewelry is an amazing line of jewelry found on a nifty little website that makes shopping super easy-- both in purchasing and the hit on the wallet. We "heart" the LOVELOCK Earrings which are a spin on the spiritual, emotional, and physical meaning of the eternity band and turned them into large hoop earrings adorned with semi-precious gems. This is a blend of two wedding bands -- one for [...] Read More