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Robocode 1.5.3 Game programming tool that teaches Java by letting you create Robots in Java code 5 Minutes: Putting a Memory Monitor in NetBeans IDE Ben Galbraith's Blog: Of Fonts and Java2D NetBeans 6.1 Milestone 1 available Pushing Pixels: Swing buzz: flying above the radar

Lightweight Java Gaming Library v1.1.4 released. Lightweight Java Gaming Library lwjgl: More info and release notes here

For those that use HP-UX, HP updated their JDK to Java 6.0 level. HP Java UNIX site shows : JDK, JRE, and runtime plug-in for 6.0.00 (Java™ SE 6) (November, 2007) NEW! JDK, JRE, and runtime plug-in for 5.0.11 (November, 2007) NEW!

These are stunning images from a Java raytracer that just looks great, I found this via the excellent JavaPosse podcast archive. SunFlow: Gallery SunFlow: Features

Looks like a good release for bug fixes, the release notes java.sun.com Java 6.0 Release Notes show 376 bug fixes.

These 3 web sites are new to me and are all excellent news sources and/or Java references. Charles Ditzel blog Java Blackbelt JavaPassion

An old article from 2004, but another look at the Java 5.0 language features and comments about them. TheServerSide.com: JDK 5 in Practice by Cedric Beust