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The amazing looking VisualVM is released. Artima: Sun Releases JDK 6 Update 7 with VisualVM VisualVM site inquirer: A look at Java's new VisualVM

Sun Java downloads * JDK and JRE 6 Update 7 * JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 * SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18

OpenJDK passes Java TCK Java is finally open and free On the evolution of the Java plugin Excellent article on Java 7 nio The Open Road: java.nio.file

http://www.drjava.org/ Dr.Java is an interesting little IDE that helps newcomers develop Java code. Although aimed at newcomers, it seems to have lots of advanced features. It could be a useful alternative to the larger IDEs like Eclipse and NetBeans. I found it useful to create small projects and play around with compiling and easily interacting with Java code, without the hassle of creating a large project in a full featured IDE.

Some great articles here : artima: Java going bigger, bigger, bigger dzone: Sun's Open Source Java Right Around the Corner... doh! artima: next generation Applets artima: Oracle Releases Berkeley DB Java 3.3 Eclipse: Memory Analyzer News ZDNet UK: Sun: Java to be 100 percent open by year's end

LWJGL 2.0 "Almost there! - LWJGL 2.0 Release Candidate 1 is ready for consumption!" Lightweight Java Gaming Library v2.0 release candidate LWJGL Release Candidate

HP have recently updated their JDK to : JDK/JRE 5.0.x Downloads: » Version 5.0.12 – April 2008 HP Java