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Oracle finally targets Java non-payers – six years after plucking Sun http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_java_users_non_compliance/

An interesting look at Java language changes http://blog.codefx.org/java/dev/future-java-might-look-like/

A really interesting (free) course about Java 8 Lambdas: Announcing: JDK 8 MOOC: Lambdas and Streams, December 2nd! https://blogs.oracle.com/thejavatutorials/entry/announcing_jdk_8_mooc_lambdas

JDK 9 release schedule http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-October/005092.html

Highlights include: ECMAScript 6 (and 7) support Node.js enhancements Oracle JET support enhancements PHP 7 support Docker support SQL profiling C/C++ enhancements and lots more https://netbeans.org/community/releases/82/

The excellent VisualVM tool has moved to Github https://visualvm.github.io/

eBook Deal of the Day: Java Coding Guidelines http://www.informit.com/deals/