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Daily Dose: Couchbase Unveils New NoSQL Lineup for Mac OS X Developers

Developers using Mac OS X now have more options.  Couchbase is launching a new version of their Membase Server, and an upgraded version of their Couchbase...

3 replies - 12321 views - 04/05/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Apache Releases Version 3.1.0 of Solr and Lucene

The newest release of Solr and Lucene are ready for action!  Project leaders have changed Solr's version number scheme to mirror Lucene's. Both the Solr...

0 replies - 12432 views - 04/01/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: CDISource Promotes CDI Use

Java Enterprise Edition 6 fans rejoice! CDISource is here. CDISource is a new organization created to promote the use of CDI (JSR 299).  Rick Hightower,...

1 replies - 10293 views - 03/29/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Django 1.3 Makes its Big Debut

The new Python-based web framework, Django 1.3 has been released after nearly a year of ongoing development effort.  Django developers focused on updating a...

1 replies - 15442 views - 03/24/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Oracle Wants YOU! (To Help Plan JDK 8)

Oracle's chief architect wants your help planning the next Java toolkit, JDK 8.  Although Oracle's developers have already determined the major features that...

2 replies - 19801 views - 03/22/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Reviewing Data Analysis With Open Source Tools

Before I get to the book review, I wanted to mention a basic note about book reviews. In the past I have reviewed books in a less than traditional manner,...

0 replies - 5193 views - 03/22/11 by Robert Diana in News

Daily Dose: Couchbase Gets Comfortable With New Couchbase Server

The newly-minted Couchbase has released their first major product, the Couchbase Server.  At this time, the Couchbase Server doesn't have Membase's...

0 replies - 34813 views - 03/21/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Introducing Drizzle: A New, Lightweight Version of MySQL

Drizzle is the latest lightweight fork originating from Oracle's MySQL database.  The Drizzle development team has eliminated all of the features they...

2 replies - 23269 views - 03/17/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Oracle Admits "Rocky Start" To Java.net

Oracle warned us that Java.net would be in a bug-fixing phase for the first few weeks following the migration. That didn't discourage many community members...

1 replies - 20741 views - 03/16/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Enterprise Portals Extend to Cloud With eXo Cloud IDE and eXo Platform 3.5

eXo Platform, a company that develops Java portals, has released eXo Platform 3.5 and eXo Cloud IDE in an attempt to bring a cloud environment to enterprise...

0 replies - 19110 views - 03/15/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose : Release of Jython 2.5.2 Reaches Benchmarks 20% Faster

The newest version of Python for Java virtual machines is here! Improvements to overall Jython performance result in a 20% faster pystone benchmark speed. ...

0 replies - 23634 views - 03/08/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose : Havok Physics Engine Debuted For Android 2.3

Cellphone-based gameplay has just leveled up. (As if we needed more of an excuse to play Angry Birds at work.) The Havok physics engine for Android 2.3 will...

0 replies - 24231 views - 03/07/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: OpenJDK6 Leader Joseph Darcy Resigns Release Managment Duties

The leader of OpenJDK6, Joseph Darcy is stepping down from his release management duties for the project this week.  Kelly O'Hair will take on his...

1 replies - 19088 views - 03/04/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Apple's "Magical" iPad 2 Revealed!

The much-anticipated release of the iPad 2 revealed a host of upgrades.  Apple's iPad 2 includes a lot of the big, expected new features like a dual-core 1GHz...

0 replies - 21122 views - 03/03/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Daily Dose: Shiny New GlassFish 3.1 Released

GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1 has been released to the general public. This open-source version of GlassFish includes full clustering and...

3 replies - 19517 views - 03/01/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose