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Google releases near-final Android programming tool

Google on Monday released the first beta version of its software developer kit (SDK) for Android phones, a significant step in the company's hope for "open" phone technology. Read more »

Google Mobile for iPhone breaks App Store rules

Google Mobile lets you search the Web using your voice in a way that is technically off-limits to iPhone developers, according to a report. Read more »

Google plans 'Chrome' browser

Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new Web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project. Read more »

Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »

eBay sold on Web services

eBay has expanded its Web services program to bring its propriety technology to all its affiliates--not just the Web sites and programmers that were initially invited to join the effort. Read more »

Sun moves closer to open-source Java process

Sun has published source code for its 'Mustang' desktop software. Read more »

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Process multimedia with the Java Media Framework API

The Java Media Framework (JMF) API allows developers to process media in many different ways. It deals with real-time multimedia presentations and effects processing. Read more »

Developing Bluetooth wireless applications in J2ME

This article reviews the principles of Java development for Bluetooth on mobile devices and describes how to write a Java application for Bluetooth communications. Read more »

Customise error logging with the Logging API

JDK 1.4's Logging API offers developers more control of when, where, and how your applications log crucial reporting data. Find out how to fine-tune your logging to maximise flexibility and efficiency. Read more »

Java Reflection API helps leverage the power of classes

The Java Reflection API is a long-standing tool that opens the door to a variety of programming techniques. This walk-through will show you how to access class definitions at runtime. Read more »

New APIs in Java 1.4 make logging a cinch

Before the release of Java 1.4, you had to rely on third-party logging packages. Now you can take advantage of the new built-in logging APIs. Read more »

Microformats and Mapping

We begin by looking at what a microformat is and how they are useful, then progress to introducing the Google Maps API and finally putting it all together to produce the user group map Read more »

Sending e-mail in Java: There's more than one way

The JavaMail API provides low-level e-mail facilities for Java applications. The Apache Commons E-mail library gives you a higher-level interface. We'll compare the two, and show you how and when you'd use each. Read more »

Test your database's physical connection

In Java, you can test the physical database connection using vendor-specific APIs or a test-fail query approach. Learn which method is best for you. Read more »

How to effectively handle long-running tasks in Java

In Java, you frequently need a class that listens to some events and processes some data during the application's lifetime. Here is the framework. Read more »

Using pluggable look-and-feel in Java Swing APIs

The Java Swing API provides a (PLAF) capability, which allows Swing GUI widgets to change appearance based on the programmer's customised look-and-feel setting. Learn how you can use it in your own applications. Read more »

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Fennec: Firefox for Mobile reaches alpha

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Mozilla has released Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablet. We take a look at the features of Fennec. Read more »

Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »

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