There is a public preview of JSR201 on the JCP website.
This JSR covers new features that are to be included in the J2SE 1.5 (Tiger) release coming later this year, including Autoboxing, Enumerations, and improved ‘for’ loops.
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There is a public preview of JSR201 on the JCP website.
This JSR covers new features that are to be included in the J2SE 1.5 (Tiger) release coming later this year, including Autoboxing, Enumerations, and improved ‘for’ loops.
These new language extensions building on top of C# are currently called ‘Zen’.
NASA are using a Java Application to plan the movement of the current Rover on the surface of Mars. The app allows them to plan and project the path the Rover should take, by displaying current imagary and allowing the controllers to zoom in/out and pan around within the images.
An online version is available to the public which although does not directly control the Rover, it allows the public to visualize the images and plot paths the same way that the NASA controllers are using the same software.
A Chicago Federal judge has ruled against Microsoft for the Patent infringement filed by Eolas.
Eolas has the Patent rights on the technology for ‘plugins’ in a Web Browser, which Microsoft has now been found guilty of copying.
Microsoft has 30 days to file an appeal, but in the meantime must pay $45 million to Eolas.