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Groovy, Java's New Scripting Language
When some Java developers hear about Groovy, their first reaction is often, "Oh, no, not another scripting language for Java." Ian Darwin had the same reaction, until he took a good look at Groovy. Ian is the author of Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition. Sep. 29, 2004

Keeping Up with the Java Joneses
Ian Darwin covers a variety of new Java 1.5 features, including J2SE 1.5 threading, the return of printf, and the IDEs NetBeans and Eclipse. Ian wraps up this article with resources to help you keep up with the rest of the Java Joneses. Ian is the author of the recently released Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition. Jul. 28, 2004

Treo 600: Not Your Parents' PalmPilot
Palm's Handspring Treo 600 is at the very high end of the PDA spectrum. It provides full PalmOS5.2 support with a fast 144MHz ARM processor, a full GSM or CDMA cell phone, full proxyless web browsing and email support, synchronization with Palm Desktop and Microsoft Outlook, a 640 by 480 camera with the ability to email directly from the camera, and an SD/MMC card slot. Ian Darwin takes you inside in this in-depth review. Apr. 30, 2004

Keynote Plays Ball with PowerPoint
Apple's Keynote is the first major-company presentation software in years to step up to bat against ruling giant Microsoft PowerPoint. Ian Darwin provides a detailed comparison of the two presentation heavyweights. Sep. 12, 2003

Top Ten Tomcat Configuration Tips
How can you configure Tomcat to do what you want it to do? Jason Brittain, coauthor of O'Reilly's Tomcat: The Definitive Guide, provides tips and configuration examples that cover frequently asked questions from newbies about configuring Jakarta Tomcat. Jun. 25, 2003

Soldiers Renege on Hackers
O'Reilly author and UNIX old-timer Ian Darwin comments on DARPA cutting funding to the OpenBSD project. Apr. 18, 2003

Securing Your TiBook (or Any Other Mac OS X Machine)
Here's how to make your Mac OS X laptop just a bit more secure by enabling a BIOS password, and by plugging some of the local and network openings. Ian Darwin takes you deep into your Mac's firmware and shows you how. Feb. 18, 2003

Why Caldera Released Unix: A Brief History
In January, Caldera, the latest owners of the "official" Unix source code, released some of the older versions of Unix under an open source license. Ian Darwin gives the history behind this. Mar. 1, 2002