[tss] Gumby is a XUL framework that closely sticks to Swing, and will be mastered rapidly by Swing programmers that are looking for a productivity boost.

One of Gumby’s goals is to elimitate the hassles that consume so much time when building UIs in Java: the tedious code-compile-test cycle, the harcodedness and verbose syntax (casting, static typing), the wiring Java code that links UI components with business logic and that often becomes spaghettified. (more…)

Nice demonstration of XQuery language in action.

Jason Hunter demonstrates XQuery

The Umbrella JSR for the J2SE 6.0 (“Mustang”) release has a review ballot. The themes for this release are: Compatibility and Stability, Diagnosability, Monitoring, and Management, Ease of Development, Enterprise Desktop, XML & Web Services, and Transparency. Not as drastic a release as 5.0?

Read more: JSR 270: J2SE 6.0 (“Mustang”) Release Contents

David Flanagan on Java 6.0 sneak peak

JSR 270: J2SE 6.0 (“Mustang”) Release Contents

[/.] PGP Corp. is moving to a stronger SHA Algorithm (SHA-256 and SHA-512) as consequence of the research conducted by the team at Shandong University in China who broke the SHA-1 algorithm. (See this earlier story for more information on the SHA-1 vulnerability.)

Slashdot | PGP Moving To Stronger SHA Algorithms

[/.] MondoMor writes “Apparently, the atmosphere above Earth’s strongest storms acts like a particle accelerator, according to a UC Santa Cruz paper. TGFs (Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes) may occur as seldom as 50 times a day, ‘but the rate could be up to 100 times higher if, as some models indicate, TGFs are emitted as narrowly focused beams that would only be detected when the satellite is directly in their path.’ I’m glad the gamma-ray bursts are directed into space.”

Slashdot | Large Storms On Earth Are Particle Accelerators