Sun announces new JDK
Sun Microsystems will incorporate Java DB and the Group Layout component from the NetBeans GUI Builder code-named Project Matisse into the latest version of the Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Java Development Kit.
Sun says the second Beta release of Java SE 6 technology is now available and developers are encouraged to begin their transition to Java SE 6 platform.
Scheduled for final release towards the end of 2006, the Java SE 6 platform is the result of an industry-wide development effort that involves open review, weekly builds and extensive collaboration between Sun engineers and over 330 external developers.
LAMP gets easier
ActiveGrid has released an update to its toolset, which aims to bring Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl (LAMP) development closer to Java, reports News.Com.
According to the report, ActiveGrid Studio 2.0 and ActiveGrid Server 2.0 update the Jython project to have Python applications run on the Java virtual machine. ActiveGrid says the aim of the move is to make the company`s LAMP applications easier to deploy.
The new releases mean that instead of installing a new Linux server with the Apache Web server, MySQL and the Python runtime, companies can deploy a new ActiveGrid application on an existing Java application server. The ActiveGrid software can now run inside a Java container, such as Tomcat.
Secunia issues Java alert
A security company says a vulnerability in the Sun Java System Application Server can be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Secunia says in a security alert that unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being returned to users, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user`s browser session.
The alert advises that users apply the latest patches for the SPARC, X86, Linux and Windows platforms.
Sun to reveal Java earnings
New Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has promised to reveal how much money his company gets from Java soon, reports Java World.
Sun says Java`s market position is improving among developers, with last month`s total of 25 million downloads of the software from Sun`s Web site, but investors are keen to know how that affects the company`s bottom line.
The report says Schwartz will be looking at three key areas to determine the revenue number, namely mobile phones, Java training and Java tools.
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