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Logic and integer arithmetic

A look at the bytecodes of the Java virtual machine that perform logical and arithmetic operations

U.S. Postal Service accepts Java, starts e-postmark program

Java-based “smart forms” will calculate mailing costs,
USPS to start electronic postmark service

Riddler.Com isn’t just playing around with Java

Web site’s “joint-development” advertising model — using Java as its core technology — has users and marketers reading off of the same script

Automating Web exploration

Here’s how to create a Web search engine service

ActiveX’s move looks spurious to industry watchers

Transfer of Microsoft’s object messaging technology to The Open Group draws fire from open-platform advocates

Managing the networked world with Java

JMAPI provides universal framework for network management tools

Marimba Software “pushes” information over Internet

Using menus and menu bars in applets

How to use the AWT’s built-in menu classes in applets

Mitsubishi plans to be a big NC player

Gates pushes NetPC

Microsoft tries to steal NC thunder with promise of a ‘lite’ Windows, sealed PC

Show report: Netscape Internet Developers’ Conference

With Communicator and Open Network Environment (ONE), Netscape focuses on complete solutions

News Briefs (11/01/96)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world

Ellison shows off NCs, Java-powered software suite

JavaStation-compatibles & software debut one week after Sun’s roll-out

Sun’s picoJava-I core is ready for prime time

New Java microprocessor core promises to improve performance in devices ranging from network computers to smart phones

The answer to the question “Will Java remain `open’?”

Sun sheds some light on the Java licensing situation

Building a commercial-quality Web application in Java

A small company explains what it learned while developing
software to support Netscape’s AppFoundry program

Comdex Asia: Gosling cools Java hype, lauds Microsoft’s efforts

Sun VP delivers conference keynote on Java and critiques Microsoft’s efforts with the language

JavaSoft unveils Developer Connection program

New online support forum provides access to Java platform development teams, programmer technical support, and more — for a price

So why did they decide to call it Java?

Unabridged comments from key participants on the origin of the name

So why did they decide to call it Java?

The choice of this trademark is legendary, but how and why Sun eventually “went for coffee” is something of a lingering mystery — even to those involved

Strange Brew: Branding, premiums, and America Online

The future of the large Internet service providers

The evolution of cable television to interactive communications service provider

IBM brings Java to Windows 3.1

Hoping eventually to “Java-enable everything,” the company is giving away its ADK

Lucent brews Inferno

New combination language/OS has designs on network communications

Are you Being Served?

SunSoft’s implementation of the Java Server API outperforms Perl and CGI. Here’s the how and why — plus an example servlet

New start-up releases Java application and enabling software

Net-It Software Corp. uses Java to turn PC documents into interactive Web pages

Sun and Apple plan intranet, multimedia alliance

Java Beans/OpenDOC interoperability is in the works, and Microsoft is hard pressed to deliver on its multiplatform, open claims for ActiveX

<em>JavaWorld</em> News Briefs (10/1/96)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world

Oracle discloses plan for Java-based personal applications

Plans for network-aware apps are revealed at Sun’s recent Java Computing Day

IBM draws on Java for OS/2 Warp 4

The company commits to implementing the programming language across its OSs

RMI and object serialization

Saving and retrieving objects with Java

San Francisco Project takes Java to the enterprise

Shareable frameworks promise to simplify large-scale programming

Wind River Systems licenses JavaOS, helping to make embedded development a breeze

Embedded software company signs an agreement with JavaSoft

VC firm to announce $100 million ‘Java Fund’

Ten major IT players put their financial weight behind Java; Active Software, Marimba among companies to be funded

VC firm to announce $100 million ‘Java Fund’

Ten major IT players put their financial weight behind Java; Active Software, Marimba among companies to be funded

Is Java really cross-platform?

Java licensing confusion clouds use of non-Sun JDK ports

Generic client-server classes

Develop your own applet-to-server protocols by subclassing from a simple client-server package

<em>Core Java</em> not just for experts

Prentice Hall book thoroughly covers basics and advanced topics

IBM, Sun collaborate on Net application architecture

IBM licenses Joe, and Sun licenses IBM’s MQ Series class libraries

A portable hill of beans

New Java Beans API brings object-orientation’s
grail of portability and reuse to the Java industry

Applets, dev tools showcased at Object/Java Expo

C++ vendors check out Java at New York show featuring Big Applet Awards

Java gets $100 million endorsement

VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers makes formal announcement of its ‘Java Fund’

Preliminary JDK 1.1 design specs unveiled

JavaSoft releases preliminary information about the design specifications of the Java Development Kit 1.1

Java Users conference `goes public’ on Wall Street

Making money is the theme of mini-symposium for professionals

<em>JavaWorld</em> News Briefs (updated 9/5/96)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world

The effective user interface

Five ways to enhance the appearance and effectiveness of your user interface

SunSoft ships Java Workshop

Development tool written entirely in Java debuts at competitive price

JavaWorld Events Calendar

A resource of conferences, expos, and events.

Card engine in Java

How to create reusable classes for card games

Java wins attention of Fortune 1,000

Survey shows companies are making Java part of their business strategy