Wednesday, December 11, 2002

Utterly hypnotic Java-toy. SodaPlay is an incredibly fun Java-toy -- sketch out skeletal, jointed constructions, tweak the physics of gravity and friction, and set it in motion. It jiggles and clatters and bounces in a way that I find utterly hypnotic. Link Discuss (Thanks, John!) [Boing Boing Blog] 7:59:22 AM

PDF Creator. Create PDF files instantly with this Web service [New at XMethods] 7:57:12 AM

W3C signs off on XML Encryption and Decryption Transform. Specification is given green light as stable and Internet-ready [InfoWorld: Top News] 7:56:54 AM

Open source touted as option for developing Web services. Pros and cons are weighed at conference [InfoWorld: Top News] 7:55:01 AM

Intel releases new programming tools. The chipmaker releases new programming tools designed to increase the performance of software written for its Pentium, Xeon and Itanium processors. [CNET News.com] These payware compilers, available from Intel, are not for .NET, but the VTune Performance Analyzer does profile .NET apps. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I believe that it will be Intel (and not Microsoft) that makes a hyperthreading CLR available at some point. Intel is not the best at getting the word out about their development tools, so regularly browse their developer site or stay tuned here. [Thinking In .NET] [Sam Gentile's Radio Weblog] 7:54:41 AM

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