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Fold n' Drop is a new interaction technique for seamlessly dragging and dropping between overlapping windows. It allows you to fold windows while dragging objects.

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There is a java demo you can run by
java -jar foldndrop.jar

2 security holes have been discovered in Java Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 1 and J2SE 1.4.2, or older versions.

Both bugs are related to privileges elevation, where first bug is related to applet and the second one is Java Web Start.

If you are using Java J2SE 5.0 Update 2 or later, and 1.4.2_08 or later, you are safe. If not, donwload the update from Java donwload.

Having problem using some of the Java API? Or just want to learn more through source code? Go to JExamples and you can search for high quality source code, mostly gathered from open source projects.

Search results show snippet of the code ordered by user rating and you can view the entire source file with the example highlighted.

Onion Networks released a new HTTP stack called SwarmStream Public Edition (SSPE).

SSPE is a free plug-in for Java's network handlers that transparently speeds up and increases the reliability of network data transfer.

It provides nice features like:

• automatic retries
• no code-level/compile-time changes
• download acceleration using multi-connections
• reliable resume support by disk caching
• disconnected operation
• alternate mirror fail-over
• bandwidth throttling

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