XStream 1.2.2 is released with JettisonMappedXmlDriver used for serialization and deserialization from JSON.

(tags: java opensource xml programming)

A tutorial on using the query parser from Apache Lucene to provide Google-style query input and hence avoid having to build complex search forms.

(tags: lucene java opensource programming)

A mashup that uses Google Maps, FlickR feeds and Google’s AJAX Feed API.

(tags: ajax programming google)

The good reasons of a Google Search Quality team member to actually attend conferences all around the world.

(tags: blog google)

“Microsoft wants to expand the OSS landscape for .NET, so they’re recruiting people to lead open source projects built on .NET.”

(tags: blog microsoft opensource)

A very good article on relationnal database systems by the Hibernate team.

(tags: Hibernate database ORM java ruby programming blog)