By providing a comparison of Eclipse’s SWT with the Java Swing and Abstract Windows Toolkit (AWT) GUI tool kits, this article helps developers of new applications decide which to choose. Read descriptions of each tool kit’s basic features, and the pros and cons of using each. More on this on IBM developmentWorks.

The Lost Garden site has an interesting post on software development’s evolution into product design. He starts with the first attempts at software design (for yourself or a colleague), and brings the conversation forward to modern design settings.

Computerworld is reporting that Oracle has just acquired Sleepycat Software (makers of the open-source Berkeley DB embedded database) for an undisclosed sum. Note that Oracle acquired InnoDB couple of weeks ago. More on this can be found here.

Have you ever seen any “live” Transformers? Well you have to check this links . It is realy cool

This topic introduces the Microsoft Feeds (preliminary version) API, an application programming interface (API) that developers can use to manipulate the Common Feed List, the set of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds to which the user is subscribed. This topic groups properties and methods into functional categories to provide a technical overview of the API and what it can do.

NetBeans IDE 5.0 introduces comprehensive support for developing IDE modules and rich client applications based on the NetBeans platform, the new intuitive GUI builder Matisse, new and redesigned CVS support, Sun Application Server 8.2, Weblogic9 and JBoss 4 support, and a lot of editor enhancements. To see all of them take a look here.