Articles published in The Journal of Spontaneous Networking http://www.artima.com/ The most recently published articles in Artima's The Journal of Spontaneous Networking. Artima.com http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ It Just Works: UPnP in the Digital Home http://www.artima.com/spontaneous/upnp_digihome.html Continuing the Journal's exploration of spontaneous networking technologies, this article presents an introduction to UPnP. UPnP allows personal computer and consumer electronics devices to advertise and offer their services to network clients. Using Objects to Configure Jini Network Services http://www.artima.com/spontaneous/jiniconfig.html Secure large-scale Java distributed computing is at the heart of Jini 2.0. Every aspect of building a secure distributed computing environment is configurable in Jini. This article provides a tutorial on using the Jini service configuration model, and illuminates the decisions by the Jini architects to rely on objects for service configuration. Networks and Serendipity http://www.artima.com/spontaneous/netser.html This week, Artima launches a new Zine, The Journal of Spontaneous Networking. This editorial article introduces the Journal, and explains its subject matter.