The performance arms race over in JavaScript-land... also:
java.net Poll: What's your opinion of JavaScript?
Java Today: JavaWorld intro to JOGL, personal storage with JavaDB, and widget engine for JavaFX
Weblogs: Dropping proposed JMX features, Generic JMS RA 2.0, and data models that mom can use
Forum Posts: Community feedback and closures and scaling performance with 1-bit images