I am becoming a strict coder! I just need to master log4j. I also figured out I need to know how to build GUI's with JFC/Swing since there is a class of applications that can use it.

O'Reilly now has a book on BGP. It would probably have a lighter, more tutorial-like treatment than the "classics" from Cisco Press and Addison-Wesley.

Chikka claims in this press release that it generates 20% of the world's SMS volume. Wow.

A new - at least to me - WiFi provider, Airborne Access, is launching its services at Seattle's Best coffee shops, among other places. (INQ7, Businessworld).