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ANT Limited has announced its Fresco embedded browser for Java. This browser is written in C and uses the Java Native Interface to map platform-specific services onto appropriate Java implementations. The three-layer architecture consists of the ANT Portability Environment, which manages the interface to the hardware platform; the core standards-compliant browser core; and a graphical front end. Fresco is platform independent.
ANT Limited
20 Cambridge Place
Cambridge, UK CB2 1NS
949-363-5662
http://www.antlimited.com/
Esmertec has released its Jbed RTOS package 1.3, an embedded real-time Java Virtual Machine. Enhancements to the 1.3 release include improved TCP/IP networking performance and PPP, DNS, and daytime protocol support. The target bytecode compiler for dynamic class loading additionally supports loading across HT>'P and TFTP. New boot loaders have been added, the Jbed IDE has been enhanced, and functionality has been added for Interrupt Service Routines (allowing notification from an ISR to a waiting real-time task). Also new to the Jbed family is Jbed Micro Edition CIDC, a small-footprint Java Virtual Machine designed for memory constrained devices.
Esmertec Inc.
111 N. Market Street, 6th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
408-351-3420
http://www.esmertec.com/
The Curl Web content language is designed to integrate markup functionality, scripting functionality, and a full-featured object-oriented programming language, built expressly for client-side web applications. The beta version of Curl Surge, a browser plug-in allowing users of Netscape or Internet Explorer to run applications written in the Curl language, is now available for free download. As part of the beta program, Curl is also offering web developers and programmers the chance to test out the Curl language and build applications using Curl Surge Lab, an integrated developer's environment.
Curt Corp.
400 Technology Square, 8th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139-3539
617-761-1200
http://www.curl.com/
Caesius Software has introduced WebQL, software designed to query the Internet like a database. Based on web crawling, regular expressions, Perl, and HTML, the program aims to help business intelligence and competitive analysis projects by extracting specific information from the Internet through queries written in WebQL. Examples would include questions like "How fast is company X growing?" or "How many web sites display our logo?" WebQL can be used through the provided user interface or through the command line, where it can collect data for other applications.
Caesius Software
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