JDK8 will be released at 9th September 2013

We will get Lambdas, new DataTime API, default implementations in the interfaces, static references to the methods, Stream interface with Map Reduce operations on Collections, removal of Permanent Generation in the Heap, repeating annotations, annotations on type use, Nashorn - new JavaScript engine and some smaller changes.
You can see examples here: https://github.com/awislowski/jdk8

MongoDB 2.4 Released

MongoDB 2.4 has been Released.
Read more here: http://blog.mongodb.org/post/45754637343/mongodb-2-4-released

Garbage collection desciption & gc.log

Here are two interesting pages about GC in JVM.4

• gc.log explained: http://blogs.oracle.com/poonam/entry/understanding_cms_gc_logs
• article about Garbage collection in JVM: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/gc-tuning-6-140523.html

New STS version 3.2 released

New STS version 3.2 gives big increase in performance.
Read here: http://blog.springsource.org/2013/03/12/performance-improvements-in-sts-3-2-0/

Red Hat Assumes Leadership of OpenJDK 6 Community

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced it has transitioned into a leadership role for the OpenJDK 6 project, effectively extending support for the technology and its users.
Read more here: http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2013/3/red-hat-reinforces-java-commitment