Sun Microsystems announced availability of Java Standard Edition 6. Java 6 has a number of new features, you can read more about them from this link: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/features.jsp . A quote from the website:

New Security Features and Enhancements

• Native platform Security (GSS/Kerberos) integration.
• Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) login module that employs LDAP authentication
• New Smart Card I/O API
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Integrated Web Services

• New API for XML digital signature services for secure web services
• New Client and Core Java Architecture for XML-Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0 APIs
• New support for Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0
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Scripting Language Support (JSR 223)

• New framework and API for scripting languages
• Mozilla Rhino engine for JavaScript built into the platform
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Enhanced Management and Serviceability

• Improved JMX Monitoring API
• Runtime Support for dTrace (Solaris 10 and future Solaris OS releases only)
• Improved memory usage analysis and leak detection
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Increased Developer Productivity

• JDBC 4.0 support (JSR 221)
• Significant library improvements
• Improvements to the Java Platform Debug Architecture (JPDA) & JVM Tool Interface

Improved User Experience

• look-and-feel updates to better match underlying operating system
• Improved desktop performance and integration
• Enhanced internationalization support

Release Notes are available here: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/index.html .

Download URL: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ea.jsp

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