The free Java search engine Apache Lucene is available in version 2.9. The release provides numerous new features and API enhancements.

Front End Drupal offers Drupal users, from the complete novice to experienced designers, a focused approach to site design, behavior, usability, and management, with a special emphasis on Drupal theming and interactive design. Includes several examples from start to end.

Mozilla developer Chris Jones has produced a video showing a multi-process version of Firefox.

The Android Scripting Environment (ASE) is under Apache 2.0 licensing and should soon have Ruby and JavaScript support.

Web developers dream of getting their hands on the collective power of Google’s servers. Google App Engine offers a free corner of the Google universe.

Netcraft's webserver statistics for April show over 230 million websites for April, six million more than in March.

The PHP company Zend now includes an enterprise application server named Zend Server as one of its offerings.

Great designers understand far more about building web sites than just generating markup and style rules. They know that organization, layout, color scheme, and even writing style are fundamental to creating a successful web presence. Head First Web Design treats each of these subjects and dozens of others with thoroughness and flair.