JavaOne Hits Its Midway Point

Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz promises to open source more of Java (again), Ajax has been cleaning up with attendance, and the NetBeans IDE can see through illusions; that and much more has been going on in San Francisco this week.

Gas Prices Spike Searches For Hybrids

Gas prices reaching $2.90-$3.00 per gallon appear are the boiling point that pushes consumers onto the Internet to research some peace of mind, according Hitwise. Searches for [gas prices] and [hybrid] soar at those prices, as does traffic to energy sites.