The nights are getting darker, the email traffic seems to be getting lighter and the holiday season feels like its right around the corner - but the world of Java is still as active as ever and shows no signs of taking a break!  Let's take a look at everything that has been brewing over the past couple of weeks:

Product Updates and Resources

• JCP Approves JSRs for Java SE 7, Java SE 8, Project Coin and Lambda (read more)
  
• Java SE Update 23 Released, delivers improved performance and enhanced support for right-left languages. (read more or download)
• New Tutorial: JDK 7 Support in NetBeans IDE 7.0
• Java EE 6 and Glassfish 3.0 have celebrated their respective one year anniversaries!  (read more) So naturally, it's time to start talking about Java EE 7 (read more)
  

Webcasts

• On Demand: Developing Rich Clients for the Enterprise with the JavaFX Composer, Part 1
• Coming soon: Smarter Devices with Oracle's Embedded Java Solutions

Podcasts

• Java Spotlight Podcast Episode 7: Interview with Adam Messinger, Vice President of Java Development on Java One Brazil, Java SE Development, OpenJDK, JavaFX 2.0 and more! 
  
• The NetBeans team released Episode 53 of the NetBeans Podcast series on December 3rd marking the first episode in nearly 12 months.  Sign of things to come?
  

Community and Events

• JavaOne was held for the first time in Brazil this year, and by all accounts it was a great success!  Read more about this exciting first in the following posts from Tori Wieldt (JavaOne Latin America Underway) and Janice Heiss (JavaOne in Brazil)
• JavaOne was also held in Bejing for the first time last week and was also a huge success. Will try to include coverage of this event in the near future

Articles and Interviews

• An update on JavaServer Faces with Oracle's Ed Burns (read more)
• Interview with Java Champion Matjaz B. Juric on Cloud Computing, SOA, and Java EE 6 (read more)
• The 2010 JavaOne Java EE 6 Panel: Where We Are and Where We're Going (read more)
  

Oracle Magazine
The latest issue of Oracle Magazine is up and in what will hopefully be a sign of the future, it includes a number of columns and articles on Java.  First is an editorial from Editor-in-Chief Tom Haunert who shares some insight into the long-standing relationship that Oracle has had with Java. Next up is a Oracle Technology Network Chief Justin Kestelyn's Community Bulletin entitled: Java Evolves.  And finally, Java Champion Adam Bien's feature on Java EE 6: Simplicity by Design

Enjoy!