Sun Java is promoting the JAVA STORE, somewhat like an istore for javap apps and java fx apps.
From the sun java website: The Java Store is a JavaFX-powered storefront that provides an easy and secure means of discovering and acquiring compelling Java and JavaFX applications. Social networking, games, productivity tools and business applications are examples of what you can download from the Java Store. This easy-to-use storefront is free, and is available for U.S. residents
There will be games and apps, a good way for more people to know and experience java apps in their homes
A very promising java web development framework
build your java web apss fast using the play framework
nice templating style, easy integration of java libraries and many more
Eclipse is a popular JAVA IDE, Eclipse is a fast JAVA IDE (Netbeans is slow), Eclipse has a new version.
And with the tradition of naming their releases with moons, the new version is to be called GALILEO.
From eclipse.org
The new features in the Galileo release reflect three important trends in the Eclipse community: 1) Expanding adoption of Eclipse in the enterprise, 2) innovation of Eclipse modeling technology and 3) advancement of EclipseRT runtime technology. Each project has published “new and noteworthy†documentation for their specific release.