useful links

http://ycombinator.com/
http://www.reddit.com/
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
http://slashdot.org/
http://www.crunchgear.com/
http://www.wired.com/
http://www.engadget.com/
http://lifehacker.com/
http://techcrunch.com/
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html
http://www.javabeginner.com/

all time fav techrepublic