The best web dev tool there is reaches 1.3.0 Final.

They have really made some great progress lately and for those of you not using Firefox 3.1 yet, you can go get this now.

Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

If you are using Firefox 3.1 you will still need to go get the 1.4 alpha (or soon to be beta).

Firebug Release Directory

Thank you again Firebug team!

It appears Microsoft is updating their virtual earth product with all new imagery.  To do that, they are updating 48 Terabytes of data.

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/01/microsoft-virtual-earth-gets-a-48tb-update

That takes backing up and moving data around to an all new level.

Can you only imagine the hardware infrastructure in place to handle that upgrade, roll-out and production support.  I know I read specs on their server farm for virtual earth when they first turned the switch on quite a while ago, but I am sure that has only grown as they have continued to one up Google.

Apache Wicket 1.3.5 released.  The only way to do Java web development anymore IMO.

The Apache Wicket team is proud to announce the availability of the fifth
maintenance release: Apache Wicket 1.3.5. A lot of bugs have been squashed and
several improvements implemented. It is recommended you update to Wicket 1.3.5
at your earliest convenience.

Apache Wicket 1.3.3 Release news

Javalobby did a really nice interview with Jonathan, Eelco & Igor about wicket.

Javalobby Interview

They talk a lot about Wicket Ajax and how it is implemented at the core. Quite interesting. Not to mention how each brings an interesting perspective to the project.

Apache Wicket is the best! Live forever.

The Apache Wicket team announced the availability of the third maintenance release: Apache Wicket 1.3.3.
A lot of bugs have been squashed and several improvements implemented.
NOTE: A bug related to the order of the rendered links in <wicket:head>, which might have influence how stylesheets were loaded.

http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.3

Another great release from a great team of developers. Each release is like a new gift found under the tree at Christmas.

UPDATE: An autocomplete bug has cropped up in this version (that I personally have run into), but is fixed in the 1.3.4 trunk or 1.4M1 trunk. You can always wait as well for the official 1.3.4 release.