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Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 is released by Sun. Hmmm... they are offering a download bundled with NetBeans too. Here are the highlights

• New language updates: Metadata, Generics, Enumerated types, Autoboxing of primitive types
• New JVM Monitoring and Management API
• Improved out-of-box performance
• New (but compatible) default Java look and feel

Also check out J2SE 5.0 in a Nutshell.