Jun 30, 2006 News Wire

A very nice AJAX site for browsing the API documentation of 85 open source libraries (and growing!). Due to license restrictions, Sun’s Java SE and Java EE APIs aren’t included, but alternatives like Apache Harmony (JDK 1.5) are there.

Zimbra announces that it’s withdrawing its Kabuki toolkit (formerly AjaxTk) for building AJAX applications from the OpenAjax initiative, making way for the community to choose from more popular options like Dojo.

Google Checkout (née GBuy) is live.

Microsoft releases the third beta of Internet Explorer 7, focusing mainly on user interface tweaks and bug fixes.

A quick look at Google Checkout’s simple “Buy Now” button, both from the seller’s and the buyer’s perspective.

Ars Technica’s Anders Bylund explains why Google Checout won’t compete with PayPal, at least not in the area of person-to-person money transfers.