Here is a nice summary of new features in the core platform (i.e. not desktop features) for Java 6.0
I came upon this almost by accident (thanks, google!). It is dated 6 days from now, so I think it must be pretty new.
The detail that is most interesting to me is that the JSR-233 JSR-223 (Scripting for the Java Platform) implementation will be included in build 40 (in a week or two, I think). And, it will include the Rhino JavaScript engine!
So every Java 6.0 application will automatically have an embedded JavaScript interpreter. (And readers of Java in a Nutshell will go out and buy JavaScript: The Definitive Guide! :-)





@__DavidFlanagan
Tiny correction: The scripting JSR is JSR 223 - not 233.