MongoDB as Akka storage backend New transparent JSON serialization of Scala objects based on sjson MongoDB backed actor example Support for using the Lift Web framework with Actors Security module for authentication and authorization Support for using Scala XML tags in RESTful Actors (scala-jersey) Support for Comet Actors using Atmosphere AMQP module; abstracted as an Actor Modularization of distribution into a core and several submodules JSON serialization for Java objects (using Jackson) JSON serialization for Scala objects (using scala-json) Protobuf serialization for Java and Scala objects SBinary serialization for Scala objects Protobuf as remote protocol Added CassandraSession API (with socket pooling) wrapping Cassandra's Thrift API in Scala and Java APIs CassandraStorage is now works with external Cassandra cluster Removed embedded Cassandra mode Removed startup scripts and lib dir ActorRegistry for retrieving Actor instances SchedulerActor for scheduling periodic tasks Now start up kernel with 'java -jar dist/akka-0.6.jar' Concurrent mode is now per actor basis Made Akka Web App aware, does not require AKKA_HOME when using it as a library Fixed dispatcher bug Cleaned up Maven scripts and distribution in general Added mailing list: akka-user@googlegroups.com Improved and restructured documentation New URL: http://akkasource.org