Newscast for March 31st 2011 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Upcoming Escalate scala training: http://escalatesoft.com/training

  • Honeycomb (Android 3.0), but whither the source code?
  • http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/03/android-openness-withering-as-google-withhold-honeycomb-code.ars
  • http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2008/04/google-talks-up-android-open-ecosystems-lead-to-innovation.ars
  • http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc20110324_269784.htm
  • http://www.intomobile.com/2011/03/28/does-google-think-can-stop-honeycomb-porting/
  • http://www.slashgear.com/android-3-0-honeycomb-rom-for-nookcolor-released-01129712/
  • http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/31/google-tightening-control-over-android-as-fragmentation-increases/

  • JDK 7, project coin, etc.

  • http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2011-March/thread.html
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/03/25/brief-look-java-se-7-non-java-language-support
  • http://www.java.net/external?url=http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/jdk7_preview

  • Google hires James Gosling

  • http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/28/google.recruits.java.maker.gosling.in.android.move/
  • http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/28/1634259/Java-Creator-James-Gosling-Hired-At-Google?from=rss
  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/2240033442/James-Gosling-riffs-at-TSSJS-keynote

  • Oracle news roundup

  • http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/as-recovery-drives-big-data-growth-oracle-earnings-soar-74-percent/
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/sonyabarry/archive/2011/03/16/two-weeks-are-things-little-better-now
  • http://drizzle.org/

Quick News * Sponsor - Constant Contact is seeking several skilled Java engineers for positions in Boston and San Francisco. + http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp?src=javaposse

  • Netbeans 7.0 RC1 out now
  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/netbeans_7_0_rc_1

  • Guice 3.0 released.

  • http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62099

  • Grizzly 2.0 has been released.

  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/grizzly_2_0_is_here

  • Eclipse Gatling Gun:

  • Ian Skerrit has shared some of the highlights from EclipseCon 2011 on his blog.
  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipsecon-2011-highlights
  • Open beta for Orion
  • http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110321_orionhub.php
  • http://java.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-orion
  • The eclipse board election results were also announced.
  • http://mmilinkov.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/2011-eclipse-board-election-results/
  • The eclipse community awards were also presented. Full list of winners in the link in the shownotes
  • http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110321_awardwinners.php
  • EclipseCon Europe 2011 has been announced to be held in Ludwigsburg, Germany from November 2nd to the 4th.
  • http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110324_eclipseconeurope2011.php

ScalaWags * Scala 2.9.0 RC1, plus Scala IDE 2.0.0 Beta 1 + http://www.scala-lang.org/node/8976 + http://download.scala-ide.org/ + http://www.scala-ide.org/2011/03/the-next-development-phase-for-the-scala-ide-for-eclipse/

Android * The android Gatling Gun + The firefox browser 4.0 for Android is now final. + http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/03/29/mozilla-launches-firefox-4-for-android-
allowing-users-to-take-the-power-and-customization-of-firefox-everywhere-2/ + The Nook Color will get it's own Barnes and Noble backed App Store in April, and will also receive an update to let it run Flash. + http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/25/nook-color-app-store-flash-april/ + Motorola has confirmed that the price for the upcoming Xoom wifi will be $600. + http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/16/motorola-confirms-wifi-xoom-600/ + Sprint has announced the Nexus S 4G. + http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/21/sprint-announces-nexus-4g/ + Samsung has unveiled two new galaxy tablets, an 8.9" and a 10.1". + http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/ + LG and T-Mobile have announced pricing for the upcoming G-Slate. + http://mobile-broadband.t-mobile.com/android-tablet/g-slate + More details about the RIM playbook tablet confirm the rumors that it will run Android applications. + http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/25/rim-playbook-confirmed-run-android-applications/ + Google has responded to Microsoft's latest android lawsuit. + http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/google-android-microsoft/ + And the Amazon App Store for Android has gone live. + http://www.amazon.com/apps

Random Crap * AT&T buying T-mobile + http://mashable.com/2011/03/20/att-tmobile-2/ + http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214853/AT_T_takeover_of_T_Mobile_Winners_losers

  • Amazon cloud drive and music service
  • http://lifehacker.com/#!5786686/amazon-cloud-drive-stores-5-gb-of-your-stuff-online-and-streams-your-music-back-to-you

Thanks * Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth * Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect * Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork * Theme Music: + Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), - written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. - Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. - Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg

  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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