Newscast for July 16th 2010

Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Scala training update in San Francisco, early bird pricing extended (just this once) http://www.artima.com/seminars/ * Eclipse 3.6 has been released + http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-helio-release-leaves + https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-helios/

  • App Inventor for Android
    • http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

Quick News * Oracle has now confirmed that they will continue to support development for both Eclipse and NetBeans + http://www.developer.com/features/article.php/3891531/Oracle-Commits-to-Further-NetBeans-IDE-Development.htm

  • The number one sought after IT skill is Java development

    • http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/070910-top-ten-tech-jobs.html?hpg1=bn

  • Apache Tomcat 7.0 has been released.

    • http://www.indicthreads.com/7695/apache-tomcat-7-0-released-with-servlet-3-0-jsp-2-2-and-el-2-2-support/

  • Functional Java 3.0 has been released.

    • http://functionaljava.org/

  • Atlassian closed $60M from Accel Partners in their FIRST round of venture funding 8 years after they were founded

    • http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/atlassian-accel-60-million

Fantom Fans * "Positronic Variables in Fantom, or How Fantom closure can prove the equivalence between the Multiverse and Copenhagen Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics!" + https://sites.google.com/site/sayeretlambda/meetings/past/fantom

ScalaWags * Scala 2.8 final is now out! + http://www.scala-lang.org/node/7009 + http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/07/the-scala-ide-for-eclipse-for-scala-2-8-0-final-available-now/

Android * Froyo (Android 2.2) has been officially released for the Nexus One + http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/29/froyo-official-nexus/ + http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/froyo-code-drop.html + http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/android-22-sdk-refresh.html

  • And staying with Android open source news, HTC has now released the kernel sources for the Evo 4G and HTC Hero

    • http://developer.htc.com/

  • Android is continuing to gain market share at the expense of all other US smartphone OSs over the last 3 months according to Comscore

    • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/09/android-gains-market-share-lose/

  • Intel is reportedly porting android to x86

    • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/24/intel-android-x86-netbooks-tablets-summer/

  • Android App of the Week: Wifi Analyser

    • http://lifehacker.com/5572593/wi+fi-analyzer-finds-the-best-hotspots-and-improves-your-home-network

Random Stuff

  • Cloud computing with machine guns! OnLive is live!

    • http://www.onlive.com

  • Old Spice cracked the nut on how to leverage social media for marketing in the new era

    • http://twitter.com/OldSpice

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)

  • To contact us:
    • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
    • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
    • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
    • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
    • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

See All 476 Episodes of "The Java Posse"