Newscast for Oct 23rd 2008

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  • The Android project has been released as open source, beating the rumored launch date for the source code by several months
  • http://source.android.com/
  • And, Gizmodo and ZDNet both offer in-depth reviews of the T-Mobile G1
  • http://gizmodo.com/5062977/t+mobile-
    g1-google-android-phone-review
  • http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=179
  • http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6126688892.html?kc=rss
  • http://code.google.com/p/i-jetty/

  • http://lifehacker.com/5059266/give-android-a-spin-online

  • Java 6 Update 10 final has been released by Sun

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/

2008/10/java_se_6_updat.html + http://www.netbeans.tv/interviews/David-Strupl-392/

  • Adobe has release Flash 10 for all supported platforms, including a simultaneous release for Linux

  • http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

  • Fabrizio Guidici is asking what scripting language people would like to see in BlueMarine

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/

archive/2008/10/suggest_me_a_sc_1.html + https://bluemarine.dev.java.net/ + http://code.google.com/p/kahlua/ + http://www.jython.org/Project/ + http://jruby.codehaus.org/ + http://groovy.codehaus.org/

  • Mobile application of the week: Last.FM client
  • http://studenti.ing.unipi.it/~s252017/LastFMobile/

Quick News

  • Registration is now open for the next Mobile and Embedded Developer Days

  • https://developerdays.dev.java.net/nonav/overview.html

  • Thoughtworks has announced a new product, Twist, that aims to ease functional testing of web and Java applications

  • http://studios.thoughtworks.com/twist-agile-test-automation/

  • Mark Reinhold has written a "wouldn't it be cool" blog that mentions some "wishes"

  • http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/cool

  • The JCP Executive Committee Elections on the PriceWaterhouse Cooper JCP elections site

  • http://jcp.org/en/whatsnew/elections

  • John O'Connor blogs that Jersey, the JAX-RS reference implementation, has reached 1.0

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/

2008/10/jaxrs_and_jerse.html

  • A new Microsoft excel to Java bridge, Obba

  • http://www.obba.info/

  • Barton George has left Sun after 13 years

  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/07/

barton_george_quits_sun/

  • Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 beta
  • http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081014-first-

look-firefox-3-1-beta-1-officially-released.html

  • In a couple of recent tips of the day, Arun Gupta has covered how to port a JSF (JavaServer Faces) 1.2 application up to 2.0
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/arungupta/archive/

2008/10/totd_48_convert.html

  • The JSR 277 (Java Module System) spec lead, Stanley Ho, is stepping down as spec lead and leaving Sun for RIM (Research in Motion)
  • http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/

jsr277-eg-observer/2008-October/000307.html + http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=277

  • At a recent Google Developer Day in Bangalore, Prasad Ram, director of Google R&D for Bangalore, stated that the Google AppEngine will support Java
  • http://www.controlenter.in/2008/10/google-developer-day-bangalore-

google-app-engine-to-support-java-android-sdk-release-on-oct-22/ + http://www.controlenter.in/2008/10/java-support-to-appengine-to-

counter-microsofts-cloud-initiatives-microsoft-strata/

  • NetBeans has just turned 10 years old
  • http://netbeans.tv/interviews/

James-Gosling-on-Ten-Years-of-NetBeans-395/

  • Vuze, formally known as Azureus, reaches version 4.0.0

  • http://www.vuze.com/app

  • The NetBeans wiki has a very simple introduction to creating your first JavaFX Applet

  • http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaFXApplet

  • A new application toolkit, pivot, has been released

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gkbrown/archive/

2008/10/pivot_10_releas_1.html + http://pivot-toolkit.org/ + http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gkbrown/archive/

2008/10/pivot_starter_k.html

  • Jazoon has announced a call for papers for the 2009 conference
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cwfrei/archive/

2008/10/jazoon09_launch.html + http://jazoon.com/

  • Sun Microsystems has announced a loss for the quarter

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=51294

  • Comcast in cooperation with Panasonic is now offering tru2way support in Chicago and Denver

  • http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/

Comcast-Panasonic-Offer-Tru2Way-Sets-98469

  • Oracle has released Oracle JDeveloper 11g and Oracle ADF 11g

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=51030

  • Ed Burns needs YOU for JSF 2.0

  • http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Projects/JsfExtensionSurvey

  • Mono 2.0 has been released

  • http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.0
  • http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/06/

Mono_2_lets_Net_apps_run_on_Linux_1.html + http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/

3776201/Is+NET+on+Linux+Finally+Ready.htm + http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/

Mono-20-Takes-NET-Cross-Platform/

  • Eclipse4SL brings silverlight tooling to Eclipse

  • http://www.eclipse4sl.org/

  • BlueJ has reached version 2.5

  • http://www.cafeaulait.org/#October_6_2008_23602

  • Christopher Brock has released version 2.0 Beta of MVEL - the MV Flex Expression Language

  • http://mvel.codehaus.org/

  • Rudie Ekkelenkamp has announced GRAG 1.0, the Grails Application Generator

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50894

  • WebSynergy has added support for JSR 286 portlets to be written in Groovy in its portal pack 3.0

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

groovy_portlet_support_and_websynergy

  • Foxtrot promises simple synchronous Swing programming without the GUI freeze problems

  • http://foxtrot.sourceforge.net/

  • Reza Rahman has just wrapped up a five part series about EJB 3.1 new features

  • http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/

article.tss?l=NewFeaturesinEJB31-Part5

  • RIM (Research in Motion) has announced the next version of its developer tools for the BlackBerry Storm
  • http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/

rim-announces-new-developer-tools-blackberry-storm-

blackberry-bold-blackberry-1374778263/

  • Sun has released new binaries for JSR 203 - Java NIO version 2
  • http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=203
  • http://download.java.net/jdk7/jsr203/binaries/

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

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