Newscast for Oct 6th 2008 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

  • Android 1.0 SDK released
  • http://code.google.com/android/
  • http://www.betanews.com/article/TMobile_Android_G1_
    phones_priced_at_179_launch_Oct_22/1222182441
  • http://lifehacker.com/5053661/what-android-could-bring-to-your-phone
  • http://blogs.sun.com/jrose/entry/with_android_and_dalvik_at
  • http://gizmodo.com/5053515/amazon-mp3-store-is-
    preloaded-on-htc-g1-6-million-drm-free-songs

  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10057440-16.html?tag=mncol;title

  • SpringSource has changed its policy on maintenance and bug fixes for versions of Spring

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50727#268844
  • http://java.dzone.com/news/qa-with-rod-johnson-over-sprin

  • http://www.mastertheboss.com/en/jboss-server/47-ejb-session-beans-.html

  • Coverage of the JVM langauge summit

  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/30/sun_languages_summit/

  • Apple appears to be using JSF for one of their recent web projects

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/archive/2008/09/apple_using_jsf.html

  • The winners of the OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge have been announced

  • http://openjdk.java.net/challenge/

  • http://www.netbeans.org/grant/

  • Java Project of the Week - WidgetFX

  • http://widgetfx.org/
  • http://java.sun.com/javafx/tutorials/simple_javafx_nb_app/

Quick News

  • Concurrency guru Brian Goetz has a new article up at IBM's developerworks

  • http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp09238.html

  • JSR 311 - The Java API for ReSTful Web Services, has passed the final ballot with 14 yes votes and 1 non-vote

  • http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=311
  • http://architects.dzone.com/articles/putting-java-rest?mz=3006-jboss

  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/jax_rs_jsr_311_approved

  • JFreeChart 1.0.11 has been released by David Gilbert

  • http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html

  • Chris Adamson has moved from Atlanta to Grand Rapids, MI

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/2008/09/miles_away.html

  • Apple has released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2

  • http://intellij.net/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=277476&tstart=0

  • GrinderStone 2.0 has been released

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50824

  • John Ferguson has released a new book called JSF Jumpstarter

  • http://www.wakaleo.com/resources/jsf-jumpstarter-book

  • John Hoffmann has a demo of Project Nile up on NetBeans TV

  • http://netbeans.tv/screencasts/Jeff-Hoffman-explains-the-
    JavaFX-designer-developer-workflow.-378/

  • Sun has release version 8.0 of OpenSSO

  • http://www.sun.com/software/products/opensso_enterprise/index.xml

  • Developer.com has an article introducing math for game creation using Java

  • http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3773201

  • The project darkstar developer challenge offers cash prizes and a pass to the 2009 game developer conference for the winners

  • http://www.projectdarkstar.com/developer_challenge

  • xLightWeb 2.0 has been released

  • http://xlightweb.sourceforge.net/

  • Oracle has release TopLink 11g final

  • http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/toplink/
    doc/11110/relnotes/toplink-relnotes.html

  • Ars Technica has pitted TraceMonkey against V8 and SquirrelFish Extreme

  • http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/19/
    squirrelfish-extreme-mops-floor-with-v8-tracemonkey

  • Adobe has now released a beta version of AIR (the Adobe Internet Runtime) for Linux

  • http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air_linux.html

  • http://lifehacker.com/5050587/adobe-air-beta-now-available-for-linux

  • The JSR 318 - EJB 3.1 public draft is now available

  • http://blogs.sun.com/kensaks/entry/guide_to_the_ejb_3

  • Findbugs 1.3.5 offers new bug detectors

  • http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/

  • CERN has launched the world's largest compute grid

  • http://devicedaily.com/misc/cern-launches-the-
    biggest-computing-grid-in-the-world.html

  • Alex Miller notes on EclipseZone that on Halloween, Java 1.4 will officially enter end of service life

  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/rip%E2%80%A6jdk-14

  • Mobicents SIP servlets have just achieved JSR 289 compliance

  • http://jeanderuelle.blogspot.com/2008/09/
    mobicents-sip-servlets-is-jsr-289-sip.html

  • http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=289

  • Interview with Sun's Jacob Lehrbaum about JavaFX

  • http://www.riaweekly.com/2008/10/01/riaweekly023/

  • Apache has released Solr 1.3.0

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50711

  • Ed Burns blogs that JSF 2.0 Early Draft Review 2 is out

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/archive/2008/09/jsf_20_early_dr.html

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50747

  • Google Maps for Mobile (for Java enabled phones) has been updated to now include streetview features

  • http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps/streetview.html

  • If you are in the Adriatic/Balkans area, you may be interested in JavaBlend 2008

  • http://www.javablend.net/en/

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

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