Newscast for July 26th 2007

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  • A serious security flaw has been found which affects all versions of Java, on all platforms including mobile devices
  • http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/
    0,39044215,62028389,00.htm
  • http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/
    published/AD20070705.html
  • But did Sun really do anything wrong in rolling out the fix?

  • http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t98826.html

  • Joshua Marinacci hints and teases about stuff coming up with Java FX

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

2007/07/java_fx_updated.html + And JavaFX now sports a bytecode compiler + http://blogs.sun.com/chrisoliver/entry/

first_steps_with_the_javafx

  • Netbeans 6 Milestone 10 (or consider the nightly builds)
  • http://www.netbeans.org/community/

releases/60/index.html + http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t97125.html

  • Lotus Exige (Joe's new toy)
  • http://lotuscars.com/
  • And Carl's in less than a year now

  • http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php

  • Hack the iPhone

  • http://www.modmyiphone.com/wiki/index.php/

IFuntastic_easy_iPhone_ringtone_installation

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