Newscast for April 19th 2006

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Main News Items

  • Google calendar released
  • http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6529480715.html

  • http://calendar.google.com

  • Eclipse 3.2 RC1 released

  • http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t69878.rhtml
  • http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/

S-3.2RC1-200604131718/index.php

  • Project Darkstar more than it seems?
  • http://www.platespiller.com/whitepaper,434,0.jspn

  • http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t53623.html

  • What do java and swing need to be ready for a full-on desktop assault?

  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/archive/2005/03/why_dont_you_sh.html
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/flozano/archive/2005/04/how_to_make_jav.html
  • http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/gbracha?

entry=developing_modules_for_development

  • New blueprint AJAX components available for Creator / JSF
  • http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/

reference/code/samplecomps/?feed=DSC

  • James Gosling has an interview with eweek up at AJAX impact

  • http://www.ajaximpact.com/detail_news.php?id=80

  • Applet (and Game) of the week - Battlefield

  • http://www.playbattlefield.com/battle/welcome.do

In Short News Items

  • Nokia have submitted JSR 293 - the location API 2.0 - to the JCP

  • http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=293

  • Sun is going to donate Jini to Apache as an incubator project

  • http://www.jini.org/
  • http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&

L=jini-users&F=&S=&P=4029 + http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=39931 + http://weblogs.java.net/blog/nidaley/archive/2006/04/jini_300000_tes.html

  • Free K12 computer science learning resources

  • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12298074/from/RSS/

  • Oracle's whitepaper titled "A hype-free introduction to AJAX"

  • http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/schalk-ajax.html?

rssid=rss_otn_news

  • There is now a TestNG plugin for netbeans 5.0 available
  • http://blogs.sun.com/xzajo?entry=test_ng_plugin_for_netbeans

  • http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/xzajo?entry=try_testng_4_6_with

  • It is now official that Java Studio Enterprise is being open sourced

  • http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-04/

sunflash.20060411.1.xml?cid=155 + http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/netbeansday.jsp

  • Minq software has announced version 5.0 of their product Dbvisualizer

  • http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/info.html

  • Aonix has announced the Java 5 update to PERC

  • http://www.aonix.com/pr_04.04.06b.html

  • 1060 research has released netkernel 3.0 - a simple to use RESTful (Representational State Transfer) microkernel and application server

  • http://www.1060research.com/netkernel/

  • http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=39839

  • Bruce Eckel has announced firm dates for his next open space conference "Thinking in Java" which is to be held in Crested Butte, CO from July 18th to the 21st

  • http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=155261

  • The second Rio Java Summit has been announced for May 6th 2006 in Rio De Janeiro

  • http://riojavasummit.com/

  • Java ME mobility pack development on the Mac is possible

  • http://blog.sun.com/roller/page/lukas/20051020

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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
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  • Closing - Garageband track

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