Java Posse #013 - Newscast for 11/11/2005

Shownotes for episode 13 - Newscast for 11/11/2005 Java Studio Creator and Java Studio Enterprise are now free Dick's article at developer.com - http://developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3562966 Get the tools - http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/free/index.html Great Creator flash demo - see what it can do - http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/reference/quicktour/2/flash/index.html Microsoft suggests hiring Java developers? http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39236242,00.htm We have a mobile news roundup this week as well: Google Mobile - new location aware google mapping http://www.google.com/glm/ Benq takes Siemens Mobile Devices on board and becomes a new leader in Java ME http://java.sun.com/j2me/benq.html?feed=JSC What bugs you about J2ME? http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gvix/archive/2005/11/what_bugs_you_a.html RIM has make a Developer's tutorial for the blackberry available http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8331 LG electronics fields the worlds first completely java powered phone http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease &searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=566398 Back to Javaone Tokyo, John O'Connor was impressed with the Extreme GUI makeover, episode 1 from the keynotes http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2005/11/javaone_tokyo_0_11.html http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gfx/archive/2005/09/synth_week_cust.html - scroll down to the comments for more screenshots Java Mustang offers 58% speed improvement http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/11/mustangs_hotspo_1.html Apple released XCode 2.2 http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/index.html Linux in a Java Applet The Linux applet workspot - http://www.workspot.com/ No-machine link - http://nomachine.com Developer.com has a preview of the features coming up in C# 3.0 http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3561756 Sun is improving interoperability between Java and .NET http://www.idevnews.com/CaseStudies.asp?ID=178 On the same subject, glassfish (the recently open-sourced Sun Application Server) is also adding interoperability with the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF, nee Indigo) http://weblogs.java.net/blog/pelegri/archive/2005/11/glassfish_to_in.html JFormdesigner 2 released http://www.jformdesigner.com/doc/help/news/whatsnew20.html Michael Urban asks, Will Java Become the Game Development Language of Choice? http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t53645.html Online gaming charts - http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ChrisM/weblog/ java_mmorpg_is_bigger_than?catname More online gaming info - http://www.mmogchart.com/Chart7.html Puzzle Pirates - http://www.puzzlepirates.com/ Runescape - http://www.runescape.com/ Wurm online - a fantasy RPG with phenomenal graphics - http://www.wurmonline.com/index.php?c=about.php Chrome - http://www.chromethegame.com/en/show.php?002 And finally - why oh why did they do it to us? Frozen bubble, pure addiction in a game, now in an applet near you - http://glenn.sanson.free.fr/fb/play.html The Java Posse would like to thank Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty for Java Posse artwork To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Or send us email - [email protected] Theme Music: Opening - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Closing - AC/DC - Cover you in Oil from Ballbreaker - buy it at amazon.com