Java Posse #096 - Newscast for December 12th 2006

Newscast for December 12th 2006 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Sign up for the Java Posse Roundup 2007 in Crested Butte, CO March 6th-9th 2007 http://mindview.net/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup Sun has released Java SE 6 final (formerly known as mustang) http://www.pcmag.co.uk/vnunet/news/ 2170629/sun-unveils-java-se http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=43434 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=215 http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/33206 In an interesting discussion, Craig W asks "what would you like to see in a Swing 2.0" http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t85782.html JRockit's Liquid VM brings virtualization technology to Java http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=43424 Application of the week - Thinking Rock http://www.thinkingrock.com.au/index.php Library of the week - Quartz http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/ java/library/j-quartz/?ca=dgr-jw17JavaQuartZ http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/ Applet of the week (we spoil you guys) JScreenFix http://www.jscreenfix.com/#JScreenFix Site of the week - streampad http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/ web-based-media-player-lets-you- stream-your-itunes-to-any-computer/ Ed Burnette blogs that Google has joined the eclipse foundation http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=214 Quick News Items JSR 306 - the JSR to improve the JCP - is getting traction and feedback http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/299987.htm http://today.java.net/pub/pq/123 Canoo Engineering has released the Ultralight Client (ULC) visual editor for eclipse 3.2 http://www.canoo.com/ulc/downloads/ visualeditor.html TinyLine 2D provides a CLDC 1.0 and MIDP 2.0 2d graphics engine for mobile devices http://www.tinyline.com/2d/index.html Cedric Beust blogs about an e-book on algorithms available for free from the authors website http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000425.html JFormDesigner 3.0 has been released http://www.formdev.com Mobits list their picks for the best Java ME applications http://mobits.com/jad/ A newly released 1.0 from the Wazaabi project lets you create XUL (XML UI Language) using eclipse http://wiki.wazaabi.org/index.php/Main_Page http://www.javalobby.org/java/ forums/t85916.html Gnu Classpath and Apache Harmony are getting ever closer to complete http://www.javalobby.org/java/ forums/t85957.html Azul systems, makers of the crazy fast Java focused server machines has a speedbump in their new line of servers using the Vega 2 processors http://www.zdnetasia.com/builder/program/ java/0,39045537,61972292,00.htm The groovy project, also known as JSR 241 (the groovy programming language) has released RC1 http://today.java.net/pub/n/5327 http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=241 http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=43375 EasyEclipse has released a new version, 1.2.1 based on eclipse and calisto versions 3.2.1 http://www.easyeclipse.org/site/ distributions/index.html JRuby 0.9.2 was released http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JRUBY/ 2006/12/10/JRuby+0.9.2+released! The NetBeans Visual Web Pack has been released http://www.netbeans.org/products/visualweb/ Only YOU can save Jython http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t84455.html http://www.jython.org/Project/index.html Microsoft using Java ME to deliver its Windows Live Search for Mobile http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/ 2006/12/simply_irresist.html Listener Feedback Our Listener in Antarctica http://josh-in-antarctica.blogspot.com/ http://picasaweb.google.com/obitus9982/ Thanks 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 Nick Trefz, the voice of TopCoder, for the voiceovers Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern 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://www.loosebrucekerr.com Closing - A track written by Dick in Apple's Garageband To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Or send us email - [email protected]