Java Posse #100 - Newscast for January 22nd 2007

Newscast for January 22nd 2007 Recorded Live in front of a Studio Audience! Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2007 in Crested Butte, CO from March 6th-9th 2007 http://mindview.net/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup JavaOne 2007 registration is open http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/registration.jsp iPhone won't run Java? http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=238 http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/ the-ultimate-iphone-frequently-asked-questions/ http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=43850 http://theubergeeks.net/2007/01/17/iphone-misconceptions/ http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/technology/ 1322/sun-microsystems-ceo-we-almost-died Netbeans 6.0 M6 is now out http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/ NewAndNoteWorthyMilestone6 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/ NS6939729453.html NetBeans.org predictions http://www.netbeans.org/community/ articles/prediction2007.html NetBeans Dream Team http://www.netbeans.org/community/ contribute/dreamteam.html Infoworld award http://www.netbeans.org/community/ articles/infoworld-award.html The Eclipse Foundation has joined three industry standards groups, including the JCP (Java Community Process), OMG (Object Management Group) and the OSGi alliance http://www.linux-watch.com/news/ NS6467114693.html http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp? forum=276&thread=191911 The Eclipse WTP (Web Tools Project) now provides many JSR implementations including JSR 244 (JEE 5), JSR 220 (EJB3), JSR 127 (JSF) and more, and the eclipse modeling project provides implementations for OMGâ��s UML2, OCL and other specifications http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/ 20070112_industryspecs.php Developer.com have named their Winners of the Product of the Year 2007 http://www.developer.com/db/ article.php/10920_3653956_1 Application of the Week - JDarkroom http://www.codealchemists.com/jdarkroom/ Applet of the Week - Goggles - a Java Flight Sim using Google Maps data http://loschicas.blogspot.com/2006/09/ google-flight-sim.html http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html? loc=tqtsqrqtsqstsrtsqts Vote for, or against, closures in Java from Neal Gafter's blog - http://gafter.blogspot.com Quick News Items Terracotta has been open sourced http://www.terracotta.org/ http://terracottatech.com/ Sun has revealed a highly critical vulnerability in the JRE that could be used to elevate privileges by malicious code using the GIF Image Processing http://www.developer.com/db/ article.php/10920_3653956_1 http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/01/ 12/221170/exploit-code-circulates-for-suns-java.htm Jetbrains has released version 0.1 beta of a Ruby Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA http://digg.com/programming/Jetbrains_ Releases_Ruby_Plugin_0_1_Beta_for_IntelliJ_IDEA Oracle's JDeveloper has added a GWT WYSIWYG environment: gDevelop http://www.gdevelop.com/ http://www.oracle.com/technology/ products/jdev/index.html Nominations for the Dukes Choice Award can now be made http://java.com/en/dukeszone/dukeschoice.jsp The Java 4k Game Programming Contest is on again http://javaunlimited.net/games/java4k_2007.php Sun has released what they are calling a "preliminary" version of the Fortress interpreter. http://fortress.sunsource.net/ http://www.theserverside.com/ news/thread.tss?thread_id=43842 Peter von der Ahé has set up a new java.net project called the Kitchen Sink project http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp? forum=276&thread=191274 The session schedule for the US Server Side Java Symposium 2007 has been finalized, and it and the symposium community wiki are now available online http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=43792 http://javasymposium.techtarget.com/ lasvegas/eventataglance.html http://wiki.javasymposium.com/display/ TSSJS/Home Roberto Chinnici blogs that the Phobos Plugins for Netbeans are now available http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robc/archive/ 2007/01/phobos_plugins.html http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robc/archive/ 2006/11/phobos_and_netb.html Apple has released Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 5 Developer Preview 2 on the Apple Developer Connection http://www.cafeaulait.org/#January_13_2007_41445 Sun has posted an early draft of JSR 271 - MIDP 3 http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/ edr/jsr271/index.html Sun has released version 1.0 of looking glass - the Java based 3d user interface http://news.com.com/2061-10808_3-6146300.html http://www.blog.arun-prabha.com/2006/12/29/ review-of-project-looking-glass-on-ubuntu/ http://www.blog.arun-prabha.com/2006/12/22/ looking-glass-for-ubuntu/ Special Thanks Robert Healy - honorary Posse roadie for episode 100, for making the recording of this live event sound, and look, spectacular. 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, Oliver Widder and Jeff Tyson for Java Posse artwork Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse 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 - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) 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] 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]