Java Posse #210 - Newscast for Oct 6th 2008

Newscast for Oct 6th 2008 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Android 1.0 SDK released http://code.google.com/android/ http://www.betanews.com/article/TMobile_Android_G1_ phones_priced_at_179_launch_Oct_22/1222182441 http://lifehacker.com/5053661/what-android-could-bring-to-your-phone http://blogs.sun.com/jrose/entry/with_android_and_dalvik_at http://gizmodo.com/5053515/amazon-mp3-store-is- preloaded-on-htc-g1-6-million-drm-free-songs http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10057440-16.html?tag=mncol;title SpringSource has changed its policy on maintenance and bug fixes for versions of Spring http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50727#268844 http://java.dzone.com/news/qa-with-rod-johnson-over-sprin http://www.mastertheboss.com/en/jboss-server/47-ejb-session-beans-.html Coverage of the JVM langauge summit http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/30/sun_languages_summit/ Apple appears to be using JSF for one of their recent web projects http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/archive/2008/09/apple_using_jsf.html The winners of the OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge have been announced http://openjdk.java.net/challenge/ http://www.netbeans.org/grant/ Java Project of the Week - WidgetFX http://widgetfx.org/ http://java.sun.com/javafx/tutorials/simple_javafx_nb_app/ Quick News Concurrency guru Brian Goetz has a new article up at IBM's developerworks http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp09238.html JSR 311 - The Java API for ReSTful Web Services, has passed the final ballot with 14 yes votes and 1 non-vote http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=311 http://architects.dzone.com/articles/putting-java-rest?mz=3006-jboss http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/jax_rs_jsr_311_approved JFreeChart 1.0.11 has been released by David Gilbert http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html Chris Adamson has moved from Atlanta to Grand Rapids, MI http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/2008/09/miles_away.html Apple has released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 http://intellij.net/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=277476&tstart=0 GrinderStone 2.0 has been released http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50824 John Ferguson has released a new book called JSF Jumpstarter http://www.wakaleo.com/resources/jsf-jumpstarter-book John Hoffmann has a demo of Project Nile up on NetBeans TV http://netbeans.tv/screencasts/Jeff-Hoffman-explains-the- JavaFX-designer-developer-workflow.-378/ Sun has release version 8.0 of OpenSSO http://www.sun.com/software/products/opensso_enterprise/index.xml Developer.com has an article introducing math for game creation using Java http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3773201 The project darkstar developer challenge offers cash prizes and a pass to the 2009 game developer conference for the winners http://www.projectdarkstar.com/developer_challenge xLightWeb 2.0 has been released http://xlightweb.sourceforge.net/ Oracle has release TopLink 11g final http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/toplink/ doc/11110/relnotes/toplink-relnotes.html Ars Technica has pitted TraceMonkey against V8 and SquirrelFish Extreme http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/19/ squirrelfish-extreme-mops-floor-with-v8-tracemonkey Adobe has now released a beta version of AIR (the Adobe Internet Runtime) for Linux http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air_linux.html http://lifehacker.com/5050587/adobe-air-beta-now-available-for-linux The JSR 318 - EJB 3.1 public draft is now available http://blogs.sun.com/kensaks/entry/guide_to_the_ejb_3 Findbugs 1.3.5 offers new bug detectors http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/ CERN has launched the world's largest compute grid http://devicedaily.com/misc/cern-launches-the- biggest-computing-grid-in-the-world.html Alex Miller notes on EclipseZone that on Halloween, Java 1.4 will officially enter end of service life http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/rip%E2%80%A6jdk-14 Mobicents SIP servlets have just achieved JSR 289 compliance http://jeanderuelle.blogspot.com/2008/09/ mobicents-sip-servlets-is-jsr-289-sip.html http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=289 Interview with Sun's Jacob Lehrbaum about JavaFX http://www.riaweekly.com/2008/10/01/riaweekly023/ Apache has released Solr 1.3.0 http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50711 Ed Burns blogs that JSF 2.0 Early Draft Review 2 is out http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/archive/2008/09/jsf_20_early_dr.html http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50747 Google Maps for Mobile (for Java enabled phones) has been updated to now include streetview features http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps/streetview.html If you are in the Adriatic/Balkans area, you may be interested in JavaBlend 2008 http://www.javablend.net/en/ Thanks Libsyn.com - 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(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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.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 Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465 4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall