Java Posse #213 - Newscast for Oct 23rd 2008

Newscast for Oct 23rd 2008 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com The Android project has been released as open source, beating the rumored launch date for the source code by several months http://source.android.com/ And, Gizmodo and ZDNet both offer in-depth reviews of the T-Mobile G1 http://gizmodo.com/5062977/t+mobile- g1-google-android-phone-review http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=179 http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6126688892.html?kc=rss http://code.google.com/p/i-jetty/ http://lifehacker.com/5059266/give-android-a-spin-online Java 6 Update 10 final has been released by Sun http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/ 2008/10/java_se_6_updat.html http://www.netbeans.tv/interviews/David-Strupl-392/ Adobe has release Flash 10 for all supported platforms, including a simultaneous release for Linux http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/ Fabrizio Guidici is asking what scripting language people would like to see in BlueMarine http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/ archive/2008/10/suggest_me_a_sc_1.html https://bluemarine.dev.java.net/ http://code.google.com/p/kahlua/ http://www.jython.org/Project/ http://jruby.codehaus.org/ http://groovy.codehaus.org/ Mobile application of the week: Last.FM client http://studenti.ing.unipi.it/~s252017/LastFMobile/ Quick News Registration is now open for the next Mobile and Embedded Developer Days https://developerdays.dev.java.net/nonav/overview.html Thoughtworks has announced a new product, Twist, that aims to ease functional testing of web and Java applications http://studios.thoughtworks.com/twist-agile-test-automation/ Mark Reinhold has written a "wouldn't it be cool" blog that mentions some "wishes" http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/cool The JCP Executive Committee Elections on the PriceWaterhouse Cooper JCP elections site http://jcp.org/en/whatsnew/elections John O'Connor blogs that Jersey, the JAX-RS reference implementation, has reached 1.0 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/ 2008/10/jaxrs_and_jerse.html A new Microsoft excel to Java bridge, Obba http://www.obba.info/ Barton George has left Sun after 13 years http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/07/ barton_george_quits_sun/ Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 beta http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081014-first- look-firefox-3-1-beta-1-officially-released.html In a couple of recent tips of the day, Arun Gupta has covered how to port a JSF (JavaServer Faces) 1.2 application up to 2.0 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/arungupta/archive/ 2008/10/totd_48_convert.html The JSR 277 (Java Module System) spec lead, Stanley Ho, is stepping down as spec lead and leaving Sun for RIM (Research in Motion) http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/ jsr277-eg-observer/2008-October/000307.html http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=277 At a recent Google Developer Day in Bangalore, Prasad Ram, director of Google R&D for Bangalore, stated that the Google AppEngine will support Java http://www.controlenter.in/2008/10/google-developer-day-bangalore- google-app-engine-to-support-java-android-sdk-release-on-oct-22/ http://www.controlenter.in/2008/10/java-support-to-appengine-to- counter-microsofts-cloud-initiatives-microsoft-strata/ NetBeans has just turned 10 years old http://netbeans.tv/interviews/ James-Gosling-on-Ten-Years-of-NetBeans-395/ Vuze, formally known as Azureus, reaches version 4.0.0 http://www.vuze.com/app The NetBeans wiki has a very simple introduction to creating your first JavaFX Applet http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaFXApplet A new application toolkit, pivot, has been released http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gkbrown/archive/ 2008/10/pivot_10_releas_1.html http://pivot-toolkit.org/ http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gkbrown/archive/ 2008/10/pivot_starter_k.html Jazoon has announced a call for papers for the 2009 conference http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cwfrei/archive/ 2008/10/jazoon09_launch.html http://jazoon.com/ Sun Microsystems has announced a loss for the quarter http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=51294 Comcast in cooperation with Panasonic is now offering tru2way support in Chicago and Denver http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ Comcast-Panasonic-Offer-Tru2Way-Sets-98469 Oracle has released Oracle JDeveloper 11g and Oracle ADF 11g http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=51030 Ed Burns needs YOU for JSF 2.0 http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Projects/JsfExtensionSurvey Mono 2.0 has been released http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.0 http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/06/ Mono_2_lets_Net_apps_run_on_Linux_1.html http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/ 3776201/Is+NET+on+Linux+Finally+Ready.htm http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/ Mono-20-Takes-NET-Cross-Platform/ Eclipse4SL brings silverlight tooling to Eclipse http://www.eclipse4sl.org/ BlueJ has reached version 2.5 http://www.cafeaulait.org/#October_6_2008_23602 Christopher Brock has released version 2.0 Beta of MVEL - the MV Flex Expression Language http://mvel.codehaus.org/ Rudie Ekkelenkamp has announced GRAG 1.0, the Grails Application Generator http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50894 WebSynergy has added support for JSR 286 portlets to be written in Groovy in its portal pack 3.0 http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/ groovy_portlet_support_and_websynergy Foxtrot promises simple synchronous Swing programming without the GUI freeze problems http://foxtrot.sourceforge.net/ Reza Rahman has just wrapped up a five part series about EJB 3.1 new features http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/ article.tss?l=NewFeaturesinEJB31-Part5 RIM (Research in Motion) has announced the next version of its developer tools for the BlackBerry Storm http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/ rim-announces-new-developer-tools-blackberry-storm- blackberry-bold-blackberry-1374778263/ Sun has released new binaries for JSR 203 - Java NIO version 2 http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=203 http://download.java.net/jdk7/jsr203/binaries/ Thanks Libsyn.com - 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