Java Posse #277 - Newscast for Aug 28th 2009

Newscast for August 28th 2009 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Java changing the guard? http://projectlombok.org/ http://code.google.com/p/lambda4jdt/ http://code.google.com/p/lambdaj/wiki/Closures http://projectlombok.org/disableCheckedExceptions.html http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/browse_thread/thread/26ec00e0601023d SpringSource has announced a new Enterprise Java Cloud offering which features stacks for enterprise Java applications providing Spring, Grails and more http://www.cloudfoundry.com/features.html http://blog.springsource.com/2009/08/19/cloud-foundry/ Java Library of the Week - JAK - the Java API for KML http://labs.micromata.de/display/jak/HelloKML+(Quickstart) http://code.google.com/p/javaapiforkml/ Quick News The DoJ has approved the Oracle acquisition of Sun, but Europe still has to weigh in. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136927/DOJ_approves_7.4B_Oracle_Sun_deal Java.net has transitioned to a new CMS platform in the last week http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/2009/08/big_but_seeming.html Cloudera has announced Hadoop World http://www.cloudera.com/hadoop-world-nyc Tigris has released a new version of a perennial favorite, ArgoUML http://argouml.tigris.org/ http://argouml.tigris.org/features.html Google has released a new Android app - Listen - that allows you to search for, download, manage and listen to podcasts directly from your android device http://lifehacker.com/5342445/listen-for-android-finds-and-plays-podcasts-audio-clips Cupcake may be the last Android release for the T-Mobile G1 http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/t-mobile-g1-owners-dont-expect-any-future-android-updates/ Lifehacker covers how to root your android device in a single click http://lifehacker.com/5339901/get-root-access-in-android-with-one-click http://lifehacker.com/5342237/five-great-reasons-to-root-your-android-phone Oracle has released a new version of the Berkeley DB Java Edition: version 3.3.87 http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/je/index.html Java developers in windows looking for a more windows-like experience for their customers might be interested in the Launch4j project http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/ http://jimlawless.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/java-in-a-windows-exe-with-launch4j/ DZone has an article about using JavaFX to create a GUI for a Seam application http://java.dzone.com/articles/enterprise-javafx-our The Server Side Java symposium for 2010 has issued a call for papers http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=57225 Better beans binding is available in the central maven repository http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2009/08/25/betterbeansbinding-now-really-central-maven-repository Apache has release version 4.0 GA of the Apache HttpClient http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES.txt http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client/index.html ScalaWags Caoyuan's re-write of the Scala netbeans plugin in Scala is now ready for Beta testing http://blogtrader.net/dcaoyuan/entry/scala_plugin_for_netbeans_rewrite2 Melbourne, Australia, Down Unda now has a Scala user group http://groups.google.com.au/group/scala-melb ComputerWorld, Australia has a new interview up with Martin Odersky, the creator of Scala http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/315254/-z_programming_languages_scala 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 Amy Ehmann 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg 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 Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse 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