Java Posse #303 - Newscast for April 23rd 2010

Newscast for April 23rd 2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Devoxx - Nov 15th to 19th in Antwerp - call for papers will be soon so stay tuned www.devoxx.com Bay Area JUG Roundup - 6pm to 9pm May 12th at the Oracle Conference Center - free with registration - we will be there! http://j.mp/jug-roundup http://j.mp/jug-roundup-live Apple changes developer license, and prevents cross compilation options for iPhone (or iPad) application development, including cross compilation of Java or Flash bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/a-change-at-apple-causes-trouble-for-adobe/ http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/04/21/1944256/Adobe-Stops-Development-For-iPhone http://lifehacker.com/5521283/remains-of-the-day-flash-on-the-iphone-officially-dies-edition http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Apr-16-1.html http://www.mono-project.com/newstouch/archive/2010/Apr-19.html To balance things out - Dick got a Nexus One, is loving it, and has already ported Flubber to it (again) www.google.com/phone dickwallsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-to-android-part-1.html hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/04/22/1222221/Android-Ported-To-iPhone now.sprint.com/evo/ phones.verizonwireless.com/htc/incredible/ www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/dell-thunder-explodes-android-with-4-1-inch-oled-screen-promise/ Josh Bloch said that the Java platform has appeared rudderless for some time now http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/343012/google_exec_worries_over_rudderless_java/ http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=59883 http://infoworld.com/d/developer-world/oracles-big-bear-hug-java-bodes-really-well-021 There have been a number of further notable defections from Oracle following the Sun acquisition including James Gosling and Kohsuke Kawaguchi. http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/time_to_move_on http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/next http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kohsuke/archive/2010/04/05/good-bye-sunoracle JavaFX 1.3 final has been released today! http://javafx.com/docs/articles/javafx1-3.jsp And, NetBeans 6.9 Beta is also out http://netbeans.org/community/releases/69/ Quick News A new client-side Java security flaw, affecting both Windows and Linux, has prompted the release of Java 6 SE U20 threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/serious-new-java-flaw-affects-all-browsers-040910 www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=59949 java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u20.html For the first time in 4 years, Java has dipped below C to become only the second most popular language in the Tiobe community programming index www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html POI - the Apache Jakarta library for creating and manipulating Microsoft office documents from Java has reached version 2.0 www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=23594 The upcoming 2011 Ford Fiesta brings with it a new system for voice control over Android and Blackberry smartphones http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Ford-Enables-Voice-Control-Over-Smartphone-Apps-in-2011-Cars-685815/ WebPerformance.com has an in depth speed comparison of running tomcat on windows and linux http://www.webperformanceinc.com/library/reports/windows_vs_linux_part1/index.html http://www.webperformanceinc.com/library/reports/windows_vs_linux_part2/index.html JRebel 3.0 has been released www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss www.zeroturnaround.com/jrebel/current/ Palm OS has launched a Palm's hot apps promotion. Palm also has a developer day (April 23rd and 24th) palmhotapps.com/ developer.palm.com/ ScalaWags It's almost here! Scala 2.8 release candidate 1 is now available. www.scala-lang.org/node/5982 Listener Feedback Parleys.com announcement blog.parleys.com/?p=369 StackOverflow written in .NET stackoverflow.com Java at the Synchrotron www.opengda.org/ www.diamond.ac.uk/ Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork 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