Java Posse #312 - Newscast for June 23rd 2010

Newscast for June 23rd 2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Stairway to Scala training, now open for business http://www.artima.com/seminars/ We would love to hear from you about whether and why you are/are not interested. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFFlSm8xcXBRLUxORnhLSUk3aTZOT3c6MQ#gid=0 Or you can contact us with queries about Scala (or Android) training and consulting at: [email protected] NetBeans 6.9 released. http://blogs.sun.com/tor/entry/netbeans_6_9_released http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3888306/article.htm http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1479.html http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1480.html Android 3.0 "Gingerbread" refocusing on user experience. http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/user%2F12545150259745414482%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-developer-video-takes-shots-at-android/ http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-617 http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/16/android-team-laser-focused-on-the-user-experience-for-next-release/ http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/android-gingerbread-will-arrive-q4-2010-20100521/ Library of the week: Avro. http://avro.apache.org/ http://code.google.com/p/avro-scala-compiler-plugin/ Quick News The Java Road Trip: Code to Coast is underway and may be coming to a city near you. http://www.java.com/roadtrip/ Adobe flash 10.1 has now arrived for Android and several other phone platforms. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365448,00.asp http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100621006972&newsLang=en It's not all good news from the Adobe camp though, as the flash 64 bit beta for Linux has disappeared. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/06/11/1338207/Adobe-Temporarily-Kills-64-Bit-Flash-For-Linux Eclipse Day will return to the Google campus in Mountain View on August 26th this year. http://ianskerrett.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/eclipse-day-at-the-googleplex-2010-edition/ Logitech has confirmed that the standalone Google TV box announced at Google IO they are building will be called the Revue. http://blog.logitech.com/2010/06/16/logitech-revue-with-google-tv/ http://www.logitech.com/en-us/1005/7099?WT.mc_id=global_pr-googletv_redirect_052010 IBM have now release the GA of IBM Websphere Application Server V7 Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and Java Persistence API 2.0. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60318 ScalaWags NASA/JPL (the jet propulsion lab) has released a paper on using DSLs (Domain Specific Languages). http://www.scala-lang.org/node/6605 Scala 2.8.0 RC6 and the associated Scala IDE for RC6 have now been released for testing. http://www.scala-lang.org/node/6743 http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/06/the-scala-ide-for-eclipse-for-scala-2-8-0-rc6-available-now/ End Stuff Amazon and Barnes & Noble have dropped the prices of their e-readers, the Kindle and the Nook. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/ http://www.amazon.com/kindle http://nookdevs.com/Application_Directory http://www.amazon.com/kdk Google Voice is now available to everyone in the US. http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/22/google-voice-open Ozzy Osbourne is going to have his Genome decoded in order to study how drugs are absorbed in the body. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Ozzy-Osbournes-Genes-Mapped-To-Find-Out-How-Hes-Still-Alive-After-Drink-And-Drug-Abuse/Article/201006215648812?lpos=Showbiz_News_Article_Body_Copy_Region_0 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