Java Posse #346 - Newscast for Mar 31st 2011

Newscast for March 31st 2011 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Upcoming Escalate scala training: http://escalatesoft.com/training Honeycomb (Android 3.0), but whither the source code? http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/03/android-openness-withering-as-google-withhold-honeycomb-code.ars http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2008/04/google-talks-up-android-open-ecosystems-lead-to-innovation.ars http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc20110324_269784.htm http://www.intomobile.com/2011/03/28/does-google-think-can-stop-honeycomb-porting/ http://www.slashgear.com/android-3-0-honeycomb-rom-for-nookcolor-released-01129712/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/31/google-tightening-control-over-android-as-fragmentation-increases/ JDK 7, project coin, etc. http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2011-March/thread.html http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/03/25/brief-look-java-se-7-non-java-language-support http://www.java.net/external?url=http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/jdk7_preview Google hires James Gosling http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/28/google.recruits.java.maker.gosling.in.android.move/ http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/28/1634259/Java-Creator-James-Gosling-Hired-At-Google?from=rss http://www.theserverside.com/news/2240033442/James-Gosling-riffs-at-TSSJS-keynote Oracle news roundup http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/as-recovery-drives-big-data-growth-oracle-earnings-soar-74-percent/ http://weblogs.java.net/blog/sonyabarry/archive/2011/03/16/two-weeks-are-things-little-better-now http://drizzle.org/ Quick News *Sponsor* - Constant Contact is seeking several skilled Java engineers for positions in Boston and San Francisco. http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp?src=javaposse Netbeans 7.0 RC1 out now http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/netbeans_7_0_rc_1 Guice 3.0 released. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62099 Grizzly 2.0 has been released. http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/grizzly_2_0_is_here Eclipse Gatling Gun: Ian Skerrit has shared some of the highlights from EclipseCon 2011 on his blog. http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipsecon-2011-highlights Open beta for Orion http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110321_orionhub.php http://java.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-orion The eclipse board election results were also announced. http://mmilinkov.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/2011-eclipse-board-election-results/ The eclipse community awards were also presented. Full list of winners in the link in the shownotes http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110321_awardwinners.php EclipseCon Europe 2011 has been announced to be held in Ludwigsburg, Germany from November 2nd to the 4th. http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110324_eclipseconeurope2011.php ScalaWags Scala 2.9.0 RC1, plus Scala IDE 2.0.0 Beta 1 http://www.scala-lang.org/node/8976 http://download.scala-ide.org/ http://www.scala-ide.org/2011/03/the-next-development-phase-for-the-scala-ide-for-eclipse/ Android The android Gatling Gun The firefox browser 4.0 for Android is now final. http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/03/29/mozilla-launches-firefox-4-for-android- allowing-users-to-take-the-power-and-customization-of-firefox-everywhere-2/ The Nook Color will get it's own Barnes and Noble backed App Store in April, and will also receive an update to let it run Flash. http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/25/nook-color-app-store-flash-april/ Motorola has confirmed that the price for the upcoming Xoom wifi will be $600. http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/16/motorola-confirms-wifi-xoom-600/ Sprint has announced the Nexus S 4G. http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/21/sprint-announces-nexus-4g/ Samsung has unveiled two new galaxy tablets, an 8.9" and a 10.1". http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/ LG and T-Mobile have announced pricing for the upcoming G-Slate. http://mobile-broadband.t-mobile.com/android-tablet/g-slate More details about the RIM playbook tablet confirm the rumors that it will run Android applications. http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/25/rim-playbook-confirmed-run-android-applications/ Google has responded to Microsoft's latest android lawsuit. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/google-android-microsoft/ And the Amazon App Store for Android has gone live. http://www.amazon.com/apps Random Crap AT&T buying T-mobile http://mashable.com/2011/03/20/att-tmobile-2/ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214853/AT_T_takeover_of_T_Mobile_Winners_losers Amazon cloud drive and music service http://lifehacker.com/#!5786686/amazon-cloud-drive-stores-5-gb-of-your-stuff-online-and-streams-your-music-back-to-you 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