Java Posse #364 - Newscast for Sept 24th 2011

Java Posse Episode 364 - Sept 24th 2011 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com JavaOne, BoF, Party, Closing keynote http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/09/11/informal-chats-javaone-2011-youre-invited The obligatory patent news roundup: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/google-oracle-ordered-to-meet-again-tomorrow-in-android-dispute.html http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=pat&reel=026894&frame=0001 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-14/google-purchases-1-023-patents-from-ibm-to-bolster-portfolio.html http://www.businessinsider.com/google-chairman-eric-schmidt-2011-9 http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/08/31/openwave-sues-apple-rim-for-infringement-shares-spike/?partner=yahootix http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/samsung_could_block_iphone_5_in_europe_patent_wars_rumble_on/ http://apple.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/09/19/1728226 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/8691707/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-10.1-blocked-in-Europe.html http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/16/obama-signs-america-invents-act-into-law-makes-patent-reform-a/ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37404/OnLive_CEO_New_Patent_Law_Devastating_To_Ingenuity.php http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2011/09/20/new-patent-law-means-trouble-for-tech-entrepreneurs/ Project of the week - VisualLangLab If you are observing the crop of new languages springing up at present (like Kotlin, Ceylon, etc.) and think to yourself "I could do better than that", well, now's your chance. VisualLangLab is a graphical tool for designing language grammars. The tool gives you the ability to examine the resulting abstract syntax tree from a code snippet passed through your grammar, and helps you write the grammar you want. And it's not just for full blown languages. The project could be used for developing free-form domain specific languages just as easily. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/09/14/new-article-introduction-javanets-visuallanglab-project Quick News Codemash 2012 at the Kalahari resort in Sandusky, Ohio http://codemash.org http://codemash.org/Speakers Silicon Valley Code Camp: Oct 8th and 9th at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/ Webstart broken? Oracle has removed the signatures on several publicly available jar files that are often used in webstart applications. http://www.java.net/forum/topic/javadesktop/java-desktop-technologies/java-3d/unsigned-entry-j3dcorejar InfoQ has a great interview with Neal Gafter on the Future of Java published on their site. http://www.infoq.com/articles/neal-gafter-on-java Apache Wicket 1.5 has been released. http://wicket.apache.org/2011/09/07/wicket-1.5-released.html Chronon Systems has just released version 2 of Chronon which now features time-travelling logging. http://java.dzone.com/articles/chronon-20-pushing-boundaries The EclipseCon 2012 call for papers is now open. http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/submissions-are-open ScalaWags Scala 2.9.1 final has been released. http://www.scala-lang.org/node/10780 The videos from the recent ScalaDays 2011 held at Stanford are now available online. https://wiki.scala-lang.org/display/SW/ScalaDays+2011+Resources#ScalaDays2011Resources-Panel A couple of notable new releases of Scala libraries have come out in the last couple of weeks. http://implicit.ly/scalatra-200 http://implicit.ly/scala-arm-10 And Cay Horstmann is working on an eBook called "Scala for the impatient". http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/08/26/scala-impatient%E2%80%94free-chapters-typesafecom Android Google has launched Wallet for Android. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/launching-google-wallet-on-sprint-and.html Richard Stallman has raised the issue in a Guardian.co.uk article of exactly how free Android is. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/19/android-free-software-stallman The upcoming Boeing 787 Dreamliner will feature Android driven screens available in all seats. http://www.ausbt.com.au/boeing-chooses-android-for-787-dreamliner-s-entertainment-system There are lots of rumors and speculation surrounding the imminent release of an Android tablet from Amazon. http://www.androidguys.com/2011/09/05/amazon-kindle-tablet-handled-detailed/ http://www.androidguys.com/2011/09/23/amazon-announce-android-tablet-september-28/ Random Crap It looks like Google is getting set to introduce a new language: Dart, a new language for structured web programming. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/95417-google-announces-dart-programming-language https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/javaposse/PoVV60bwEUA http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/linuxjournalcom/~3/p9bo6YTBWxI/introducing-coffeescript Has Microsoft found a way to keep PC owners from installing Linux on their machines? http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/09/21/062231/How-Microsoft-Can-Lock-Linux-Off-Windows-8-PCs Google Plus is now open to all, and the hangouts feature has added screen sharing and document collaboration, sketchup integration and a developer API as well. https://plus.google.com/ http://lifehacker.com/5842191/google%252B-hangouts-adds-screen-sharing-google-docs-collaboration-and-more http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-101-102-103-104-105-106-107.html Adobe has released Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/217522/20110921/adobe-systems-flash-platform-air-mobile-technology-mobile-industry-mobile-and-wireless-android-html5.htm http://blogs.computerworld.com/18922/adobe_brings_flash_free_flash_to_apple_ipad_iphone Dick picked up a logitech revue to replace the now defunct apple TV v1. Can't wait for the android market to be available on it. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/what-is-google-tv Next week is the public launch of the Tesla Model S cars! http://www.teslamotors.com/ James Gosling left Google already? http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/i_ve_moved_again More on James - he had quite a scare at the Reno airshow. http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/i_m_alive 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. 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