Java Posse #377 - Newscast for Jan 26th 2012

Newscast for January 26th 2012 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Join us for the Java Posse Roundup in Crested Butte, CO. March 26th to 30th. http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ Canonical, Linux and Java http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/canonical-reverse-java-uninstall-decision http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/sun-still-shines-for-java-users-on-ubuntu/ Hell froze over, and Dick got a tablet (the Asus Transformer) http://eee.asus.com/en/eeepad/transformer/specification/ http://blogs.computerworld.com/19602/transformer_prime_wifi_performance http://www.anandtech.com/show/5178/an-update-on-transformer-prime-battery-life-wifi-issues Quick News A JavaFX 2.0 preview is now available for Linux. http://blogs.oracle.com/javafx/entry/javafx_2_0_is_cross http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/downloads/devpreview-1429449.html And, NetBeans 7.1 has been released. http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1448202 JSON has its own JSR now. JSR 353. http://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/entry/json_jsr_is_a_go ScalaWags The Scala IDE project for Eclipse has now published a roadmap. http://scala-ide.org/blog/scala-ide-roadmap.html Scala 2.10.0 M1 has been released. http://www.scala-lang.org/node/12250 Android Android developer guidelines from Google. http://digg.com/newsbar/Google/google_gently_nudges_devs_toward_more_unified_android_designs http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/01/12/2328205/google-launches-style-guide-for-android-developers Oracle vs Google trial on indefinite hold until Oracle comes up with a credible methodology for figuring damages. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/01/13/1948202/oracle-v-google-trial-on-indefinite-hold http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120113082658664 http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248013/judge_no_date_for_android_trial_until_oracle_fixes_damages_theory.html The guardian reports on the BT lawsuit against Google’s Android as well. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8970822/Reckless-Google-in-the-dock-over-Android-patents.html Google has added a further 217 patents to its warchest acquired from IBM. http://www.androidguys.com/2012/01/04/google-adds-217-more-patents-to-their-arsenal-courtesy-of-ibm Clojure with a J Clojure West conference coming to San Jose, March 16th and 17th. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/javaposse/rBhPggymD0I http://clojurewest.org/sessions http://clojurewest.org/training If you’re looking for a Clojure podcast, check out ThinkRelevance, the podcast. http://feeds.feedburner.com/thinkrelevance/podcast http://corfield.org/blog/post.cfm/mostly-lazy-a-clojure-podcast Random Crap WAT? https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat 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