Java Posse Episode 373 - Newscast for December 15th 2011

Newscast for December 15th 2011 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Java Posse Roundup, Crested Butte, CO, March 26th to 30th 2012. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGZqRnl1M3E4MVJvbUpQdk1jdVlfbXc6MA#gid=0 Amazon Kindle Fire, Barnes and Noble Nook tablet, Asus Transformer Prime. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2 http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/07/barnes-nobles-nook-tablet-arrives-at-249/ http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27413/?p1=blogs http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_amazon_did_to_fork_android_for_the_kindle_fir.php http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/11/amazon-releases-kindle-fire-source-code.html http://lifehacker.com/5860792/sideload-android-apps-on-a-kindle-fire http://lifehacker.com/5860118/kindle-fire-rooted-with-superoneclick http://hothardware.com/News/Nvidia-Asus-Unwrap-Transformer-Prime/ http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/09/nvidia-officially-launches-tegra-3-as-worlds-first-quad-core-mobile-processor/ Ice cream sandwich source code released. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-building/T4XZJCZnqF8/WkWhGUYb4MAJ Logitech: Revue was a big (and expensive) mistake? http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/11/logitech-revue-wont-have-a-near-term-successor-ceo-says/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/11/logitech-dropping-google-tv-says-revue-was-an-expensive-mistake.ars Silverlight and Flash - the other shoe dropping? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-there-be-a-silverlight-6-and-does-it-matter/11180 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2011/11/11/clarifications-on-flash-player-for-mobile-browsers-the-flash-platform-and-the-future-of-flash/ Quick News Josh Bloch has joined the Google Dart team as core libraries architect. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/javaposse/VG20Bn4Lxuk http://www.dartlang.org/ http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/114094/google-dart-vs-coffeescript-which-one-should-one-learn http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2011/111018-coffeescript-vs-dart.html Nominations are now open for the Eclipse Community Awards. http://eclipse.org/org/press-release/20111129_eclipse_nomination.php The november/december issue of the Java magazine is out. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/11/16/good-good-java-magazine-november-december-issue ScalaWags Scala at Yammer? http://codahale.com/the-rest-of-the-story/ http://eng.yammer.com/blog/2011/11/30/scala-at-yammer.html http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/scala-feels-like-ejb-2-and-other.html http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/scala-ejb-2-feedback.html http://blog.joda.org/ Android Majel or Alfred? Siri competitors coming on Android. http://www.techieapps.com/google-acquires-a-virtual-assistant-alfred-but-still-a-long-way-to-go-to-compete-siri/ http://lifehacker.com/5867696/androids-response-to-siri-is-majel-a-voice-actions-update The Android Market has now passed 10 Billion downloads. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/dec/09/android-games-downloads http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/12/closer-look-at-10-billion-downloads.html Norwegian company FXI technologies has released Cotton Candy, a USB stick with a dual core android device on board. http://blog.laptopmag.com/usb-stick-contains-dual-core-computer-turns-any-screen-into-an-android-station Another option for speeding up android development? Android x86 on virtualbox? http://brunocosta.com/blog/pt/2011/11/02/speeding-up-android-development-with-android-x86-and-virtualbox/ McAfee reports that malware jumped 37% on Android from Q2 to Q3 of this year. http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/21/mcafee-malware-on-android-jumps-37-percent-over-previous-quarter/ How to mount a Nook color in your car as an entertainment center and engine monitor. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372396 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392968,00.asp Clojure with a J Clojure now running on both Hadoop and Heroku! Massive scale, itty bitty programming language :-) http://tm.durusau.net/?p=17888 http://cloud.dzone.com/articles/try-clojure-heroku And! Clojure now has its own podcast: Mostly λazy (excellent name) at mostlylazy.com http://cemerick.com/2011/11/08/introducing-mostly-%CE%BBazy-a-clojure-podcast/ Groovy, Baby Groovy 2.0 will add optional static type checking http://www.jroller.com/melix/entry/groovy_static_type_checker_status Random Crap Google music now available to all, still free for up to 20,000 songs, new music purchase service http://music.google.com/ http://lifehacker.com/5860282/google-music-now-available-to-all-streams-your-music-anywhere-for-free Carrier IQ? http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/03/2112220/carrier-iq-drama-continues 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