Java Posse #264 - Newscast for July 2nd 2009

Newscast for July 2nd 2009 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

• Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5 with HTML 5 support
• http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/

• NetBeans 6.7 final has been released
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kalali/archive/2009/06/netbeans_67_is.html
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/netbeans_6_7_final_is
• http://www.netbeans.org/features/
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2009/06/a_first_look_at.html
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2009/06/upgrading_to_ec.html
• http://eppleton.sharedhost.de/blog/?p=701
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_Distributed_Computing

• The department of justice has delayed what was previously looking to be a fast-tracked review of the Oracle's Sun takeover bid
• http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236674/java-delays-approval-of-oracles-sun-takeover.htm
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/30/oracle_sun_java_license_doj/

• Java mobile app of the week - jTwitter

• http://www.jtwitter.com/

Quick News

• James Sugrue has created an Eclipse Galileo podcast series.
• http://eclipse.dzone.com/podcasts/skype-audio-conversation-chris

• The Java.net community corner podcasts recorded at JavaOne have started to be released on java.net.
• http://www.java.net/pub/ct/7
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/2009/06/community_corne.html

• The android project backed by Google and the open handset alliance has released support for native C/C++ development for the platform in addition to the Java development environment.
• http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/06/android-goes-beyond-java-gains-native-cc-dev-kit.ars
• http://www.cafeaulait.org/#June_26_2009_24409

• Axel Rauschmayer has some details on eclipse-zone about the upcoming eclipse 4 development.
• http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-e4-getting-interesting
• http://live.eclipse.org/node/737

• Greg Brown has an article up on Java.net that covers some of the features in the upcoming Apache Pivot 1.3.
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gkbrown/archive/2009/07/what_is_new_wit.html
• http://incubator.apache.org/pivot/

• A new refcard from DZone covers Grails.
• http://refcardz.dzone.com/refcardz/getting-started-grails?oid=hom11411

• Silicon Valley Code Camp 2009 details have been announced. The event will take place on October 3rd and 4th at Foothill college in Los Altos.
• http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/

ScalaWags

• Michael Galpin has a new article up over at IBM developer works about how to write Scala applications for Android.
• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-scala/

Book Roundup

• Programming in Scala (Bill Venners, Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon)
• http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Scala-Comprehensive-Step-step/dp/0981531601/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246499752&sr=1-1
• Unlocking Android (Frank Ableson, Charlie Collins, and Robi Sen)
• http://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Android-Frank-Ableson/dp/1933988673/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246499933&sr=1-1
• The Manga Guide to Physics (Hideo Nitta, Keita Takatsu)
• http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Physics-Hideo-Nitta/dp/1593271964/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246499577&sr=8-1

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