Java Posse #305 - Newscast for May 6th 2010

Newscast for May 6th 2010

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• More on Apple and Flash
  • http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
  • http://jessewarden.com/2010/04/steve-jobs-on-flash-correcting-the-lies.html
  • http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/29/live-blogging-the-journals-interview-with-adobe-ceo/
  • http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-now-largest-cell-phone-maker-in-u.s/
  • http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-to-shut-down-lala-on-may-31/
  • http://www.conceivablytech.com/831/products/google-rolls-out-flashified-turbo-charged-version-of-chrome/
  • http://don.blogs.smugmug.com/2010/04/14/apples-new-policy-is-good-for-you-me-and-the-web/
  • http://daringfireball.net/2010/04/why_apple_changed_section_331

• Google Android roundup
  • http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/android-22-froyo-features/2010
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/05/05/adobe-air-flash-running-flawlessly-prototype-android-tablet-video/
  • http://blogs.adobe.com/air/2010/04/adobe_air_applications_for_and.html
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20003922-94.html
  • http://blogs.computerworld.com/16000/android_and_linux_are_growing_back_together
  • http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224232417931818.html
  • http://lifehacker.com/5529598/cyanogenmod-507-brings-android-21-to-g1-and-mytouch-phones
  • http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/apr10/04-27MSHTCPR.mspx
  • http://lifehacker.com/5525578/android-phones-surpass-iphone-in-web-traffic
  • http://googlenexusoneboard.blogspot.com/2010/04/update-on-nexus-one-partnerships.html
  • http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-426
  • http://lifehacker.com/5529666/mintcom-android-app-puts-all-your-finances-on-your-phone

Quick News

• HP is buying Palm.
  • http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/28/technology/hp_palm/index.htm?hpt=T2

• Exception multi-catch and final exceptions in project coin.
  • http://blogs.sun.com/darcy/entry/project_coin_multi_catch_rethrow

• The eclipselink team is organizing a development summit in the Oracle Offices in Ottawa, Canada.
  • http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Development/Summit

• The 2010 JVM language summit has been announced.
  • http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=859228

• The Apache Lucene project has spawned three new open source projects.
  • http://lucene.apache.org/mahout/
  • http://lucene.apache.org/nutch/
  • http://lucene.apache.org/tika/

• Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) released.
  • http://www.ubuntu.com/

Groovy, Baby!

• The GR8 Conference
  • http://eu.gr8conf.org/

ScalaWags

• All of the talks and sessions recorded at the ScalaDays event are now available on the web.
  • http://days2010.scala-lang.org/node/136

• Looking for some Scala lovin' near you? Scala-tribes, a new site for tracking Scala user groups around the world might be for you.
  • http://www.scala-tribes.org/p/tribes.html

• And several Java and Scala projects have made it into the Google summer of code.
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/6178
  • http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/list_projects/google/gsoc2010

Listener Feedback

• JVM language summit call for Speakers
  • http://registration.jvmlangsummit.com/

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• 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)

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