Java Posse #312 - Newscast for June 23rd 2010

Newscast for June 23rd 2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

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• NetBeans 6.9 released.
  • http://blogs.sun.com/tor/entry/netbeans_6_9_released
  • http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3888306/article.htm
  • http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1479.html
  • http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1480.html

• Android 3.0 "Gingerbread" refocusing on user experience.
  • http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/user%2F12545150259745414482%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast
  • http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-developer-video-takes-shots-at-android/
  • http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-617
  • http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/16/android-team-laser-focused-on-the-user-experience-for-next-release/
  • http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/android-gingerbread-will-arrive-q4-2010-20100521/

• Library of the week: Avro.
  • http://avro.apache.org/
  • http://code.google.com/p/avro-scala-compiler-plugin/

Quick News

• The Java Road Trip: Code to Coast is underway and may be coming to a city near you.
  • http://www.java.com/roadtrip/

• Adobe flash 10.1 has now arrived for Android and several other phone platforms.
  • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365448,00.asp
  • http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100621006972&newsLang=en
  • It's not all good news from the Adobe camp though, as the flash 64 bit beta for Linux has disappeared.
  • http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/06/11/1338207/Adobe-Temporarily-Kills-64-Bit-Flash-For-Linux
• Eclipse Day will return to the Google campus in Mountain View on August 26th this year.
  • http://ianskerrett.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/eclipse-day-at-the-googleplex-2010-edition/

• Logitech has confirmed that the standalone Google TV box announced at Google IO they are building will be called the Revue.
  • http://blog.logitech.com/2010/06/16/logitech-revue-with-google-tv/
  • http://www.logitech.com/en-us/1005/7099?WT.mc_id=global_pr-googletv_redirect_052010

• IBM have now release the GA of IBM Websphere Application Server V7 Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and Java Persistence API 2.0.
  • http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60318

ScalaWags

• NASA/JPL (the jet propulsion lab) has released a paper on using DSLs (Domain Specific Languages).
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/6605

• Scala 2.8.0 RC6 and the associated Scala IDE for RC6 have now been released for testing.
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/6743
  • http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/06/the-scala-ide-for-eclipse-for-scala-2-8-0-rc6-available-now/

End Stuff

• Amazon and Barnes & Noble have dropped the prices of their e-readers, the Kindle and the Nook.
  • http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/
  • http://www.amazon.com/kindle
  • http://nookdevs.com/Application_Directory
  • http://www.amazon.com/kdk

• Google Voice is now available to everyone in the US.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/22/google-voice-open

• Ozzy Osbourne is going to have his Genome decoded in order to study how drugs are absorbed in the body.
  • http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Ozzy-Osbournes-Genes-Mapped-To-Find-Out-How-Hes-Still-Alive-After-Drink-And-Drug-Abuse/Article/201006215648812?lpos=Showbiz_News_Article_Body_Copy_Region_0

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
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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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