Java Posse #317 - Newscast for July 29th 2010

Newscast for July 29th 2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

• JavaOne Info
  • http://www.eventreg.com/oracle/openworld2010/sanfrancisco/sb
  • http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld/mysql-sunday-078000.html
  • http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld/036763.htm#discover
  • http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/07/javaone_on_the_road_-_brazil_and_china_dates_anounced.html
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/07/28/oracle-video-challenge-opportunity-attend-javaone-free

• JVM Language Summit
  • http://www.infoq.com/JVMLanguageSummit

• Zviki Cohen has an article up on EclipseZone talking about some of the new eye-catching features that may not have got the attention they deserve
  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-36-hidden-treasures
  • And the Eclipse 4.0 SDK is now available to early adopters
  • http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20100728_eclipse4release.php

Quick News

• Java 6 U21 is out
  • http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u21.html

• Changing the company name from Sun Microsystems, Inc to Oracle in the JVM, has caused problems for a number of Java applications, including Eclipse
  • http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6969236
  • https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=319514

• GitHub now has over 1 million projects reports TechCrunch
  • http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/24/github-one-million/

• VisualVM 1.3 is now available for download
  • http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1486.html

• The 2010 European Eclipse Summit has been announced
  • http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2010/submissions/?page=submissions

ScalaWags

• Scala training in SF, Aug 16th to 18th at Microtek
  • http://artima.com/seminars

Android

• The last of the Nexus One handsets has been sold on the Google online store
  • https://www.google.com/phone/support?hl=en&gl=US&s7e=
  • http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=09468e104c17fdd9&hl=en

Listener Feedback

• Strangeloop
  • http://strangeloop2010.com/speakers

• Open space conferences in Europe
  • http://www.agileopen.net/
  • http://blog.agileopenfrance.com/
  • http://citconf.com/
  • http://barcamp.org/

• Coding Kata
  • codingkata.org

Random Crap

• Antennagate
  • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366777,00.asp
  • http://www.apple.com/antenna/

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)

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