Java Posse #348 - Newscast for April 15th 2011

Newscast for April 15th 2011

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• Oracle talks more about its plans for Java
• http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62166

• "The Ceylon Project - The Next Generation of the Java Language"
• http://blog.talawah.net/2011/04/gavin-king-unviels-red-hats-top-secret.html
• http://devstonez.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/introducing-the-ceylon-project-gavin-king-presentation-at-qcon-beijing-2011/

Quick News

• *Sponsor* - Contant Contact is seeking several skilled Java engineers for positions in Boston and San Francisco.
• http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp?src=javaposse

• Oracle is producing a new, free, digital magazine all about Java.
• http://www.java.net/external?url=http://terrencebarr.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/new-free-java-magazine-sign-up-today/

• Glassfish 3.1 has been released.
• http://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1-final.html
• http://glassfish.java.net/

• Gradle 1.0 milestone 2 has been released
• http://wiki.gradle.org/display/GRADLE/2011/04/09/Gradle+1.0-milestone-2+released

ScalaWags

• Scala training:
• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/9083
• http://www.artima.com/shop/scala_ann_arbor

• And other Scala events:
• http://scalathon.org/projects.html
• http://blog.yuvimasory.com/2011/04/scalathon-how-you-can-help.html

• ScalaDays 2011.
• http://days2011.scala-lang.org/

• The original Programming in Scala book, published by Artima and written by Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon and Bill Venners, is now available for free in HTML form.
• http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/

Android

• CyanogenMod 7.0 final released.
• http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-7-0-released
• https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_vendor_cyanogen/blob/gingerbread/CHANGELOG.mkdn

• source for Honeycomb (the tablet version of Android) has been delayed and does not yet have a release date.
• http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-think-im-having-gene-amdahl-moment.html

• Motorola Xoom tablet has only sold about 100,000 units so far.
• http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/motorola-xoom-sales-disappoint-only-100000-un
• http://www.androidauthority.com/upcoming-samsung-galaxy-tablets-to-be-lighter-and-thinner-then-ipad-2-10980/
• http://androidcommunity.com/google-nexus-tablet-by-lg-in-pipeline-for-mid-summer-launch-20110328/
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/04/06/asus-eee-pad-transformer-official-specs-pics/
• http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/

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