Java Posse #362 - Newscast for Aug 25th 2011

Newscast for Aug 25th 2011 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Carl and Dick headed to JavaZone Google moderator for the event - make your own suggestion for topic or question, or vote someone else's up or down. http://tinyurl.com/possejz11

• Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5bn, an estimated 63% premium over the stock price at the time of purchase.
• http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/15/google-to-acquire-motorola-mobility-for-12-5-billion/
• http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/15/google-ceo-larry-page-explains-reasoning-behind-motorola-acquisition-spoiler-patents/
• http://www.google.com/press/motorola/quotes/
• http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-patents-attack-android.html
• http://mashable.com/2011/08/16/google-motorola-poll/
• http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/google-joins-microsoft-motorola-patent-dispute/?cs=48269
• http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2142203/Judge-Dismisses-Googles-Complaint-Over-Android-Code-Viewing
• http://gigaom.com/2011/08/12/ubuntus-shuttleworth-patents-misunderstood-misused-outdated/
• http://thisismynext.com/2011/08/11/broken-patent-system/
• http://martinfowler.com/bliki/SoftwarePatent.html

• HP pulls TouchPad after only 7 weeks, offers refunds to existing customers, but is WebOS dead?
• http://lifehacker.com/5832333/hp-shutting-down-operations-for-touchpad-and-webos-phones
• http://www.webosarena.com/2011/08/22/best-buy-pulls-hp-touchpad-from-u-s-stores-hp-to-refund-early-buyers/
• http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/rumors-of-webos-death-are-greatly-exaggerated-20110819/

Quick News

• The JCertif conference is fast approaching.
• http://www.jcertif.com/

Android

• A new report from security firm McAfee says that malware targeting android devices jumped 22% in the first half of this year.
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/android-mobile-malware-target-_n_934088.html

• Google is halting their own development of App-Inventor for Android and releasing it as open source.
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/08/10/googles-app-inventor-shuttered-released-open-source/
• http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2048207/App-Inventor-Continues-Life-at-MIT

• Android tablets managed to dent the Apple iPad market share by 20% over the past 12 months in aggregate across all Android tablets, but no single tablet vendor has stood out as a challenger to Apple.
• http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/12/android-steals-20-of-tablet-market-from-ipad-over-past-year/

Listener Feedback Strangeloop competition - the winners (any of these can contact Alex Miller: alex thestrangeloop com) to claim one or both tickets, on a first come, first served basis:

• Cedric Beust
• Kevin Wright
• Weiqi GaoCasper Bang
• Michael Barker
• JuanManuel Gimeno Illa
• John Kiparsky
• Sam Reid

Plus a new competition, best picture with cowboy hat. Be creative. Prize is a pass to JavaOne in San Francisco: http://www.oracle.com/javaone/index.html Send entries to [email protected] Random Crap

• The new beta 14 of Google's Chrome browser now incorporates support for native clients.
• http://cloud.dzone.com/dose/daily-dose-chrome-14-beta
• http://code.google.com/chrome/nativeclient/
• http://code.google.com/chrome/nativeclient/docs/technical_overview.html

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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