Java Posse Episode 373 - Newscast for December 15th 2011

Newscast for December 15th 2011 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Java Posse Roundup, Crested Butte, CO, March 26th to 30th 2012. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGZqRnl1M3E4MVJvbUpQdk1jdVlfbXc6MA#gid=0

• Amazon Kindle Fire, Barnes and Noble Nook tablet, Asus Transformer Prime.
• http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/07/barnes-nobles-nook-tablet-arrives-at-249/
• http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27413/?p1=blogs
• http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_amazon_did_to_fork_android_for_the_kindle_fir.php
• http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/11/amazon-releases-kindle-fire-source-code.html
• http://lifehacker.com/5860792/sideload-android-apps-on-a-kindle-fire
• http://lifehacker.com/5860118/kindle-fire-rooted-with-superoneclick
• http://hothardware.com/News/Nvidia-Asus-Unwrap-Transformer-Prime/
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/09/nvidia-officially-launches-tegra-3-as-worlds-first-quad-core-mobile-processor/

• Ice cream sandwich source code released.
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-building/T4XZJCZnqF8/WkWhGUYb4MAJ

• Logitech: Revue was a big (and expensive) mistake?
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/11/logitech-revue-wont-have-a-near-term-successor-ceo-says/
• http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/11/logitech-dropping-google-tv-says-revue-was-an-expensive-mistake.ars

• Silverlight and Flash - the other shoe dropping?
• http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-there-be-a-silverlight-6-and-does-it-matter/11180
• http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2011/11/11/clarifications-on-flash-player-for-mobile-browsers-the-flash-platform-and-the-future-of-flash/

Quick News

• Josh Bloch has joined the Google Dart team as core libraries architect.
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/javaposse/VG20Bn4Lxuk
• http://www.dartlang.org/
• http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/114094/google-dart-vs-coffeescript-which-one-should-one-learn
• http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2011/111018-coffeescript-vs-dart.html

• Nominations are now open for the Eclipse Community Awards.
• http://eclipse.org/org/press-release/20111129_eclipse_nomination.php

• The november/december issue of the Java magazine is out.
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/11/16/good-good-java-magazine-november-december-issue

ScalaWags

• Scala at Yammer?
• http://codahale.com/the-rest-of-the-story/
• http://eng.yammer.com/blog/2011/11/30/scala-at-yammer.html
• http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/scala-feels-like-ejb-2-and-other.html
• http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/scala-ejb-2-feedback.html
• http://blog.joda.org/

Android

• Majel or Alfred? Siri competitors coming on Android.
• http://www.techieapps.com/google-acquires-a-virtual-assistant-alfred-but-still-a-long-way-to-go-to-compete-siri/
• http://lifehacker.com/5867696/androids-response-to-siri-is-majel-a-voice-actions-update

• The Android Market has now passed 10 Billion downloads.
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/dec/09/android-games-downloads
• http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/12/closer-look-at-10-billion-downloads.html

• Norwegian company FXI technologies has released Cotton Candy, a USB stick with a dual core android device on board.
• http://blog.laptopmag.com/usb-stick-contains-dual-core-computer-turns-any-screen-into-an-android-station
• Another option for speeding up android development? Android x86 on virtualbox?
• http://brunocosta.com/blog/pt/2011/11/02/speeding-up-android-development-with-android-x86-and-virtualbox/

• McAfee reports that malware jumped 37% on Android from Q2 to Q3 of this year.
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/21/mcafee-malware-on-android-jumps-37-percent-over-previous-quarter/

• How to mount a Nook color in your car as an entertainment center and engine monitor.
• http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372396
• http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392968,00.asp

Clojure with a J

• Clojure now running on both Hadoop and Heroku! Massive scale, itty bitty programming language :-)
• http://tm.durusau.net/?p=17888
• http://cloud.dzone.com/articles/try-clojure-heroku

• And! Clojure now has its own podcast: Mostly λazy (excellent name) at mostlylazy.com
• http://cemerick.com/2011/11/08/introducing-mostly-%CE%BBazy-a-clojure-podcast/

Groovy, Baby

• Groovy 2.0 will add optional static type checking
• http://www.jroller.com/melix/entry/groovy_static_type_checker_status

Random Crap

• Google music now available to all, still free for up to 20,000 songs, new music purchase service
• http://music.google.com/
• http://lifehacker.com/5860282/google-music-now-available-to-all-streams-your-music-anywhere-for-free

• Carrier IQ?
• http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/03/2112220/carrier-iq-drama-continues

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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