Java Posse: Newscast for Mar 10th 2011

• Dick -> Keynote at DevNexus on 21-22nd
  • http://www.devnexus.com
• Tor -> Eclipsecon
  • http://www.eclipsecon.org/2011/

• Java 7 developer builds are now available for download and testing.
  • http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/

• The upcoming EclipseCon 2011, being held from March 21st to 24th at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA, will feature a keynote on the IBM Watson supercomputer that recently beat the Jeopardy champs.
  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/ibms-watson-keynote-topic

• Is that bad?
  • http://www.hulu.com/watch/73360/saturday-night-live-lawrence-welk

Quick News sponsored by Constant Contact

• 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 has release GlassFish version 3.1.
  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/glassfish_3_1_is_here
• Apple released an update to Java for Mac OS X 10.6. 
  • http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/08/
    apple_releases_itunes_10_2_1_updates_java_for_mac_os_x.html
  • http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1360

• Chronon systems have announced a public beta of the Chronon time travelling debugger for Java.
  • http://eblog.chrononsystems.com/chronon-beta-the-what-who-and-why

• Joe Darcy has stepped down as OpenJDK6 release manager.
  • http://blogs.sun.com/darcy/entry/openjdk_6_changing_guard

• Thomas Enebo and the jRuby community step up to work on JRuby and Ruby support in NetBeans 7.
  • http://blog.enebo.com/2011/02/ruby-on-netbeans-lives.html

ScalaWags

• ScalaDays 2011 will be held at Stanford University on June 2nd and 3rd 2011.
  • http://days2011.scala-lang.org/node/101
  • http://days2011.scala-lang.org/products

Android

• According to a comScore report, Android is now the most used smartphone OS in the United States.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/08/comscore-android-mostused-smart-phone-os/
  • http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/technology/android/index.htm
  • And it's not just the US. A recent IDC report shows that Android displayed similar explosive growth in Europe, with a 1580% jump in sales in one year.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/09/android-explodes-europe-tune-1580-growth/

• The new Google maps navigation routing now takes traffic into account when planning your route to give you the quickest route for the current traffic conditions.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/07/google-maps-navigator-routing-live-historic-traffic/

• More details have emerged about Amazon's upcoming Android application store, and it's starting to sound pretty good.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/02/21/details-emerge-amazons-appstore/

• 58 applications have been removed from the Android marketplace by Google following the discovery that they contained a trojan containing malicious code.
  • http://blog.mylookout.com/2011/03/security-alert-malware-found-in-official-android-market-droiddream/
  • https://www.mylookout.com/download
  • Despite how this is being spun in the media, the same problem occurred for Apple with the iPhone app store in Feb 2010
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10446402-245.html

Random Crap

• iPad 2 
  • http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/03/08/colbert-wants-an-ipad-2/
  • ComputerWorld has a fairly extensive FAQ about the Motorola Xoom
  • http://blogs.computerworld.com/17867/motorola_xoom_faq

• Chrome 10 has been released by Google.
  • http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/speedier-simpler-and-safer-chromes.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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