Java Posse: Newscast for July 16th 2010

Java Posse

Newscast for July 16th 2010Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.comScala training update in San Francisco, early bird pricing extended (just this once)http://www.artima.com/seminars/ *Eclipse 3.6 has been released *http://eclipse.dzone.com

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            <h2 id="r98d0">Newscast for July 16th 2010</h2>
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            <div>Fully formatted  shownotes can always be found at <a id="r98d3" title="http://javaposse.com" href="http://javaposse.com/">http://javaposse.com</a></div>
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            <div>Scala  training update in San Francisco, early bird pricing extended (just  this once)</div>
            <div><a href="http://www.artima.com/seminars/">http://www.artima.com/seminars/</a></div>
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            <li>Eclipse  3.6 has been released&nbsp;
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            <li><a href="http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-helio-release-leaves?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+eclipsezone/frontpage+%28Eclipse+Zone%29">http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-helio-release-leaves</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-helios/">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-helios/</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
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            <li>App  Inventor for Android
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            <li><a href="http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/">http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <h3>Quick  News</h3>
            <ul>
            <li>Oracle has now confirmed that they will continue to  support development for both Eclipse and NetBeans
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            <li><a href="http://www.developer.com/features/article.php/3891531/Oracle-Commits-to-Further-NetBeans-IDE-Development.htm">http://www.developer.com/features/article.php/3891531/Oracle-Commits-to-Further-NetBeans-IDE-Development.htm</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>The  number one sought after IT skill is Java development
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            <li><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/070910-top-ten-tech-jobs.html?hpg1=bn">http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/070910-top-ten-tech-jobs.html?hpg1=bn</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>Apache  Tomcat 7.0 has been released.
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            <li><a href="http://www.indicthreads.com/7695/apache-tomcat-7-0-released-with-servlet-3-0-jsp-2-2-and-el-2-2-support/">http://www.indicthreads.com/7695/apache-tomcat-7-0-released-with-servlet-3-0-jsp-2-2-and-el-2-2-support/</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>Functional  Java 3.0 has been released.
            <ul>
            <li><a href="http://functionaljava.org/">http://functionaljava.org/</a></li>
            </ul>
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            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>Atlassian  closed $60M from Accel Partners in their FIRST round of venture funding  8 years after they were founded
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            <li><a id="h9jp" title="http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/atlassian-accel-60-million/" href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/atlassian-accel-60-million/">http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/atlassian-accel-60-million</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <h3>Fantom  Fans</h3>
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            <li>"Positronic Variables in Fantom, or How Fantom closure  can prove the equivalence between the Multiverse and Copenhagen  Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics!"
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            <li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sayeretlambda/meetings/past/fantom">https://sites.google.com/site/sayeretlambda/meetings/past/fantom</a></li>
            </ul>
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            </ul>
            <h3>ScalaWags</h3>
            <ul>
            <li>Scala  2.8 final is now out!
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            <li><a href="http://www.scala-lang.org/node/7009">http://www.scala-lang.org/node/7009</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/07/the-scala-ide-for-eclipse-for-scala-2-8-0-final-available-now/">http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/07/the-scala-ide-for-eclipse-for-scala-2-8-0-final-available-now/</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <h3>Android</h3>
            <ul>
            <li>Froyo  (Android 2.2) has been officially released for the Nexus One
            <ul>
            <li><a href="http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/29/froyo-official-nexus/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+androidguyscom+%28AndroidGuys%29">http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/29/froyo-official-nexus/</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/froyo-code-drop.html">http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/froyo-code-drop.html</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/android-22-sdk-refresh.html">http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/android-22-sdk-refresh.html</a></li>
            </ul>
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            <li>And  staying with Android open source news, HTC has now released the kernel  sources for the Evo 4G and HTC Hero
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            <li><a href="http://developer.htc.com/">http://developer.htc.com/</a>&nbsp;</li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>Android  is continuing to gain market share at the expense of all other US  smartphone OSs over the last 3 months according to Comscore
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            <li><a href="http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/09/android-gains-market-share-lose/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+androidguyscom+%28AndroidGuys%29">http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/09/android-gains-market-share-lose/</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>Intel  is reportedly porting android to x86
            <ul>
            <li><a href="http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/24/intel-android-x86-netbooks-tablets-summer/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+androidguyscom+%28AndroidGuys%29">http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/24/intel-android-x86-netbooks-tablets-summer/</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>Android  App of the Week: Wifi Analyser
            <ul>
            <li><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5572593/wi+fi-analyzer-finds-the-best-hotspots-and-improves-your-home-network">http://lifehacker.com/5572593/wi+fi-analyzer-finds-the-best-hotspots-and-improves-your-home-network</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
            <p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Random Stuff</strong></span></p>
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            <li>Cloud computing with  machine guns! &nbsp;OnLive is live!
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            <li><a id="hgog" title="http://www.onlive.com" href="http://www.onlive.com/">http://www.onlive.com</a></li>
            </ul>
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            </ul>
            <ul>
            <li>Old  Spice cracked the nut on how to leverage social media for marketing in  the new era
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            <li><a id="c2q3" title="http://twitter.com/OldSpice" href="http://twitter.com/OldSpice">http://twitter.com/OldSpice</a></li>
            </ul>
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            <h3 id="r98d10">&nbsp;Thanks</h3>
            <ul id="r98d11">
            <li id="r98d12"> Libsyn.com - <a id="r98d13" href="http://www.libsyn.com/">http://www.libsyn.com</a> -  for hosting and bandwidth </li>
            <li id="r98d14">Feedburner.com - <a id="r98d18" href="http://www.feedburner.com/">http://www.feedburner.com</a> - for feed redirect</li>
            <li id="r98d19"><a id="r98d20" title="Kirsty Doherty" href="http://www.flowerthepa.co.uk/">Kirsty  Doherty</a>,&nbsp;<a id="r98d22" title="Amy  Ehmann" href="http://designlotus.com/">Amy Ehmann</a> for Java Posse artwork </li>
            <li id="h-gd">Theme  Music:
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            <li id="iaam">Opening - "Java" the parody  song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
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            <li>written  and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun  Microsystems attorney.</li>
            <li>Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da."  Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.</li>
            <li>Re-produced  with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - <a id="r98d32" title="http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com" href="http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com/">http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg</a></li>
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            <li id="r98d34">Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)<br id="r98d35" /></li>
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            <ul id="r98d36">
            <li id="r98d37"> To contact  us:
            <ul id="r98d38">
            <li id="r98d39"> Visit our homepage - <a id="r98d40" href="http://javaposse.com/">http://javaposse.com</a></li>
            <li id="x1gp"> Post on our Google Group - <a id="r98d42" title="http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse" href="http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse">http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse</a></li>
            <li id="howv">Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - <a id="gl3y" title="http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse" href="http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse">http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse</a></li>
            <li id="r98d43"> Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 </li>
            <li id="r98d44"> Or send us email - <a id="r98d45" href="https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&amp;tf=0&amp;to=//[email protected]/">[email protected]</a></li>
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            <p><br id="ju.v" /> The  Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall<br id="ja2k" /></p><div class="feedflare">

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