Java Posse: Newscast for June 23rd 2011

• Java SE 7 passed the public review ballot in the JCP, with 13 votes for, 2 non-votes and 1 vote against
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=5207
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=336
• http://www.mobiledia.com/news/94553.html

• JAXConf - take it away Carl!
• http://jaxconf.com/
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/2240037102/OSGi-Not-Easy-Enough-to-Use-Not-as-Productive-as-it-Should-Be
• http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62523
  
• Eclipse 3.7 released - Tor fills in the blanks
• http://www.eclipse.org/

Quick News

• LexisNexis is releasing a Hadoop competitor.
• http://hpccsystems.com/about-us/press_center/lexisnexis-announces-hpcc-systems
• http://hpccsystems.com/

• The Glassfish project has announced another community event on the Sunday prior to this year's JavaOne.
• http://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/entry/glassfish_community_event_javaone_save

ScalaWags

• Carl and I went to ScalaDays at Stanford a couple of weeks back.
• https://wiki.scala-lang.org/display/SW/ScalaDays+2011+Resources#ScalaDays2011Resources-DependencyInjectionStrategiesinScala

• Scala now has its own podcast.
• http://scalatypes.com/

• Martin Odersky has been confirmed as giving the opening keynote for OSCON 2011.
• http://www.oscon.com/oscon2011/public/schedule/detail/21055

• Bruce Eckel has a long, pragmatic blog post up on Artima all about Scala.
• http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=328540

• VMWare's Cloud Foundry service now has support for Scala, including support for Lift.
• http://blog.cloudfoundry.com/post/6109591023/cloud-foundry-now-supporting-scala

Android

• PermissionDog, an android app, provides information on what permissions all of your Android applications are using, and shows you a risk rating for your privacy.
• http://lifehacker.com/5812112/permissiondog-displays-your-android-apps-permissions-shows-how-dangerous-they-are

Random Crap

• Happy 100th birthday, IBM.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM

• Sebastopol, CA to get 1GBps internet connections to the home.
• http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-sebastopol-california-1gbps-internet-month.html

• Adobe has released an update to Flash Builder and Flex.
• http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110619005120/en/Adobe-Enables-Developers-Build-Mobile-Apps-Android

• Nintendo has unveiled the successor to the Wii (the little console that could).
• http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/06/07/introducing-nintendos-wii-u/

• Apple's iCloud.
• http://www.apple.com/icloud/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
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• 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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