Java Posse: Newscast for Sept 24th 2011

• JavaOne, BoF, Party, Closing keynote
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/09/11/informal-chats-javaone-2011-youre-invited

• The obligatory patent news roundup:
• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/google-oracle-ordered-to-meet-again-tomorrow-in-android-dispute.html
• http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=pat&reel=026894&frame=0001
• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-14/google-purchases-1-023-patents-from-ibm-to-bolster-portfolio.html
• http://www.businessinsider.com/google-chairman-eric-schmidt-2011-9
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/08/31/openwave-sues-apple-rim-for-infringement-shares-spike/?partner=yahootix
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/samsung_could_block_iphone_5_in_europe_patent_wars_rumble_on/
• http://apple.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/09/19/1728226
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/8691707/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-10.1-blocked-in-Europe.html
• http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/16/obama-signs-america-invents-act-into-law-makes-patent-reform-a/
• http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37404/OnLive_CEO_New_Patent_Law_Devastating_To_Ingenuity.php
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2011/09/20/new-patent-law-means-trouble-for-tech-entrepreneurs/

• Project of the week - VisualLangLab
• If you are observing the crop of new languages springing up at present (like Kotlin, Ceylon, etc.) and think to yourself "I could do better than that", well, now's your chance.
• VisualLangLab is a graphical tool for designing language grammars.
• The tool gives you the ability to examine the resulting abstract syntax tree from a code snippet passed through your grammar, and helps you write the grammar you want.
• And it's not just for full blown languages. The project could be used for developing free-form domain specific languages just as easily.
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/09/14/new-article-introduction-javanets-visuallanglab-project

Quick News

• Codemash 2012 at the Kalahari resort in Sandusky, Ohio
• http://codemash.org
• http://codemash.org/Speakers

• Silicon Valley Code Camp: Oct 8th and 9th at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
• http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/

• Webstart broken? Oracle has removed the signatures on several publicly available jar files that are often used in webstart applications.
• http://www.java.net/forum/topic/javadesktop/java-desktop-technologies/java-3d/unsigned-entry-j3dcorejar

• InfoQ has a great interview with Neal Gafter on the Future of Java published on their site.
• http://www.infoq.com/articles/neal-gafter-on-java

• Apache Wicket 1.5 has been released.
• http://wicket.apache.org/2011/09/07/wicket-1.5-released.html

• Chronon Systems has just released version 2 of Chronon which now features time-travelling logging.
• http://java.dzone.com/articles/chronon-20-pushing-boundaries

• The EclipseCon 2012 call for papers is now open.
• http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/submissions-are-open

ScalaWags

• Scala 2.9.1 final has been released.
• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/10780

• The videos from the recent ScalaDays 2011 held at Stanford are now available online.
• https://wiki.scala-lang.org/display/SW/ScalaDays+2011+Resources#ScalaDays2011Resources-Panel

• A couple of notable new releases of Scala libraries have come out in the last couple of weeks.
• http://implicit.ly/scalatra-200
• http://implicit.ly/scala-arm-10

• And Cay Horstmann is working on an eBook called "Scala for the impatient".
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/08/26/scala-impatient%E2%80%94free-chapters-typesafecom

Android

• Google has launched Wallet for Android.
• http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/launching-google-wallet-on-sprint-and.html

• Richard Stallman has raised the issue in a Guardian.co.uk article of exactly how free Android is.
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/19/android-free-software-stallman

• The upcoming Boeing 787 Dreamliner will feature Android driven screens available in all seats.
• http://www.ausbt.com.au/boeing-chooses-android-for-787-dreamliner-s-entertainment-system

• There are lots of rumors and speculation surrounding the imminent release of an Android tablet from Amazon.
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/09/05/amazon-kindle-tablet-handled-detailed/
• http://www.androidguys.com/2011/09/23/amazon-announce-android-tablet-september-28/

Random Crap

• It looks like Google is getting set to introduce a new language: Dart, a new language for structured web programming.
• http://www.extremetech.com/computing/95417-google-announces-dart-programming-language
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/javaposse/PoVV60bwEUA
• http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/
• http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/linuxjournalcom/~3/p9bo6YTBWxI/introducing-coffeescript

• Has Microsoft found a way to keep PC owners from installing Linux on their machines?
• http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/09/21/062231/How-Microsoft-Can-Lock-Linux-Off-Windows-8-PCs

• Google Plus is now open to all, and the hangouts feature has added screen sharing and document collaboration, sketchup integration and a developer API as well.
• https://plus.google.com/
• http://lifehacker.com/5842191/google%252B-hangouts-adds-screen-sharing-google-docs-collaboration-and-more
• http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-101-102-103-104-105-106-107.html

• Adobe has released Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3.
• http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/217522/20110921/adobe-systems-flash-platform-air-mobile-technology-mobile-industry-mobile-and-wireless-android-html5.htm
• http://blogs.computerworld.com/18922/adobe_brings_flash_free_flash_to_apple_ipad_iphone

• Dick picked up a logitech revue to replace the now defunct apple TV v1. Can't wait for the android market to be available on it.
• http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/what-is-google-tv

• Next week is the public launch of the Tesla Model S cars!
• http://www.teslamotors.com/

• James Gosling left Google already?
• http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/i_ve_moved_again

• More on James - he had quite a scare at the Reno airshow.
• http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/i_m_alive

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