Newscast for May 31st 2012

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• Play Framework
• http://www.playframework.org/

• Google/Oracle lawsuit update
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57440235-93/jury-verdict-android-doesnt-infringe-oracles-patents/
• http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120523125023818
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/94578158/12-05-23-Oracle-Google-Patent-Verdict
• http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=64969

• Nulls
• Scala Option
• http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/Option.html
• http://www.codecommit.com/blog/scala/the-option-pattern
• JSR 308
• http://types.cs.washington.edu/jsr308/
• Groovy nulls
• http://groovy.codehaus.org/Operators#Operators-SafeNavigationOperator
• Kotlin nulls
• http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/Kotlin/Null-safety
• Ceylon nulls
• http://ceylon-lang.org/documentation/1.0/reference/operator/nullsafe-lookup/

Quick News

• Netbeans 7.2 Beta is out, includes JavaFX scene builder interop
• http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1557.html

• Devoxx 2012 Call For Papers:
• https://cfp.devoxx.com/

Random Crap

• HP web OS team migrates to Google
• http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/24/3042441/hp-enyo-google

• Mono abandons moonlight (the open source version of silverlight)
• http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/29/1749214/mono-abandons-open-source-silverlight
• http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/05/Miguel-Moonlight
• http://www.i-programmer.info/news/89-net/4282-mono-kills-open-source-silverlight.html

• Leap - like kinnect for your desktop
• http://leapmotion.com/

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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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