Java Posse: Newscast for Aug 12th 2010

• VFR trapped above clouds explanation
  • http://www.ravenware.com/factand/nofic/essays/vfrimc1.htm
• Scala training in SF - last chance
  • http://artima.com/seminars

• LLNL NIF visit
  • https://lasers.llnl.gov/

• Google Wave discontinued already?
  • http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html
  • http://lifehacker.com/5604687/google-halts-wave-development-shutting-it-down-by-end-of-year
  • http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-810
  • Novell's Pulse?
  • http://www.novell.com/products/pulse/

• NetBeans 6.9.1 release, JavaFX 1.3.1, plus JavaFX composer getting some kudos
  • http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1488.html
  • http://download.oracle.com/javafx/1.3/tutorials/ApplicationStartup/
  • http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17802_01/javafx/javafx/1.3/docs/api/javafx.scene/doc-files/cssref.html
  • Lots of bug fixes
    
    • http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans6.9PatchesInfo
  • http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2010/08/javafx_bashing.html

Quick News

• Google has acquired Instantiations
  • http://java.dzone.com/articles/google-acquires-java-tool

• Oracle responded very quickly to the problem between Java 6 U 21 and Eclipse (and other Java apps)
  • http://bewarethepenguin.blogspot.com/2010/07/tip-of-hat-to-oracle.html
  • http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6969236

ScalaWags

• The Scala community is already looking ahead to Scala 2.9
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/7285 

• Jim McBeath has been digging in to the new Delimited Continuations feature available as a compiler plugin for Scala 2.8
  • http://jim-mcbeath.blogspot.com/2010/08/delimited-continuations.html

• Experimental support for the ScalaIDE in Eclipse Helios
  • http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/07/experimental-support-for-eclipse-helios-just-landed/

Android

• Froyo rolling out to multiple devices
  • http://jkontherun.com/2010/08/03/froyo-update-hits-the-evo-4g/
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/30/confirmed-galaxy-froyo-september/

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt now reports that Android activations are up to 200,000 per day
  • http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/android-soars-but-iphone-still-most-desired-as-smartphones-grab-25-of-u-s-mobile-market

• Some growing pains in the Android market have caused problems
  • http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=2d74bb048b84a14a&hl=en
  • A new service from Google introduces a licensing server and API
  • http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/licensing-service-technology-highlights.html

• it seems that rumors of the N1's demise might have been slightly exaggerated
  • http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/08/nexus-one-developer-phone.html 

• Magnolia conference in September
  • http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/conference.html
• Adobe acquiring Day
  • http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201007/072810AdobetoAcquireDaySoftware.html

• AppInventor from Google Labs
  • http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

• New features for Scala Eclipse plugin
  • http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/08/not-a-release-but-new-and-noteworthy-even-so/

• A new version of Adobe Flash for Mac OS X offers GPU hardware accelerated video decoding
  • http://lifehacker.com/5609674/updated-flash-player-enables-hardware+accelerated-video-on-os-x

• DeviantART announced a new paint program, Muro, that is entirely Web-based using HTML5 and Javascript
  • Announcement: http://news.deviantart.com/article/125373/
  • Real thing: http://muro.deviantart.com/

• App of the week: yED - Java based diagramming tool that works on most operating systems
  • http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html

• Sprint anycom FIPO Bluetooth dock adapter - the solution for iPhone hardware lock-in?
  • http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/08/sprint-anycom-receiver-wirelessly-connects-bluetooth-devices-to-ipod-speaker-dock/

• Using a Cloud? CloudFail.net is a handy site that aggregates all the cloud providers news feeds into a single website.
  • http://cloudfail.net

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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