Newscast for October 19th 2007

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• Correction - 2007 JCP Elections
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/
  archives/2007/10/run_1.html
• http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?
  forum=276&thread=216513
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2007/10/awaiting_on_you.html

• Sun JavaFX and client evening in SF update....
• http://java.sun.com/javafx/
  

• Is Sun creating a Java based competitor to the iPhone?
• http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/10/
  business/AS-TEC-SKorea-Sun-Samsung-Phone.php
• http://www.cellular-news.com/story/26628.php
• GMail mobile 1.5 is now out from Google
• http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/10/
  gmail-mobile-15-released.html
• Linux Devices notes that Linux usage is on the rise in mobile phones
• http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/
  NS3714138423.html
• A new Open Source Java environment for mobile devices called Jalimo
• http://www.jalimo.org/wiki/doku.php
• http://www.smokinglinux.com/opensource-
  software/jalimo-%E2%80%93-open-source-
  java-environment-for-linux-mobile
• Brian Coughlin (Sr. Technology Strategist at Sprint) has managed to take the Sun open source PhoneME project and get a CDC implementation of Java up on the Nokia N800
• http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Mobileandembedded/
  PhoneMEAdvancedPlatformsNokia800
• Getting Java CDC running on Windows Mobile devices
  
• http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Mobileandembedded/
  PhoneMEAdvancedGSGWinMobile
• Motorola has released the new ROKR Z6m
• http://uschotline.com/home/node/28
• http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/
  product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=191

• Update on OpenJDK encumberances
• Jim Graham has announced a 2d rasterizer called Pisces
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/
  2d-dev/2007-October/000078.html
• Mark Reinhold talks about the cutover to Mercurial source control
  
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/
  2d-dev/2007-October/000084.html
• Igor Nekrestyanov has a status update about the inclusion of the freetype font rasterizer
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/
  font-scaler-dev/2007-July/000009.html
• Alex Menkov reports that the unencumbered part of JavaSound has been opened too
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/
  audio-engine-dev/2007-September/000010.html
• Brad Wetmore mentions that JCE (Java Cryptographic Extension) has been added to the OpenJDK as well
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/
  security-dev/2007-September/000015.html
• David's blog also talks about an important fix to a bug with X.org's Xlib
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robogeek/archive/
  2007/10/openjdk_encumbr.html

• Pair Programming, does it suck or are you doing it wrong?
• http://saloon.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/
  ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=42&t=000931
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47169

• The Future of Java on Mac OS X?
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2007/10/all_things_must.html
• http://blogs.sun.com/jag/entry/solaris_and_os_x
• http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2007/10/

• Java Application of the week - IntelliJ IDEA
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47232
• http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
• JetBrains has also just released a point update for IDEA 6
• http://www.cafeaulait.org/#October_3_2007_22563

• Bonus java Application of the week - BabyTEL Eggphone
• http://apps.facebook.com/babytel/

Quick News Items

• Sun has gone public with around a dozen security exploits in the Java runtime engine, many of them severe
• http://www.esecurityplanet.com/alerts/
  article.php/3703516

• IBM AlphaWorks details a new eclipse plugin that allows web based interaction with the eclipse IDE
• http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/eclifox
  ?open&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GRsite-eclpsw10
  &ca=dgr-eclpsw10aweclifox

• The eclipse project has also released the first Rich AJAX Platform to use OSGi: RAP 1.0
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/
  20071015_raprelease.php

• NetBeans OpenLaszlo support provides an alternative way of building flash based rich internet applications without needing Adobe's eclipse based flex builder
• https://nbopenlaszlosupport.dev.java.net/
• Meanwhile, Linux Mini blogs about OpenLaszlo 4 now supporting Flash 7, 8 and 9 as well as DHTML
• http://www.openlaszlo.org/orbit
• https://orbit.dev.java.net/
• Adobe has just released an alpha version of Flex Builder for Linux
  
• http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/
  flex/flexbuilder_linux/

• NetBeans.org has a new tutorial on building an EJB 3.0 application using NetBeans, GlassFish v2 and Apache Maven 2
• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/60/
  javaee/ejb-glassfish-maven.html

• Eyvind A. Larre blogs about how he put together a new facebook application in 15 minutes using Java and JSP
• http://larre.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/
  building-a-facebook-application-in-15-minutes/

• Rick Ross at JavaLobby is rallying for putting Java on the OLPC (one laptop per child)
• http://www.javalobby.org/articles/java-olpc/
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2007/10/power_of_two.html

• JOSSO (Java Open Single Sign On) 1.6 has been released
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47200

• JSR 264 - Order Processing API, the final release has now been made for the JSR by Nokia, including a Reference Implementation and TCK (Technology Compatibility Kit)
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47151
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=264

• Chris Adamson on Java related podcasts
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2007/10/lay_my_head_dow.html
• http://today.java.net/pub/ct/mobileandembedded
• http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/category/Podcasts
• http://www.eclipsezone.com/podcasts.jsp
• http://www.drunkandretired.com/
• http://today.java.net/pub/ct/javaonecommunitycorner

• A new version of Compass, 1.2, is out
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47238

• Nuxeo has released version 5.1 of its ECM (Enterprise Component Management) software
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47239

• Sun's John Rose has a new project proposal over at OpenJDK: a multi-language VM
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/
  announce/2007-October/000016.html
• http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techtarget/
  tsscom/home/~3/170649891/thread.tss
• http://www.robert-tolksdorf.de/vmlanguages.html

• Eclipsecon 2008 is now accepting submissions for talks or tutorials
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/
  20071016_EclipseConCFP.php

• And TheServerSide  Java Symposium 2008 also has a call for papers
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47236

• JasperAssistant has been updated to version 2.4.0
• http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/
  forums/t102537.rhtml

• The Silicon Valley Web Developer Java User Group has a session by Gavin King about WebBeans (JSR 299 - based on his Seam work) planned for their next meeting on October 16th
• http://groups.google.com/group/
  javaposse/msg/8e78c2b6c7a32bf7

• DevX has a new article comparing Java FX, Adobe AIR, and Microsoft's Silverlight for building next generation RIA (Rich Internet Applications)
  
• http://www.devx.com/RichInternetApps/
  Article/35208/1954?pf=true

• JPOX 1.1.9 has been released
• http://www.jpox.org/

• Ericsson and BenQ have published the public review draft for JSR 281 - IMS Services API
  
• http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/
  pr/jsr281/index.html

• In amongst the new exciting changes for the Java 6 Update N (the new Consumer JRE which it getting a lot of attention right now) is a new version of JAX-WS
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/
  entry/notd_newer_jax_ws_in

• Microsoft has announced that it will share the source code for .NET
• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/
  2007/10/03/releasing-the-source-code-
  for-the-net-framework-libraries.aspx

• Atlassian looking for an open source systems administrator
• http://www.atlassian.com/about/jobs/
  systems-administrator-sf.jsp

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• Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse
• 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
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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