Newscast for Feb 8th 2008

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Join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2008 in Crested Butte from March 4th to 7th
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/

• Grails 1.0 has been released!
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRAILS/
  2008/02/05/Grails+1.0+Released
  
• http://grails.org/1.0+Release+Notes 
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRAILS/IDE+Integration
  
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/grails_1_0_is_out
  

• Registration for JavaOne is now open
• http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/registration.jsp
  
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2008/02/best_of_you.html
  

• Closures, closures and more closures
• http://blogs.sun.com/jag/entry/closures
• http://gafter.blogspot.com/2008/02/
  closures-puzzler-neapolitan-ice-cream.html
  
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kirillcool/archive/
  2008/02/and_so_it_begin.html 
• http://slm888.com/javac/ 
• http://docs.google.com/View?docid=k73_1ggr36h& 
• http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/ 

• JSF has passed Swing as the number one GUI component model for job demand
• http://java.dzone.com/news/jsf-catches-swing-number-one-g

Quick News Items

• A NetBeans Innovators Grants program has been introduced by Sun
• http://www.netbeans.org/grant/
  
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kalali/archive/
  2008/01/the_train_start.html
• http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/awards/index.jsp
  

• If you are curious about how to write a full application that uses JSF, Seam 2.0 and JPA together, check out Carol McDonald's blog
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/caroljmcdonald/
  archive/2008/01/sample_applicat_4.html 

• Submissions are now being accepted for the Dukes Choice awards at JavaOne 2008
• http://www.java.com/en/dukeszone/dukeschoice.jsp 

• A former mobile application of the week, Opera Mobile has just reached version 9.5
  
• http://gizmodo.com/352652/
  opera-95-mobile-browser-gets-commercial-release
  

• TheServerSide.com has an introduction to using MapReduce in Java applications
• http://www.theserverside.com/tt/knowledgecenter-tc/
  knowledgecenter-tc.tss?l=MapReduce
  

• Sun has released a new version of their Solaris Express Developer Edition
• http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?
  newsItemID=1184 

• Sun has also posted a proposed final draft of JSR 293 - Location API 2.0
• http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/pfd/jsr293/index.html 

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• Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern
• 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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