Newscast for May 29th 2008

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• Google I/O update
• http://code.google.com/events/io/ 
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=49516
  
• http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com/2008/
  05/opensocial-v08-is-defined.html
  

• Java is annoying? ZDNet thinks so
• http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/
  0,1000001048,39419834,00.htm
• http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?
  sid=558646&cid=23476568 
• http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/
  browse_thread/thread/911667abeab5cf3 

• Forget set tops, Sony is building Java into TVs
• http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2309865,00.asp 
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2008/05/slick.html 
• https://opencable.dev.java.net/
  

• Wicket + Generics = Trouble
• http://web.mac.com/jonathan.locke/iWeb/JonathanLocke/
  Blog/D837029B-5A03-4D94-8EEC-927B07078A26.html
  

• The Davinci project is hosting a JVM language summit at Sun's Santa Clara campus from Sept 24th to 26th
• http://openjdk.java.net/projects/mlvm/
  jvmlangsummit/index.html
  

• Mobile Java App of the week - iCitizen
• http://www.mobiles24.com/downloads/s/
  104413-109-i-citizen_240x320 
• http://www.techgadgets.in/gaming/2008/05/micazook-
  brings-i-citizen-3d-avatar-game-for-mobile-phones/
  

• Applet of the week - JIrc
• http://www.notechsoft.com/irc.asp 
• http://jircii.dashnine.org/
  

Quick News

• The 3rd annual Eclipse Summit is to be held in Ludwigsburg, Germany on November 19th and 20th
  
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/
  20080426_EclipseSummitcfp.php
  

• Jasper reports 3 is out
• https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?
  forum_id=825194 

• Borland has sold CodeGear to Embarcadero
• http://www.embarcadero.com/news/
  press_releases/codegear_050708.html
  

• .NET developer's journal on taking your ASP.NET application and running it on Java, Apache Tomcat and Linux
• http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/573582.htm
  

• Nuxeo has just released version 2.0 of the Nuxeo RCP (Rich Client Platform)
• http://www.nuxeo.com/en/products/rcp/ 

• Apache Tuscany has been promoted to a top level Apache project
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=49469
  

• The Server Side has a two part introduction to OSGi from a non-OSGi advocates point of view
• http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/
  article.tss?l=OSGiforBeginners
• http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/
  article.tss?l=WhiteboardForOSGi
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2008/05/the_remedy.html 

• The Server Side has a pair of 30 minute podcasts of a web frameworks shootout
  
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=49439

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• 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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