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Newscast for March 31st 2006

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Main News Items

• Ruby On Rails 1.1 Released
• http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/200391.htm
• http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/articles/2006/03/28/
  rails-1-1-rjs-active-record-respond_to-integration-tests-and-500-other-things
• http://scottraymond.net/articles/2006/02/28/rails-1.1
• Groovy on rails (grails) has also just released it's 0.1 version
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=39696
• SOA, EJB 3, Java EE 5 roundup
• Developer mindshare -
  http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=39680
• New persistence model in EJB 3 -
  http://uk.builder.com/programming/java/0,39026606,39304897,00.htm
• BEA's dev2dev has a more general article about EJB 3 and the differences to EJB 2.1 - 
  http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/a/2006/01/ejb-3.html
• Bill Shannon also has an interview up at the SDN talking about the advantages of Java EE 5 - 
  http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/
  shannon_qa.html?feed=JSC
• Oracle releases Express Edition (XE) of the Oracle 10g database for windows and linux
• http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/index.html
• Sun is getting behind Derby (formerly cloudscape) as their new choice for a Java based DB
• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/Desktop/javadb/
• Netbeans mobility pack for CDC released
• http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/lukas?entry=netbeans_mobility_pack_5_0
• What is CDC? -
  http://jan.netcomp.monash.edu.au/internetdevices/smalljava/cdc.html
• Java enabled phone based service to transfer money, with an ATM card too
• http://www.obopay.com/info/getapp.php
• Applet of the week - the switchboard - meebo with VoIP implemented in a java applet
• http://theswitchboard.ca/
• Azul Systems to offer a 48 core java chip in 2007
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/28/azul_doubles/
• Legal troubles - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/15/azul_sues_sun/

• The open sourcing of java debate continues:
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2787
• http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t66957.html
• Mobile java website available from Sun
• http://mobile.java.com
• Learning Java page now available at netbeans.org
• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/learn-java.html
• Sun announces new support program for engineer to engineer access
• http://java.sys-con.com/read/197789.htm
• Bruce Eckel, former posse interviewee, has just wrapped up his programming the new web conference in Crested Butte
• http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=153596
• http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=153864
• Eclipse Milestone 6: feature lockdown for eclipse 3.2
• http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t66695.rhtml
• Magicdraw UML 11 has been released by nomagic.com
• http://www.magicdraw.com/

• Eclipse flash demos
• http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/docs/doc.html
• http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/docs/v1.1/VE11grid.html
• http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/
• http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/tutorial/#tutorial
• http://wbeaton.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-first-screen-cam.html
• http://eclipse-shell.sourceforge.net/screencasts.html
• JDeveloper flash demos
• http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/viewlets/viewlet.html
• Commons io file util classes
• http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/io/description.html#Utility_classes
• JOGL 3d applet demos
• https://jogl-demos.dev.java.net/applettest.html
  http://www.javapause.com
• CUF on sourceforge - http://cuf.sourceforge.net/

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• 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://www.loosebrucekerr.com
• Closing - Garageband track

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