Newscast for Oct 26th 2012
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Impressions of JavaOne?
- Future of Java - lots of Lambda Stuff
- 2 years after acquiring Sun Microsystems (and Java along with it), Dr. Dobbs has a report card for how they are doing
ScalaWags
- While not entirely Scala related, the community will miss Phil Bagwell, RIP Phil :-(
Android
- Oct 29th for the new Nexus? “The playground is open”
- Amazon says the new Kindle Fire HD is its single best selling item worldwide
- And Jeff Bezos calling for governments to stop the patent craziness
Random Crap
- Apple iPad Mini, new iPad 4G and 13” retina macbook pro
- New TCP/IP technology, 10 x speed, no new infrastructure!
- OpenOffice now a first class apache project - but is it enough to bring back the developers?
Thanks
- Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
- Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall