Mark Hurd is in talks with Oracle
September 6, 2010
According to a report in the wall Street Journal, Mark Hurd may work for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Last month, Hurd resigned unexpectedly from Hewlett-Packard and now he is in talks with Oracle. It's not clear what position he might take and this move could make a sense for Oracle.
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JavaOne conference without Google
August 30, 2010
Google announces that the company won't be able to present at upcoming JavaOne conference. The conference is being held in San Francisco the week of September 19. Oracle, a sponsor of JavaOne conferece, is suing Google for patents and copyrights infringement related to Java and open source has made it impossible to freely share out thoughts about the future of Java and open source generally. It is really painful for Google, because they’ve participated in every JavaOne since 2004.
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The ServerSide Java Symposium (TSSJS) 2011 is waiting for new submissions
August 25, 2010
The Symposium is a gathering place for thought leaders and innovators to examine the next generation of Java technologies. TSSJS, a conference by developers for developers, has opened its call for submissions, seeking presenters and presentations for TSSJT 2011 Vegas, March 16th-18th, 2011. Successful case study proposals will be technical presentations that address today's challenges with pragmatic, proven solutions - projects that are unique, innovative and architecturally-focused will be given preference.
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Java and AS/400
August 23, 2010
Whether the information comes from the web, a database, an integrated file system, or any other entity, Java can enable this information to their users regardless of its source. Using Java and your AS/400 opens a new world of flexibility and manageability. Some of the many advantages Java + AS/400 offer: create Java applets, provide secure connections to AS/400 server, create dynamic HTML AS/400 Toolbox for Java HTML classes.
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Eclipse 4.0 Early Adopters SDK Released
August 3, 2010
Last week, the Eclipse Foundation released Eclipse 4.0 Early Adopter SDK. This shouldn't be confused with the production-ready Eclipse Helios release (aka Eclipse 3.6). Rather, Eclipse 4.0 is a sneak preview of what Eclipse will look like in the future
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Oracle Fixes Eclipse's Java Problem
July 30, 2010
Oracle reacted swiftly to the issues involving the rebranding of the Java 6u21 update. Since then, Oracle have re-spun the Java install, and for Windows machines, the released build is now 1.6.0_21-b07; since the problem only affected Windows, the Solaris and Linux versions remain at 1.6.0_21-b06. Oracle should be commended for reacting to, and solving, the problem so quickly.
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Apache FOP 1.0 released
July 29, 2010
On Wednesday, the Apache Foundation announced the release of Apache FOP 1.0, a project that has been a decade in the making. Apache FOP, or Formatting Objects Processor, started off its life in the XML project at Apache before moving (together with Batik, a Java-based SVG renderer) to the XMLGraphics project back in 2004.
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NetBeans 6.9 Release Supports JavaFX
July 28, 2010
Oracle has released version 6.9 of its popular open-source Neteans IDE. This is also the first release of the IDE to be released under Oracle's stewardship. The new release has a couple guiding themes providing an umbrella for a raft of new features, as well as many improvements.
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Eclipse Helios Simultaneous Release
July 7, 2010
The Eclipse foundation announced the release of Eclipse Helios, bringing 39 different projects to the same station for the seventh annual release train. The Eclipse projects are managed in an agile fashion, releasing seven milestone builds throughout the year and then a number of release candidates in the weeks leading up to June each year.
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"HTML 5 and Web Standards" Showcase Criticized
June 14, 2010
Apple has created an HTML 5 Showcase that presents its vision for the next generation of the WWW. The fact that this page is only accessible using the Safari browser, while Apple advocates about web standards, has caused many to criticize the company’s lack of broader platform support.
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EGit 0.8 Ready For Helios Release
June 4, 2010
The EGit and JGit Eclipse projects released 0.8.1 of their namesake projects earlier this week, in preparation for the Eclipse Helios simultaneous release that is due later this month. The New and Noteworthy for both EGit and JGit have been brought up to date, and a User Guide based on contributions from the Eclipse Wiki. There's also an Introduction to Git for those who haven't used it before.
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Restful Services in Ruby
June 3, 2010
In an effort to bring the expressiveness of ruby and the REST frameworks in Java, Charles Nutter makes the case for developing RESTful services using JRuby+Rails. He observes the inherent thought leadership in the Ruby and Rails communities in building RESTful applications that leverage the web.
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OpenFaces 3.0 Prerelease, JSF2.0 Compatible
May 26, 2010
Last month TeamDev had announced the pre release of OpenFaces 3.0. The official release of the 3.0 version is expected in June later this year. This intermediate milestone is a JSF 2.0 compatible version of OpenFaces. The new 3.0 release extends the existing library functionality with 6 new components.
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A Discussion with Josh Bloch on the Future of Java
May 10, 2010
Effective Java author and chief Java evangelist at Google Josh Bloch gave a talk at the recent web-based Red Hat Middleware 2020 conference. The thrust of the talk was guarded optimism and concern about the future of the Java platform under Oracle's stewardship. InfoQ spoke to him to find out more about his thinking.
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New Java SDK For Amazon Web Services
April 28, 2010
Amazon has announced the new AWS SDK for Java this March. The aim of the new SDK is to simplify the development of java applications that use the Amazon EC2. The AWS Toolkit for Eclipse automates most of the steps required for the development cycle such as deployment, debugging, instance launching and network access management on the Amazon cluster
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Flex 4 SDK and Flash Builder 4 Released
April 6, 2010
After many months in beta, the Adobe Flex developer team has released the final version of the Flex 4 SDK and Flash Builder 4 (formerly Flex Builder). While the Flex SDK is available for all platforms, Flash Builder 4 is currently only supported on Windows and Mac OS X. The Flex SDK is free to download and use without cost, while Flash Builder is available on a trial basis and requires purchase.
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EGit Eclipse Git plug-in released
April 1, 2010
The first public version of the org.eclipse EGit plug-in version 0.7.1 has been released at EclipseCon. EGit is based on the pure Java implementation JGit, which means that it has no external dependencies or native code requirements; something which has historically hindered the adoption of Eclipse's Subversion support.
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First Steps for Apache Pivot
March 31, 2010
Apache Pivot is an open source project, which attempts to create a modern, rich client development platform in Java. Pivot started off as an R&D effort at VMWare in 2007 and was released as an open-source project in June 2008 under the Apache 2.0 license. Pivot then joined the Apache Incubator in January 2009 and graduated as a top-level Apache project in December 2009
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OSGi Enterprise Spec 4.2 released
March 30, 2010
OSGi Alliance announced the release of the Enterprise OSGi 4.2 specification, along with the corresponding JavaDoc. Read on to find out what's new in the enterprise spec.
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Myriad tool converts Java apps for Android
March 24, 2010
Mobile software company Myriad Group announced J2Android, which will make it possible for Java-based mobile applications to run on Android-based phones, the company said on Monday. The J2Android tool converts existing Java applications, including games, to run on Dalvik, which is the virtual machine used on all Android devices. Besides converting the application, J2Android will let the application be rescaled to fit the screen of the Android device, according to Simon Wilkinson, CEO at Myriad. It can also add softkeys, if the original application was developed for phones with a numerical keypad, Wilkinson said.
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