Newscast for April 11th 2012

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• Mac trojan - flashback

  • http://lifehacker.com/5900434/how-to-find-out-if-your-mac-was-infected-by-the-flashback-trojan-in-one-click

  • http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225837/Apple_patches_Mac_Java_zero_day_bug

  • http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan-downloader_osx_flashback_i.shtml

  • http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3544

Quick News

• Slides are now available online from Eclipsecon - recently held in Virginia, USA.

  • http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/program/sessions/accepted?field_session_slides_list=1

• And, the eclipse board has announced its election results.

  • http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20120404BoardElections.php

• Ed Burns has an update on the state of JSF 2.2 in a detailed interview on Jaxenter.com

  • http://jaxenter.com/interview-with-jsf-spec-lead-ed-burns-41883.html

Android

• Amazon cleaning up with Android sales, well ahead of Play - source: Flurry blog

  • http://blog.flurry.com/bid/83604/For-Generating-App-Revenue-Amazon-Shows-Google-How-to-Play

Random Crap

• Google’s project glass

  • http://lifehacker.com/5899162/project-glass-is-google-goggles-for-real-looks-like-this-and-should-be-interesting

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth

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• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork

• 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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg

  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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