Newscast and Java Desktop Roundtable

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Please remember to sign up for the May Silicon Valley JUG if you want to come and see us there, Verisign will not allow people in unless they are registered, so please register if you even think you might make it (to make sure you can get in). To register, email Van Riper following the instruction given on the announcement page. Thanks.
https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/servlets/
NewsItemView?newsItemID=4881

And keep an eye on the Google code blog to see what events will be happening at the Google booth next week (yes, we are that disorganized :-) )
http://code.google.com/

• Countdown to JavaOne almost over - Next week!
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/arungupta/archive/
  2007/04/sun_web_service.html
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/
  2007/04/keep_on_working.html
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/
  jboss_at_glassfish_day
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jfarcand/archive/
  2007/04/why_i_dont_like.html
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/terrencebarr/archive/
  2007/04/please_join_us.html
• http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2007/

• Quicktime Java library at the heart of a serious exploit on Macs and PCs
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/
  archives/2007/04/i_am_secure.html
• http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/653428/
  quicktime-flaw-opens-java-based-browsers-one-
  click-attacks-rumors-public-exploit-circulate/
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1567
• http://www.internet-security.ca/internet-security-news-018/
  new-security-hole-found-quicktime-mac-os-x.html
• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
• QTJ was also at the heart of another security issue a few months ago that allowed a Java applet to turn on your webcam and send pictures of you over the internet. This has already been fixed by a security update
  
• http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/12/
  explaining_the_quartz_composer.html
• The Java Video and Multimedia App discussed (let's call it our Java App of the Week)
  
• http://www.cinegistics.com/
  

• Groovy wins the  JAX 2007 innovation award
  
• http://jax-award.de/jax_award/nominierung_eng.php
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/2007/04/
  26/Groovy+wins+first+prize+at+JAX+2007+innovation+award
• http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/
  NewsItemView?newsItemID=1036

• Adobe open-sources Flex SDK
• http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/
  msg/c3869dd085e205ec
• http://www.flex.org/go/openflexpress
• http://www.flex.org/go/openfaq
• http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/04/25/
  open-source-flex-top-10-reasons-to-rejoice/
• http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Open_Source
• http://groups.google.com/group/flex-open-source/
  browse_thread/thread/b013f4e5dc33481f
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?
  thread_id=45154
• Also, techworld reports that Sun is working on a new project Flair that is an alternative to AJAX (and possibly flash?) for building web applications (I would imagine more information about this will be presented at JavaOne)
  
• http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/
  index.cfm?newsID=8688&pagtype=all

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• Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern
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  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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