Newscast for June 13th 2007

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• Should checked exceptions be removed from Java?
• http://gafter.blogspot.com/2007/05/
  removing-language-features.html
• http://cafe.elharo.com/java/
  voting-for-checked-exceptions/
• http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?
  forum=276&thread=207381

• What will happen to Java on the Treo now?
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jdeanquin/archive/
  2007/06/develop_j2me_fo.html

• Details starting to emerge about Apple's future direction
• http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?
  sid=07/06/07/1414206&from=rss
• http://www.cafeaulait.org/#June_12_2007_16318

• Java developer tool of the week - SAP Memory Analyzer
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=45764

• And a bonus - cool Java Media app of the week - Media Center X
• http://digg.com/nintendo_wii/
  Sream_Media_to_your_Wii_with_Media_Center_X

Quick News Items

• Trolltech, makers of the QT GUI toolkit (as used by KDE on Linux) has released QT Jambi
• http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/
  announcements/press.2007-06-06.2984198523

• Sun has announced their full support for OpenID
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/
  entry/openid_sun_com_is_open

• Chris Oliver and the Open JFX Script team have released a new version of Java FX Script
• https://openjfx.dev.java.net/servlets/
  ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=441

• Did you know that as well as the NetBeans Java FX plugin, there is also one for eclipse?
• https://openjfx.dev.java.net/
  javafx-eclipse-plugin-install.html
• http://www.mrbool.com/articles/
  viewcomp.asp?comp=5549

• Roman Strobl over at NetBeans.org has a video tutorial for getting started with NetBeans 6.0
• http://www.netbeans.org/download/flash/
  netbeans_getting_started/
  netbeans_getting_started.html

• Apache has release SOLR 1.2
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=45719

• Solaris Developer edition - new version 5/07 release
• http://www.netbeans.org/community/
  news/index.html#1059

• Gigaspaces 6.0 has been announced, and it allows POJOs in JavaSpaces to work with Spring
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=45770
• And staying with Spring, there is a tutorial up at netbeans.org on how to use Spring in NetBeans
• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/
  quickstart-spring.html

• A new JMaki extension for Google Gears from Greg Murray
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gmurray71/archive/
  2007/06/jmaki_extension_1.html

• Tips and advice from Josh Bloch and Bill Pugh's Java Puzzlers at JavaOne this year
• http://digg.com/programming/Java_Puzzlers

• Apache has released version 1.0 of Synapse
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=45734

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

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