Newscast for Oct 26th 2012 Impressions of JavaOne? Future of Java - lots of Lambda Stuff http://www.oracle.com/javaone/index.html https://blogs.oracle.com/javaspotlight/entry/java_spotlight_episode_105_mark 2 years after acquiring Sun Microsystems (and Java along with it), Dr. Dobbs has a report card for how they are doing http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/two-years-later-a-report-card-on-oracles/240008729 ScalaWags Scala 2.10 RC 1 is out! http://www.scala-lang.org/node/13096 While not entirely Scala related, the community will miss Phil Bagwell, RIP Phil :-( http://blog.fogus.me/2012/10/15/phil-bagwell-rest-in-peace/ Android Oct 29th for the new Nexus? “The playground is open” http://www.androidguys.com/2012/10/17/google-throwing-an-android-event-on-october-29/ http://m.tech2.com/news/smartphones/details-of-lg-nexus-4-e960-mako-leaked-online/523882 http://www.technobuffalo.com/companies/google/nexus-10-benchmark-confirms-existence-of-android-4-2-1-7ghz-exynos-5/ Amazon says the new Kindle Fire HD is its single best selling item worldwide http://www.androidguys.com/2012/10/22/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-is-a-global-best-seller http://www.androidguys.com/2012/10/02/pew-android-tablets-near-50-market-penetration-in-u-s/ And Jeff Bezos calling for governments to stop the patent craziness http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/10/17/1835237/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-calls-for-governments-to-end-patent-wars Random Crap Apple iPad Mini, new iPad 4G and 13” retina macbook pro http://lifehacker.com/5954214/apple-introduces-the-ipad-mini-13-retina-macbook-pro-and-more New TCP/IP technology, 10 x speed, no new infrastructure! http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/10/23/1946248/increasing-wireless-network-speed-by-1000-by-replacing-packets-with-algebra OpenOffice now a first class apache project - but is it enough to bring back the developers? http://apache.slashdot.org/story/12/10/18/1353216/openoffice-is-now-officially-apache-openoffice Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect 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) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

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Seemed like a quiet conference this year. Not really sure why, maybe it was the layout of the massive (and extremely dark) main room; maybe it was the awkward L-shape of the communal space; or maybe this year people were more interested in listening to the (really very good) sessions rather than participating or meeting other people. Whatever the reason, it felt quiet and almost...