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JavaTools Community will be covering The Server Site Symposium. If you want the inside scoop, follow our live coverage on JavaTools Twitter
(Oct 25, 2009)
A new edition of the newsletter is available, with news, new projects and tips! If you want to receive the newsletter by email, please subscribe the announcements mailing list - or read the current issue here.
(Oct 25, 2009)
Roundup 09 - Static vs Dynamic Typing
(Nov 2, 2009)

Community Weblogs

Janice J. Heiss sent me an email pointing me to the Sun Developer Network article series Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons. This series, which has been a work in progress by since March, is written by Jim Faut, with contributions from Rick Palkovic. The following articles have been published thus far: Part 1, Introduction Part 2, Single Sign-On and Policy Protection Part 3, Cross-...
I'm very excited about the upcoming Testing and Test-Driven Development for Java Developers 2-day workshop, coming soon to Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney. This course is already proving popular, with requests for on-site interventions coming in from around the world. Already a key best practice in Agile Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), as well as related techniques...
So far I have described how create server applications that handle call, conference and IM using SailFin CAFE. In this edition lets take a look at how to add communication capabilities to web applications in a (very) simple way. I like to start with the code. So, here is some code that implements making a phone call between two parties from the web application. package my.test; import...

Also This Week

I am excited today to announce the availability of the final release for version 4.2 of Flamingo component suite (code-named Hiolair). It is a stabilization release that adds a few minor features and fixes all known bugs. Here is the list of minor features added in release 4.2:
(Nov 2, 2009)
Have you see the monthly challenges over at JFXStudio ?
(Oct 29, 2009)
Here's a story from The Register about the Java Store. There's some good questions raised and interesting guessing by the reporter. The important part is that there will be an alternative to the Apple App Store. Thank G*d!
(Oct 28, 2009)
Google's Eclair update for Android offers a host of changes including multitouch support.
(Oct 27, 2009)
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued new guidance on open-source adoption designed to remove any roadblocks to its uptake.
(Oct 27, 2009)
Verizon Wireless and Motorola announced they will begin selling the Andoird-based "Droid" phone starting Nov. 6 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

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(Oct 28, 2009)
The Java Store team here at Sun is in the final stage of readying things to fling open the doors to shoppers in the next week or so
(Oct 28, 2009)
The current JCP Executive Committee Election ends at midnight Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT-8) on Monday, November 2. JCP members can vote by visiting the eballot site. The current election includes the Standard/Enterprise (SE/EE) Executive Committee and the Micro Edition (ME) Executive Committee. In each case, both ratified and elected seats are on the ballot.
(Oct 29, 2009)
Now that UK wireless carrier O2 has lost its exclusive contract to carry the iPhone, it looks like nearly all of the British networks, may end up offering the device. The Guardian.co.uk reports that Britain’s Orange is expected to begin selling the iPhone on November 10, a day after O2’s 2-year contract ends. Last week, Kevin Russell, CEO of the country’s smallest network 3, said he expects to sell the iPhone sometime in 2010, while Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) UK, will sell the device starting next year. 
(Oct 26, 2009)
Obama administration drops proprietary software driving WhiteHouse.gov for the Drupal open source content management platform.
(Oct 26, 2009)