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NetBeans 6.5

November 19, 2008 at 12:05 PM · 0 comments

in Java, Software

It’s been awhile in coming, but it’s finally here: NetBeans 6.5.
Like many of you, I’ve been itching to have a plethora of development capabilities integrated into a single unified interface that does not require me to constantly scour the Internet, or several different vendors’ sites, or even just constantly ping around various different “repositories”, for [...]

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Android SDK 1.0 Release

September 23, 2008 at 8:05 PM · 1 comment

in Java, Software

The Setup
Last year, there was a lot of what-if talks about bringing together interested parties to compete against the might of Apple’s [AAPL] iPhone product. There were a lot of nay-sayers and people who were pooh-poohing the notion that, given Apple’s head-start, there would be no way for anybody to catch up.
Last November, Google [GOOG] [...]

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Later today, around 11:00 AM PT (that equates to 2:00 PM ET), Google will be announcing the availability of their Google Chrome beta product.

Is this something brand-new and innovative? No.

Is this something of interest to Web and enterprise developers? Yes… and here’s why:

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A Little Bit:
Tokbox’s premise is a Web-based free video calling service. It was highlighted earlier today on CNBC, and it is being funded by one of the YouTube founders. In addition to providing a consumer-facing interface (so you can vidcall your buddies, and even me, if you’re so inclined), the Tokbox site also provides information [...]

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Over seventy (70) recorded sessions from the 2008 Google I/O are now available.
They were announced to be available on June 12, 2008; but it seems that not that many people were aware of their availability… is it because of all of the hubbub involving developers trying to digest all of the fun stuff they learned [...]

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They’re touting it as a “developer gathering“. I’d probably categorize it much more closely as a “technical conference”. Whatever you’d like to call it, it’s firing up later today, for two days (May 28-29) in San Francisco, CA.
This year’s topics include a couple of topics that are of great interest to a lot of us:

Android [...]

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2008 JavaOne Conference

May 6, 2008 at 1:21 PM · 0 comments

in Conferences, Java

The 2008 JavaOne Technical Conference officially begins today.
For those of you who are experiencing JavaOne withdrawal symptoms already (yeah, I’m starting to wax a bit nostalgic already!), Sun has launched and updated their JavaOne coverage site for this year’s conference.
They’re even offering some livecasting, so if you’ve got some free time, go ahead and watch [...]

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Project Darkstar

May 1, 2008 at 7:11 PM · 0 comments

in Gaming, Java, Software

Gaming, gaming, gaming… despite all the crazy-dangerous coding endeavors I’ve been responsible for (or blamed for, or alleged to be responsible for), online gaming systems development has always been a topic near-and-dear to me.
In the Java realms, there’s always been a lot of enthusiast mainline and mobile gaming APIs and frameworks floating around, as well [...]

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