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Where Android beats the iPhone

Can Google Android phones compete with the Apple iPhone? A few weeks ago, Google loaned me a Nexus One smartphone for experimentation, and I've spent the time since downloading applications and writing my own code. The good news is that the platform is not only competitive but is often a better choice than the iPhone for many programmers and the enterprises that employ them.
Peter Wayner, March 2010

Oracle calls for JavaOne papers
Oracle has issued a call for papers for a rescheduled JavaOne conference, to be held this year alongside Oracle OpenWorld, Sept. 19-23, in San Francisco.
Joab Jackson, February 2010

Oracle revises plan to shut down Project Kenai
In a revision of what the company had said previously, Oracle now will enable projects hosted on the soon-to-be-shut Project Kenai site to be moved to the java.net site.
Paul Krill, February 2010

Oracle upgrades Eclipse free plug-in package
Oracle on Thursday upgraded Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g, which is a set of free plug-ins for Eclipse IDE users to build Java EE and Web services applications for the Oracle Fusion Middleware platform.
Paul Krill, February 2010

Oracle unplugs Sun's virtual world
Oracle is dropping support for Sun Microsystems' Project Wonderland, a Java-based platform for developing 3-D virtual worlds, according to a Jan. 30 post on the project's official blog.
Chris Kanaracus, February 2010

Oracle's big bear hug for Java bodes really well
It's been almost 10 months since I first pondered the possibility of an Oracle/Sun merger. Now, with the European Commission's last objection lifted, that merger is finally a reality. Senior Oracle execs outlined their plans for Sun in a media event Wednesday, and while most of the attention was on Oracle's forthcoming line of integrated hardware/software solutions based on Sun technologies, there was encouraging news for Java developers, too.
Neil McCallister, February 2010

Sun's Scott McNealy: 'Thanks for a great 28 years'
Sun founder Scott McNealy yesterday holstered the snark and poured his heart out in a farewell letter to company employees and stakeholders.
Paul McNamara, January 2010

Report: Oracle plans to hire more employees than it cuts from Sun
With Oracle's anticipated purchase of Sun drawing near, company CEO Larry Ellison disclosed plans to hire 2,000 engineering and sales employees - more workers than it's expected to cut from Sun's workforce, according a The Wall Street Journal report posted Tuesday.
Ted Samson, January 2010

CoffeeScript brewing as variation on JavaScript
CoffeeScript, billed by its creator as "unfancy JavaScript," is in development as a language that compiles into JavaScript but offers a different sense of style.
Paul Krill, January 2010

It's a (jQuery) cookbook!
Books written by a cast of thousands aren't usually very good. The most common problem is that the multiple-author book winds up reading like a bunch of chapters written by different people for different audiences in different styles all slapped together, with a table of contents and index added as an afterthought.
Martin Heller, December 2009

Sun offers enterprise Java technologies but is silent on Oracle
Sun Microsystems officials introduced last week upgrades to three Java-based technologies, including the company's latest implementation of enterprise Java. But they were silent on the elephant in the room: how the company's efforts might be impacted by the planned acquisition of Sun by Oracle.
Paul Krill, December 2009

Sun to shed light on latest Java technologies
Sun Microsystems, which has been pretty much silent in recent months while awaiting its merger with Oracle, will open up on Thursday about the latest developments in its Java technologies.
Paul Krill, December 2009

Java EE 6 receives approval
Java Platform Enterprise Edition (EE) 6, featuring a capability for function-based profiles, has been approved by the official Java standards body, with an implementation of the specification to follow from Sun Microsystems in about two weeks.
Paul Krill, December 2009

Java, BlackBerry get critical security fixes
Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products.
Robert McMillan , November 2009

Apple lets iPhone developers track App Store progress
Apple may be feeling the Android heat. The company has changed the way it deals with iPhone app developers letting them now keep closer tabs on how their software is proceeding through Apple's strict App Store review process. Many see the move as yet another step by Apple to keep app store developers from defecting to competing mobile platforms -- namely Android.
Jacqueline Emigh, November 2009

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