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FOSDEM 2013

The annual Free Open-Source Developers' European Meeting took place last weekend in Belgium. The free event brought together 5,000 hackers from the open source...

The annual Free Open-Source Developers' European Meeting took place last weekend in Belgium. The free event brought together 5,000 hackers from the open source community. There were 477 speakers and 488 sessions with a mix of keynotes, lightning talks, certification exams and developer rooms talks. Tasha Carl, Java architect and the leader of the Brussels Java user group, wrote a blog about FOSDEM and the Free Java developer room. She mentioned Java talks and posted pictures...

Critical Patch Update for Java SE

Oracle just released the February 2013 Critical Patch Update for Java SE. Oracle accelerated the release of this update because active exploitation “in the...

Oracle just released the February 2013 Critical Patch Update for Java SE. Oracle accelerated the release of this update because active exploitation “in the wild” of one of the vulnerabilities affecting the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in desktop browsers has been addressed with this Critical Patch Update. In addition to a number of security in-depth fixes, this update contains fixes for 50 security vulnerabilities. Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes...

The JCP Evolution!

Recent changes to the Java Community Process (JCP) program "focus on the way the organization itself is structured and organized" explained Patrick in this...

Recent changes to the Java Community Process (JCP) program "focus on the way the organization itself is structured and organized" explained Patrick in this interview. The changes will result from the implementation of three Java Specification Requests (JSRs). The first JSR, the JSR 348, makes the process more open and transparent to facilitate developers' participation. It was released a year ago and Heather witnessed increased transparency in projects, additional...

Jfokus: Java and Java Embedded

Next week is Jfokus Java Developer Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Jfokus is the largest annual conference for everyone who works with Java in the area, with...

Next week is Jfokus Java Developer Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Jfokus is the largest annual conference for everyone who works with Java in the area, with over 2000 attendees. Jfokus is arranged together with Javaforum Stockholm. Javaforum is a Swedish developer community and an official Java User Group (JUG) with the purpose to support Swedish developers. This year, JFokus will include Jfokus Embedded, a new sub-conference about the Internet of Things. As a testament to...

Nashorn, the JavaScript Implementation in Java 8

In this Interview, Marcus Lagergren, who works on the dynamic language team at Oracle, discussed the Nashorn project. "Nashorn is the JavaScript runtime based...

In this Interview, Marcus Lagergren, who works on the dynamic language team at Oracle, discussed the Nashorn project. "Nashorn is the JavaScript runtime based on InvokeDynamic for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)" he explains. The Nashorn project is now part of the OpenJDK The performance is much better than its predecessor Rhino. "We totally blow it out of the water now that we have specific tools to run other things than Java on the JVM." Marcus commented. "The pluggability...

A Rising VM Lifts All Boats: Bay Area Scala Meeting

Join the Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts Feb. 14th in Santa Clara, California to hear how Scala and the JVM work well together. Ever wonder what goes on below the...

Join the Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts Feb. 14th in Santa Clara, California to hear how Scala and the JVM work well together. Ever wonder what goes on below the arrows, double colons, and tildes of Scala's syntax? What changes must be made to the JVM and compiler to allow for higher order functions, Actors, and pattern matching? What low level engineering feats will be required for Scala and Java to truly interoperate? Come hear two speakers very close to the thinking and...

Jan/Feb Java Magazine: Java Embedded

The age of embedded computing is here. Analysts predict that within this decade, we’ll see tens of billions of embedded computational devices entering our daily...

The age of embedded computing is here. Analysts predict that within this decade, we’ll see tens of billions of embedded computational devices entering our daily lives. And the possibilities for these “smart” devices are literally endless: connected vehicles, appliances, utility meters, medical devices, industrial controllers, and even a contraption that monitors how much alcohol your local bartender pours into your cocktail. The Jan/Feb issue of Java Magazine is focused on...

Nordic Nighthacking Schedule

Java Evangelist Stephen Chin has started his Nighthacking Tour across the Nordic region. From Jan 25th to Feb 7th, he will be visiting Java User Groups,...

Java Evangelist Stephen Chin has started his Nighthacking Tour across the Nordic region. From Jan 25th to Feb 7th, he will be visiting Java User Groups, interviewing developers, live streaming and posting video along the way. Catch the events live or afterwards at nighthacking.com. Here is the current schedule -- BE SURE TO VERIFY TIMES AND REGISTER IF NECESSARY AT NIGHTHACKING.COM. Date Central European Time Interview Tuesday, Jan 29 17:00 Javaforum NightHacking with Niclas...

OpenJDK, Adopt-A-JSR and Adopt OpenJDK Projects!

In two interviews, Martijn Verburg, leaders of the London Java user group and Cecilia Borg, Project Manager at Oracle explain the OpenJDK and two community...

In two interviews, Martijn Verburg, leaders of the London Java user group and Cecilia Borg, Project Manager at Oracle explain the OpenJDK and two community projects Adopt-a-JSR and Adopt OpenJDK. "The Java Platform is huge and, to a lot of people, it is too big" explained Cecilia. "OpenJDK is divided into 22 different groups and 40 different projects to make it easy to participate." She recommends starting small by "subscribing to one of the mailing lists at openjdk.java.net"...