Kev's Development Toolbox: Tech News Feed

New Oracle branded JDK release breaks Eclipse

Kevin Hooke — 2010-07-28 08:07:21.0

Oracle released a new version of the JDK removing some references to Sun, and oops, it breaks Eclipse. Details here.

JodaTime and dates before Nov 18th 1883 in the US

Kevin Hooke — 2010-07-23 08:41:47.0

An interesting event happened on November 18th 1883 in the US that has an interesting effect on date processing before and after this date. Read here for more details.

Apple to hold press conference about iPhone 4 issues, but no recall?

Kevin Hooke — 2010-07-16 08:29:10.0

Apple are to hold a press conference today to discuss the issues with the iPhone 4, but the rumor is that there will not be a recall. So what are they going to talk about? Free rubber insulating cases for all owners to avoid the conductivity issue impacting signal strength when holding the phone?

I think it's funny that App Inventor from Google - worth taking a look, even if you are a developer.

XP SP2 reaches End of Life today

Kevin Hooke — 2010-07-13 08:27:04.0

Most users have most likely already updated to SP3, but it's worth noting that XP SP2 reaches End of Life today - one more step in the eventual end of XP.

Leaked internal Microsoft presentation acknowledges Apple's strengths

Kevin Hooke — 2010-07-01 08:04:40.0

If this presentation is genuine then it's interesting how Microsoft is highlighting the 'it just works' approach of Apple - this is never a phrase I would use in relation to anything Microsoft related. It's clear that Microsoft have lost their way in recent years, so it will be interesting to see where they are going this this.

Apple's 'Get a Mac' ads reach an end

Kevin Hooke — 2010-06-15 07:25:33.0

Apple has reached the end of it's long running and highly popular 'Get a Mac' ad campaign slamming PCs. Hope something just as good comes along soon.

SCO's Unix court case finally over?

Kevin Hooke — 2010-06-14 08:21:34.0

Thursday last week the court rejected SCO's request for a new hearing over the ownership of Unix , which means Novell are still the legal owner.

I had no idea this was still going on - incredible. Can't SCO just leave it alone?

Google I/O Android keynote today

Kevin Hooke — 2010-05-20 09:03:35.0

Google will be covering Android in their keynote session today - there's various liveblogs online covering it live (news.com are coving it here).

Overview of JavaFX form controls

Kevin Hooke — 2010-05-17 08:01:45.0

The JavaFX website has an article here giving a quick rundown of the supported UI Form controls.