December 2005 – Page 7 – Kev's Development Toolbox

December 8, 2005

JavaCast Podcast reborn as ‘The Java Posse’

A while back when I upgraded iTunes to the version that supported searching for and downloading podcasts I was excited to find one called JavaCast which covered a weekly roundup of the news that week of all things Java and other related technologies. Then it disappeared.

Well, I found another Java related podcast called The Java Posse, and I just listened to my first episode last night. Turns out that this is somewhat connected with the other guys and is the replacement for the JavaCast – and it’s well worth listening to as well. They cover all the latest version releases of APIs etc and other products released, and other related technology news. If you’re on the go and need to keep up with what’s going on in the world of Java then this is well worth a listen.

December 7, 2005

Sony release PSP firmware update 2.60 – with RSS channel support

Sony have released yet another firmware update for the PSP, 2.60.

This latest release adds some interesting new features, but most impressive is the RSS Feed support, which supports RSS Podcast feeds. When you subscribe to a feed you will see all the latest podcasts. Clicking on a Podcast streams and plays the Podcast in realtime – this is awesome. The only thing missing is the ability to save the stream to your memory card so you can listen to it offline – currently you have to be in reach of a WiFi network.

December 6, 2005

Intel Macs due to ship June 6 next year?

Rumor has it that the new Macs based on Intel chips will be shipping next year on June 6, according to this article on The Register.

This is later than the previously expected early 2006 that was previously hinted at by Jobs.

December 6, 2005

Example app walkthrough using Java Persistence API in Java EE 5

If you are looking for a quick start to using the Java Persistence API in Java EE 5, Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo has a short article that walks you through developing a simple Entity Bean using the annoutations to specify the ORM mappings.