QuickTime for Java Deprecated?
2008-06-11 06:47:37
A post to the QuickTime for Java mailing list suggests that Apple has announced the deprecation of QTJ. Chang Yun writes, "I am currently attending 2008 Apple WWDC conference. Apple announced today they will release new OS (10.6 Snow Leopard) in year 2009. Instead of QuickTime 7.X, QuickTime X will accompany the new OS. Apple also officially announced today that QTJava will be deprecated once QuickTime X becomes available." The post has spawned a number of follow-ups discussing potential alternate technologies and calls to revive or rescue QTJ.

Java SE 6 for Mac OS X 10.5.2
2008-04-29 19:16:22
Available via Software Update, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to your Mac. This version of Java is only for Mac OS X v10.5.2 and later, and only runs on 64-bit Intel machines. Developers may want to check out the release notes, which detail major new features including an API to work with the Dock icon (getting and setting the image, adding a badge, setting a dock menu, etc.), the ability to provide document-modal dialog sheets, support for Java DTrace probes, AppleScript as a supported language to the javax.script API, and more.

Java ME "Hello World" on iPhone
2008-04-16 06:16:41
Hinkmond Wong has posted a blog apparently showing Java ME running on the iPhone SDK. Along with a screenshot of the iPhone emulator showing a Java ME version string and "Hello World" output, he writes, "Here's something I'm working on with Chris Plummer and Dean Long for JavaOne this year. Chris recently was able to build our Java ME CDC/Foundation Profile platform on Darwin OS x86 (hmmm... Darwin OS... I wonder what that means... ;-) ) last weekend. (I think he started on Friday afternoon and was ready with it on Saturday). Faster than you can say, "Java ME rules!""