Microsoft Vista released for sale

Be ready, you will need new hardware to enjoy its full capabilities. So, I am now asking myself, how is Microsoft going to have it deployed in volumes? There's more to it than I can imagine...

Anyway, you will ask me: What the f...does it have to do with mobile stuff?

Well, I've heard that Windows Mobile 6 (a.k.a Crossbow) will have some features inherited from Vista, is it true??? Hope it will require fewer resources, though :)

Microsoft Vista released for sale

YouTube goes mobile

As I am a fan of YouTube and also a mobile software application developer, I just wanted to have it registered here.

YouTube moves to the small screen

The so-called 21st century network (21CN) - have you heard about it?

It's news for me as well, so let me just include a text excerpt...

"The so-called 21st century network (21CN) is being built in the UK using Internet Protocol technology. The massive upgrade, the first of its kind, will cost British Telecom £10bn and take until 2010 to complete."

Interested? Go read the article - First call on new phone network.

OFF-TOPIC - Smart homes a reality in South Korea (includes OSGi, though)

Home automation will grow in the coming years, so this article tells the status of it in South Korea.
I have some really cool ideas involving home automation and OSGi, so I think I need to start a new company, if you're a VC investor please contact me, ha, ha, ha. Just kidding (not sure in fact) but...

I know that OSGi (another technology for the future) is involved and Philips has some interesting implementations like the iPronto (not sure if still being marketed, though) product line. Worth checking anyway!

Smart homes a reality in South Korea

Mobiles hope to be 'smart wallet'

NFC again, so if you're interested go there and read the article. Just to mention some "smal" players involved, they are: Bouygues Telecom, China Mobile, Cingular Wireless, KPN, Mobilkom Austria, Orange, SFR, SK Telecom, Telefonica Móviles España, Telenor, TeliaSonera, TIM, Vodafone and 3. Do you need more? ;)

Mobiles hope to be 'smart wallet'

Monday's release of Java ME, known as Project Mobile and Embedded

Now it is official, Java ME is Open-Source!

Is it an evolution or will it mess everything and destroy the platform? Opinions may vary and abound...

Duke Open-sourced

Duke is now free as well, so visit his home :)

"On Nov. 13th 2006, Sun announced that Duke would become Free Graphics, just as the implementations of Java ME and SE became Free Software."

https://duke.dev.java.net/

More about Open-Source Java

It's a hype, even people who do not know exactly what Java is are talking about it.

Sun 'releases' Java to the world

The most interesting thing is that when I started developing Java applications one of my previous employers tried to persuade me that Java would not succeed, it would die as it seemed to be just that fancy Applets running within a web browser (the security-holed Internet Explorer). A Microsoft Solution Provider at that time with tons of VB coders, ones that use Visual Studio to drag and drop a component and think they are real software developers...poor guys.

Ha, ha, ha, it sounds like joke for me nowadays, I replied: "there are a dozen of companies using it so I will invest too". One of the smartert choices I've made in my career so far.

And now in 2006 I am one of the JUG Leaders (and founder) of MGJUG and believe me, I have received a message from one guy who works for that same company, and now they are using JEE there.

So let me summarize: Java will dominate the world as of today and all other technologies (including RoR, Microsoft .NotYET and C#, it's pronounced Sharope in Brazilian Portuguese) will die.

Luckily, I have a lot of Java certifications and I am working with the three Java platforms for a long time now, so I will not be affected by this invasion. Actually, the opposite :)

So, if you're lucky like me you can sleep in peace and wake up in the morning with your Java phone ringing around...mine with loots of cool JME apps on it.

So stay tuned the next time and think out of the box my dear ;)

Gee, I don't want to be so mean :)

LBS in Brazil

A cool article by Estadão, a major online newspaper in Brazil. Unfortunately it is in Brazilian Portuguese but worth posting here anyway...

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