Java Midlet

NetBeans 6.5 final released, now with PHP support

kihbord — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:06:10 +0000

Well, it’s the moment a lot of us have been waiting for. NetBeans 6.5 final has been released. I’ve decided to visit the NetBeans home page just now and what do you know — NetBeans 6.5 is now available, so go get it. I’m downloading it right now. In addition to full support of all Java [...]

Mobile phones become traffic monitoring probes

kihbord — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:11:34 +0000

University of California (Berkeley) and Nokia Research Center have come up with a unique idea to use GPS-equipped cell phones as traffic monitoring probes that will help analyze traffic flow and travel patterns in the San Francisco Bay area. The free mobile Java software, which can be downloaded at http://www.traffic.berkeley.edu, will work on most mobile phones [...]

Gameloft announces licensing agreement with Marvel Entertainment

kihbord — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:21:54 +0000

Gameloft has inked a deal for an exclusive mobile game licensing agreement with Marvel Entertainment for Spider-man and Iron Man 2. Here’s a copy of the press release: Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of mobile and console games, today announced an exclusive multi-year, multi-product mobile game licensing agreement with top-tier entertainment company Marvel Entertainment. The agreement [...]

NetBeans IDE 6.5 Release Candidate 2 Available

kihbord — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:35:46 +0000

Looks like we have to wait a bit more for the final release. The second release candidate for the NetBeans IDE has just been released. This second release candidate is optional in the planned schedule so it’s safe to say that the first release candidate still needs some more tweaking before it’s ready for primetime. I hope [...]

Upgrade to Gmail 2.0 on your mobile phone

kihbord — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:27:09 +0000

Google has released an update to it’s Gmail client for mobile phones. The new version, which is now 2.0, offers some very useful features. One of the most notable feature of Gmail 2.0 is multiple accounts. You can now use the Gmail client for mobile phones to access multiple account on gmail. No more logging in [...]

NetBeans IDE 6.5 RC1 now available

kihbord — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:30:38 +0000

The focus of NetBeans IDE 6.5 is simplified and rapid development of web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with PHP, JavaScript, Java, C/C++ , Ruby, and Groovy. Of course a lot of you are waiting for the PHP support, including me An important note: The majority of the NetBeans IDE 6.5 RC1 code is [...]

Full source code to Android OS released

kihbord — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:01:48 +0000

The source code to the Android operating system has now been released to the public. We can now truly call Android as the first truly open mobile platform. The Open Handset Alliance headed by Google has made available the source code to the operating system which has been used in the first ever Android mobile phone [...]

Nokia announces top 10 of the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge

kihbord — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:28:24 +0000

Nokia has announced the top 10 developers of its Mobile Games Innovation Challenge. The winners, to be announced at an exclusive awards ceremony later this month, will take home a total prize value of EUR 70,000. The three most innovative game concepts will be offered Nokia Publishing pre-production contracts. In addition, the first winner will [...]

Happy Birthday NetBeans!

kihbord — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:18:54 +0000

NetBeans celebrated it’s 10th year with a birthday greeting from Java’s godfather James Gosling. To add to the celebration, NetBeans is giving away 300 limited edition T-shirts! NetBeans started out as a student project. It has now grown into a feature filled IDE for several languages like Java, C/C++, PHP, Ruby. Its growth has been due [...]

NetBeans IDE 6.1 patch 4 released

kihbord — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:48:11 +0000

If you’re usinig NetBeans 6.1, you can start updating the IDE. Patch level 4 is now available for downlnoad from the NetBeans update manager. The patch includes fixes in modules for C/C++, Composite Application, Editing Files, WSDL and XML and Schema. You can read the details of what has been fixed in patch level 4 from [...]