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NASA and Google launch research alliance. Pretty cool… “Google and NASA share a common desire to bring a universe of information to people around the world” “Researchers will collaborate in areas including new materials, bio-info-nano convergence, supercomputing, data mining, and bringing entrepreneurs into the space program” “While our joint efforts will benefit both organizations, the … Read more
Interesting article Cellular Industry Insiders Indifferent To Mobile Data, about how people who work in the wireless industry is not putting in practice what they preach… i.e. not downloaded data (or consuming data services). David Haskins in his blog goes on expanding on the same topic — Surprise! Nobody Cares About Mobile Data. And I … Read more
There is a short but neat article on Mobile Pipeline by Reno Rossetti of Fairchild Semiconductor titled Truly Mobile Devices Need Cordless Power. I have read/studied Nikola Tesla's vision on wireless power – Nikola was ahead of everyone else, ahead of his time, a true genius; much we owe him for his research and work … Read more
Updated on 9.27.05 As you may know, MSA for CLDC is in public review as we speak. If you care about the short-term future of Java ME in handsets, you should review the spec and provide feedback. MSA for CLDC is trying to do what JTWI has done so far — define a consistent runtime … Read more
Google Earth is a very, very cool product… Talk about a cool, useful tool. But, have you noticed the stars in the background? The constellations are very accurate too! You can see The Pleiades, Orion, etc… Awesome… In many respects, Google already have the foundation to create a Google Sky… I am looking forward to … Read more
“Palm Teams With Microsoft for Smart Phone”… Doesn't that sound just wrong? Palm, one of the innovators on the mobility and PDA space, is an example of bad execution. Execution is what makes or breaks a company… By now, Palm should have been one of the leaders, with their own hardware and software and OS… … Read more
If you haven't yet seen this IMAX movie, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, you have to go see it. And if you have children or youngster in your family, take them with you. It is a great movie that brings a lot of emotions, especially to those who believe (and/or have worked) in … Read more
As you may know, all of Java 2 Platform such as J2ME, J2SE and J2EE have been officially re-branded as Java Platform — this is as JavaME, JavaSE, and JavaEE respectively. This became official at JavaOne 2005. In other words, all the J2xx have been deprecated! Please note that while J2MEDeveloper.com == JavaMEDeveloper.com, and J2MEDeveloper.com … Read more
SATSA (JSR 177) is a relatively new standard intended to provide a Java ME platform access to secure storage and cryptographic operations provided by a security element. SATSA Part 1 introduced concepts, communication APIs and reference implementation. This Part 2 of SATSA article covers the security APIs in detail, including use-cases and code examples. These … Read more
JSR 248: Mobile Service Architecture for CLDC is now available for Public Review. ceo