JSR-330: Google Guice is official

JSR-330 is now part of JEE 6 standard. Finally there is a standard way to use dependency injection with annotation. I hope one day they will bring JSR-330 into regular Java. Dependency injection is not only useful for enterprise application. Due to it's lightweight, Guice is a even better choice for desktop dependency injection than other dependency injection framework.

Java Posse is talking about Apple in every episode

I guess the Java community is truly collapsing. Java Posse, the Java podcast that I listen for years, has serious debate about Apple's direction in every episode. Come on, that company don't even care about Java.

Rest in Peace: Microsoft Courier

CourierThe long rumored Microsoft Courier, the dual screen tablet, is rumored to be cancelled yesterday. This unit has similar concept to Apple's Knowledge Navigator at 1987. Conceptual video below. I guess the iPad success just proved that dual screen is not at its premier time yet. Considering screen is the most expensive part of iPad, a Courier device could cost more than iPad, with no significant functionality than other Windows machines.

Fun commercial from Taiwan

The opening title is: "42 Days After Broke Up".



It is a commercial for healthy tea drink. "One bottle per day, for six week. Enjoy your beauty" says at the end.

The death of netbook

Netbook is dying. Their enemy is not the iPad, but their own creators. Netbook manufactures keep making new "netbook/notebook hybrid" PCs. This means the manufactures really think netbooks are just cheap notebooks.

Taiwan Susan Boyle

Taiwan Susan Boyle The "Taiwanese Susan Boyle" is popular everywhere on the web. It even shows side-by-side with Oprah.
One of the news can be found here.

AJAX Windows 3.1

Windows 3.1 running in a browser. (Actually it is AJAX)