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With the release of version 1.2 of JavaFX technology, developers have a new style of class inheritance: a mixin. A mixin is a type of class that can be inherited by a subclass, but it is not meant for instantiation. In this manner, mixins are similar to interfaces in the Java programming language. However, the difference is that mixins may actually define method bodies and class variables in addition to constants and method signatures.

Learn about the "mixin class," a new feature in JavaFX 1.2 that offers programmers a simplified form of multiple inheritance.

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The Symbian Foundation has announced its completion of the open sourcing of the Symbian Platform with the release of Symbian 3.

Nokia, BlackBerry maker RIM and Apple all saw strong growth during the fourth quarter of 2009, in which the worldwide smartphone market grew by 30 percent. Strategy Analytics expects 2010 to be the year of smartphone wars which will be good for consumers but a challenge for vendors.

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In a letter to the EC, OAUG President Raymond Payne wrote that Oracle's acquisition of Sun would simplify the integration process associated with merging several technologies, supporting all activities, from hardware to the operating system to middleware to the applications and the database.

Oslo, 1 December 2009 – Nokia today released Qt 4.6, the latest version of the cross-platform application and UI framework. Featuring new platform support, powerful new graphical capabilities and support for multi-touch and gestures, Qt 4.6 makes developing advanced applications and devices easier and more enjoyable.

http://qt.nokia.com/about/news/nokia-releases-qt-4.6

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Having opened 10 more markets across four states, WiMax broadband provider Clearwire is now operating in 27 U.S. markets covering more than 30 million people.

Clearwire said Dec. 2 its WiMax service is now available in 10 more markets across four states. The 4G broadband network is now available in 27 markets across the United States covering over 30 million people.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Clearwires-WiMax-Expands-in-Four-Mo...

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With more and more phones sporting touchscreen displays, startup Swype is looking to fundamentally shift how users input text on phones that don't have physical keyboards. The company's technology, which is on the Samsung Omnia II through Verizon Wireless, allows users to type text on virtual keyboards by tracing letters they want without lifting their finger off of the keyboard.

The first carriers for the Android-based phone will be China Mobile and Brazil's Claro. Details on the devices? Those will come later.

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CNET's Tom Krazit and Molly Wood sit down with Google CEO Eric Schmidt to discuss the future of Android, the Chrome OS, the problem of real-time search indexing, and more.

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Verizon Wireless and Motorola announced they will begin selling the Andoird-based "Droid" phone starting Nov. 6 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

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Google's Eclair update for Android offers a host of changes including multitouch support.

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The U.S. Department of Defense has issued new guidance on open-source adoption designed to remove any roadblocks to its uptake.

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Now that open source has gone mainstream, we no longer need to sell its raison d'etre, but rather how best to leverage it for business benefit.

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Verizon's CEO says he'd be happy to have the iPhone, but he isn't banking on just one device to bring home the bacon.

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Obama administration drops proprietary software driving WhiteHouse.gov for the Drupal open source content management platform.

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