Amazon Kindle e-Ink based device programming: Java ME CDC old school

If you like doing Amazon Kindle development in the old-school way (Java ME CDC-based apps) on their e-Ink based readers, then here’s how to download and use the Amazon Kindle Development Kit (KDK).

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Download Amazon KDK

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That’s a lot of bananas!

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with a Dodeca customer that is in the grocery business and they were talking about their new Dodeca-based labor planning application.  During the testing of their new system, one of their planners found an error in…

Running the RCU from the commandline

OBIEE uses the Repository Creation Utility, or RCU, to create a set of schemas that are required and hold internal metadata such as Usage Tracking and Scheduler tables.
When you run RCU, you are given a GUI interface to specify the database connection…

Permission based Authorization vs. Role based Authorization – Best Practices – 11g

In previous blog posts here and here I have alluded to the support in OWSM for Permission based authorization and Role based authorization support. Recently I was having a conversation with an internal team in Oracle looking to use OWSM for their Web S…

Permission based Authorization vs. Role based Authorization – Best Practices – 11g

In previous blog posts here and here I have alluded to the support in OWSM for Permission based authorization and Role based authorization support. Recently I was having a conversation with an internal team in Oracle looking to use OWSM for their Web S…

"previousMode": Controling the Pin Action of a TopComponent

An excellent thing I learned today is that you, as a developer of a NetBeans module or NetBeans Platform application, can control the pin button. Up until today, whenever I had a TopComponent defined to appear in "rightSlidingSide" mode and …

"previousMode": Controling the Pin Action of a TopComponent

An excellent thing I learned today is that you, as a developer of a NetBeans module or NetBeans Platform application, can control the pin button. Up until today, whenever I had a TopComponent defined to appear in "rightSlidingSide" mode and …

Oracle Never Wanted Sun’s Hardware: It Wanted HP To Buy That ‘Dog’

[Business Insider] – From the hindsight-is-20-20 department.

Comparing Isis, Google, and Paypal

Back in 2010 I was sure NFC would make great strides, but here we are two years later and NFC doesn't seem to be sticking. The obvious reason being the chicken-and-egg problem.  Retailers don't want to install the terminals until the phones s…