Tech News: Google and Java Creator, Cloud Girlfriend, Duke Nukem Delayed Again

This week in news, Java's founder now working for Google?  No girlfriend, need a girlfriend (but without the cost and drama), then why not make one in the Cloud?  Can it be that Dukem Nukem Forever was delayed again?  Yes.  It is.

It appears that Google has gotten a slice of the pie, or should I say a sip of Java...That's right, the gentleman who founded Java is now in Google's corner.  Mr. James Gosling developed the Java programming language.  That's right.  That's the very programming language that has done just about everything from server-side applets and scripts to making the little games that so many of us played online in the early days of the internet.  Java could do about anything, very versatile and usable.  What could potentially come from this?  What will he be involved with?  Who knows.  But apparently Mr. Gosling left Sun Microsystems right before Oracle's acquisition was finalized.  Not to mention a Oracle v. Google lawsuit about licensing fees.  No matter how you roll the dice, I like his stance on Larry Ellison (CEO of Oracle).  Read the article here: http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-brief/55050-founder-of-java-now-working-for-google

Need a girlfriend to make you look good on Facebook?  Try Cloud Girlfriend. Basically, a user will pay a fee that grants them access to a customizable "Girlfriend" that will chat "sweet nothings" to them back and forth on Facebook.  All your friends will see a "girlfriend" talking to you, and not realize that they are actually a paid service.  It gets better, the company is touting that they don't use bots to do they talking.  So that means you are actually chatting with a real person.  If this is even able to get past Facebook's Terms & Conditions, think of the "stalking" possibilities that some weirdos may very well bump into.  Anways, if paying for a virtual companion is your thing, knock your socks off.  http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/cloud-girlfriend-start-offers-fake-relationship-facebookers/story?id=13241621

This isn't really news from this week, but it's true.  Those of us who have waited for years for Duke Nukem Forever; well, it looks like we'll be waiting for another month.  I'm sure a lot of people probably got pretty hot at this, but I found it kind of funny.  After waiting as long as we have for the game, now another 30 days or so, not such a big deal.  But I haven't preordered it yet either.  So, I don't have anything to gripe about.  The fact that we'll be getting Duke's newest game in my lifetime is reward enough.  But to appease the public, here is a short video that Gearbox released.  Check it out:



Over the weekend we lost two great inventors, US Scientist Paul Baran passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011.  He was one of three scientists who invented "packet-switched" networks.  Which ultimately led to the birth of the internet and networking technologies we use today.  He was 85 years old.

The second doesn't have much to do with computers or videogames, but his invention has managed to find it's way into million's of homes worldwide.  Harry Wesley Coover Jr. passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011 due to congestive heart failure.  He was 94 years old.  Mr. Coover developed what was originally named "Eastman 910" and later became known as "Super Glue".  Mr. Coover's invention has become a huge staple in a lot of situations.  According to the article from the New York Times; Mr. Coover's son-in-law was quoted saying his father-in-law did "very, very well in his career".  But goes on to say that Super Glue did not make him rich.  Mr. Coover was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation last year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/business/28coover.html?_r=2&src=busln