diff --git a/akka-amqp/src/main/scala/AMQP.scala b/akka-amqp/src/main/scala/AMQP.scala
index 84f52088e7..96d6584df1 100644
--- a/akka-amqp/src/main/scala/AMQP.scala
+++ b/akka-amqp/src/main/scala/AMQP.scala
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ object AMQP {
         returnListener: Option[ReturnListener],
         shutdownListener: Option[ShutdownListener],
         initReconnectDelay: Long): ActorRef = {
-      val producer = newActor(() => new Producer(
+      val producer = actorOf( new Producer(
         new ConnectionFactory(config),
         hostname, port,
         exchangeName,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ object AMQP {
         durable: Boolean,
         autoDelete: Boolean,
         configurationArguments: Map[String, AnyRef]): ActorRef = {
-      val consumer = newActor(() => new Consumer(
+      val consumer = actorOf( new Consumer(
         new ConnectionFactory(config),
         hostname, port,
         exchangeName,
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/service/CamelService.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/service/CamelService.scala
index 42cae6f44f..fbd1a4cb93 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/service/CamelService.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/service/CamelService.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ trait CamelService extends Bootable with Logging {
   import CamelContextManager._
 
   private[camel] val consumerPublisher = newActor[ConsumerPublisher]
-  private[camel] val publishRequestor =  newActor(() => new PublishRequestor(consumerPublisher))
+  private[camel] val publishRequestor =  actorOf(new PublishRequestor(consumerPublisher))
 
   /**
    * Starts the CamelService. Any started actor that is a consumer actor will be (asynchronously)
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ProducerFeatureTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ProducerFeatureTest.scala
index fdd14edda3..acba99fde9 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ProducerFeatureTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ProducerFeatureTest.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ProducerFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Before
 
     scenario("produce message sync and receive response") {
       given("a registered synchronous two-way producer for endpoint direct:producer-test-2")
-      val producer = newActor(() => new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2") with Sync)
+      val producer = actorOf(new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2") with Sync)
       producer.start
 
       when("a test message is sent to the producer")
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ProducerFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Before
 
     scenario("produce message async and receive response") {
       given("a registered asynchronous two-way producer for endpoint direct:producer-test-2")
-      val producer = newActor(() => new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2"))
+      val producer = actorOf(new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2"))
       producer.start
 
       when("a test message is sent to the producer")
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class ProducerFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Before
 
     scenario("produce message sync and receive failure") {
       given("a registered synchronous two-way producer for endpoint direct:producer-test-2")
-      val producer = newActor(() => new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2") with Sync)
+      val producer = actorOf(new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2") with Sync)
       producer.start
 
       when("a fail message is sent to the producer")
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ProducerFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Before
 
     scenario("produce message async and receive failure") {
       given("a registered asynchronous two-way producer for endpoint direct:producer-test-2")
-      val producer = newActor(() => new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2"))
+      val producer = actorOf(new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-2"))
       producer.start
 
       when("a fail message is sent to the producer")
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ProducerFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Before
 
     scenario("produce message sync oneway") {
       given("a registered synchronous one-way producer for endpoint direct:producer-test-1")
-      val producer = newActor(() => new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-1") with Sync with Oneway)
+      val producer = actorOf(new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-1") with Sync with Oneway)
       producer.start
 
       when("a test message is sent to the producer")
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class ProducerFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Before
 
     scenario("produce message async oneway") {
       given("a registered asynchronous one-way producer for endpoint direct:producer-test-1")
-      val producer = newActor(() => new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-1") with Oneway)
+      val producer = actorOf(new TestProducer("direct:producer-test-1") with Oneway)
       producer.start
 
       when("a test message is sent to the producer")
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/component/ActorProducerTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/component/ActorProducerTest.scala
index 5f7059295f..93f69d5255 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/component/ActorProducerTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/component/ActorProducerTest.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ActorProducerTest extends JUnitSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   @After def tearDown = ActorRegistry.shutdownAll
 
   @Test def shouldSendMessageToActor = {
-    val actor = newActor(() => new Tester with Retain with Countdown[Message])
+    val actor = actorOf(new Tester with Retain with Countdown[Message])
     val endpoint = mockEndpoint("actor:uuid:%s" format actor.uuid)
     val exchange = endpoint.createExchange(ExchangePattern.InOnly)
     actor.start
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ActorProducerTest extends JUnitSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
   @Test def shouldSendMessageToActorAndReceiveResponse = {
-    val actor = newActor(() => new Tester with Respond {
+    val actor = actorOf(new Tester with Respond {
       override def response(msg: Message) = Message(super.response(msg), Map("k2" -> "v2"))
     })
     val endpoint = mockEndpoint("actor:uuid:%s" format actor.uuid)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ActorProducerTest extends JUnitSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
   @Test def shouldSendMessageToActorAndReceiveFailure = {
-    val actor = newActor(() => new Tester with Respond {
+    val actor = actorOf(new Tester with Respond {
       override def response(msg: Message) = Failure(new Exception("testmsg"), Map("k3" -> "v3"))
     })
     val endpoint = mockEndpoint("actor:uuid:%s" format actor.uuid)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ActorProducerTest extends JUnitSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
   @Test def shouldSendMessageToActorAndTimeout: Unit = {
-    val actor = newActor(() => new Tester {
+    val actor = actorOf(new Tester {
       timeout = 1
     })
     val endpoint = mockEndpoint("actor:uuid:%s" format actor.uuid)
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/CamelServiceFeatureTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/CamelServiceFeatureTest.scala
index b876fe14c8..951ce21fe8 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/CamelServiceFeatureTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/CamelServiceFeatureTest.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class CamelServiceFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Gi
   override protected def beforeAll = {
     ActorRegistry.shutdownAll
     // register test consumer before starting the CamelService
-    newActor(() => new TestConsumer("direct:publish-test-1")).start
+    actorOf(new TestConsumer("direct:publish-test-1")).start
     // Consigure a custom camel route
     CamelContextManager.init
     CamelContextManager.context.addRoutes(new TestRoute)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CamelServiceFeatureTest extends FeatureSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with Gi
 
       given("two consumer actors registered before and after CamelService startup")
       service.consumerPublisher.actor.asInstanceOf[ConsumerPublisher].expectPublishCount(1)
-      newActor(() => new TestConsumer("direct:publish-test-2")).start
+      actorOf(new TestConsumer("direct:publish-test-2")).start
 
       when("requests are sent to these actors")
       service.consumerPublisher.actor.asInstanceOf[ConsumerPublisher].awaitPublish
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/PublishRequestorTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/PublishRequestorTest.scala
index 59e9696ee4..985f18f142 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/PublishRequestorTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/service/PublishRequestorTest.scala
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ class PublishRequestorTest extends JUnitSuite {
   @After def tearDown = ActorRegistry.shutdownAll
 
   @Test def shouldReceivePublishRequestOnActorRegisteredEvent = {
-    val consumer = newActor(() => new Actor with Consumer {
+    val consumer = actorOf(new Actor with Consumer {
       def endpointUri = "mock:test"
       protected def receive = null
     }).start
-    val publisher = newActor(() => new PublisherMock with Countdown[Publish])
-    val requestor = newActor(() => new PublishRequestor(publisher))
+    val publisher = actorOf(new PublisherMock with Countdown[Publish])
+    val requestor = actorOf(new PublishRequestor(publisher))
     publisher.start
     requestor.start
     requestor.!(ActorRegistered(consumer))(None)
diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala
index c82a0dce0a..a39898879a 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ object Actor extends Logging {
    * This function should <b>NOT</b> be used for remote actors.
    * <pre>
    *   import Actor._
-   *   val actor = newActor(() => new MyActor)
+   *   val actor = actorOf(new MyActor)
    *   actor.start
    *   actor ! message
    *   actor.stop
    * </pre>
    */
-  def newActor(factory: () => Actor): ActorRef = new ActorRef(factory)
+  def actorOf(factory: => Actor): ActorRef = new ActorRef(() => factory)
 
   /**
    * Use to create an anonymous event-driven actor.
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ object ActorRef {
  * <pre>
  *   import Actor._
  * 
- *   val actor = newActor(() => new MyActor(...))
+ *   val actor = actorOf(new MyActor(...))
  *   actor.start
  *   actor ! message
  *   actor.stop
diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/routing/Patterns.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/routing/Patterns.scala
index 258847b3fc..cf3eb079ff 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/routing/Patterns.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/routing/Patterns.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ object Patterns {
   /** Creates a LoadBalancer from the thunk-supplied InfiniteIterator
    */
    def loadBalancerActor(actors: => InfiniteIterator[ActorRef]): ActorRef = 
-    newActor(() => new Actor with LoadBalancer {
+    actorOf(new Actor with LoadBalancer {
       start
       val seq = actors
     })
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ object Patterns {
   /** Creates a Dispatcher given a routing and a message-transforming function
    */
    def dispatcherActor(routing: PF[Any, ActorRef], msgTransformer: (Any) => Any): ActorRef = 
-    newActor(() => new Actor with Dispatcher {
+    actorOf(new Actor with Dispatcher {
       start
       override def transform(msg: Any) = msgTransformer(msg)
       def routes = routing
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ object Patterns {
 
   /** Creates a Dispatcher given a routing
    */
-   def dispatcherActor(routing: PF[Any, ActorRef]): ActorRef = newActor(() => new Actor with Dispatcher {
+   def dispatcherActor(routing: PF[Any, ActorRef]): ActorRef = actorOf(new Actor with Dispatcher {
     start
     def routes = routing
   })
diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/DataFlowVariable.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/DataFlowVariable.scala
index 5b4826550a..8bd692b916 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/DataFlowVariable.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/DataFlowVariable.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.Actor
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.dispatch.CompletableFuture
 
   def thread(body: => Unit) = {
-    val thread = newActor(() => new IsolatedEventBasedThread(body)).start
+    val thread = actorOf(new IsolatedEventBasedThread(body)).start
     thread ! Start
     thread
   }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ import se.scalablesolutions.akka.dispatch.CompletableFuture
       }
     }
 
-    private[this] val in = newActor(() => new In(this))
+    private[this] val in = actorOf(new In(this))
 
     def <<(ref: DataFlowVariable[T]) = in ! Set(ref())
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ import se.scalablesolutions.akka.dispatch.CompletableFuture
       val ref = value.get
       if (ref.isDefined) ref.get
       else {
-        val out = newActor(() => new Out(this))
+        val out = actorOf(new Out(this))
         blockedReaders.offer(out)
         val result = out !! Get
         out ! Exit
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorFireForgetRequestReplySpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorFireForgetRequestReplySpec.scala
index 50e655d97d..9b8cffae16 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorFireForgetRequestReplySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorFireForgetRequestReplySpec.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ActorFireForgetRequestReplySpec extends JUnitSuite {
     state.finished.reset
     val replyActor = newActor[ReplyActor]
     replyActor.start
-    val senderActor = newActor(() => new SenderActor(replyActor))
+    val senderActor = actorOf(new SenderActor(replyActor))
     senderActor.start
     senderActor ! "Init"
     try { state.finished.await(1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS) } 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ActorFireForgetRequestReplySpec extends JUnitSuite {
     state.finished.reset
     val replyActor = newActor[ReplyActor]
     replyActor.start
-    val senderActor = newActor(() => new SenderActor(replyActor))
+    val senderActor = actorOf(new SenderActor(replyActor))
     senderActor.start
     senderActor ! "InitImplicit"
     try { state.finished.await(1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS) } 
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorPatternsTest.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorPatternsTest.scala
index ea49d370e4..a85d1f66c8 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorPatternsTest.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ActorPatternsTest.scala
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class ActorPatternsTest extends junit.framework.TestCase with Suite with MustMat
   @Test def testListener = {  
     val latch = new CountDownLatch(2)
     val num = new AtomicInteger(0)
-    val i = newActor(() => new Actor with Listeners {
+    val i = actorOf(new Actor with Listeners {
       def receive = listenerManagement orElse {
         case "foo" =>  gossip("bar")
       }
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcherActorsSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcherActorsSpec.scala
index 91ba57d5c7..551e0484c2 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcherActorsSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcherActorsSpec.scala
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcherActorsSpec extends JUnitSuite with MustM
   @Test def slowActorShouldntBlockFastActor = {
     val sFinished = new CountDownLatch(50)
     val fFinished = new CountDownLatch(10)
-    val s = newActor(() => new SlowActor(sFinished)).start
-    val f = newActor(() => new FastActor(fFinished)).start
+    val s = actorOf(new SlowActor(sFinished)).start
+    val f = actorOf(new FastActor(fFinished)).start
      
     // send a lot of stuff to s
     for (i <- 1 to 50) {
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenWorkStealingDispatcherSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenWorkStealingDispatcherSpec.scala
index 6ab034d8ec..4a1bf52370 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenWorkStealingDispatcherSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenWorkStealingDispatcherSpec.scala
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class ExecutorBasedEventDrivenWorkStealingDispatcherSpec extends JUnitSuite with
   @Test def fastActorShouldStealWorkFromSlowActor = {
     val finishedCounter = new CountDownLatch(110)
 
-    val slow = newActor(() => new DelayableActor("slow", 50, finishedCounter)).start
-    val fast = newActor(() => new DelayableActor("fast", 10, finishedCounter)).start
+    val slow = actorOf(new DelayableActor("slow", 50, finishedCounter)).start
+    val fast = actorOf(new DelayableActor("fast", 10, finishedCounter)).start
 
     for (i <- 1 to 100) {
       // send most work to slow actor
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/InMemoryActorSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/InMemoryActorSpec.scala
index c9380eb34f..a88e8c50c6 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/InMemoryActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/InMemoryActorSpec.scala
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class InMemFailerActor extends Actor {
 class InMemoryActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
   @Test
   def shouldOneWayMapShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess = {
-    val stateful = newActor(() => new InMemStatefulActor(2))
+    val stateful = actorOf(new InMemStatefulActor(2))
     stateful.start
     stateful ! SetMapStateOneWay("testShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess", "init") // set init state
     stateful ! SuccessOneWay("testShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess", "new state") // transactionrequired
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class InMemoryActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   @Test
   def shouldOneWayMapShouldRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfFailure = {
-    val stateful = newActor(() => new InMemStatefulActor(2))
+    val stateful = actorOf(new InMemStatefulActor(2))
     stateful.start
     val failer = newActor[InMemFailerActor]
     failer.start
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class InMemoryActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   @Test
   def shouldOneWayVectorShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess = {
-    val stateful = newActor(() => new InMemStatefulActor(2))
+    val stateful = actorOf(new InMemStatefulActor(2))
     stateful.start
     stateful ! SetVectorStateOneWay("init") // set init state
     stateful ! SuccessOneWay("testShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess", "new state") // transactionrequired
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class InMemoryActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   @Test
   def shouldOneWayVectorShouldRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfFailure = {
-    val stateful = newActor(() => new InMemStatefulActor(2))
+    val stateful = actorOf(new InMemStatefulActor(2))
     stateful.start
     stateful ! SetVectorStateOneWay("init") // set init state
     Thread.sleep(1000)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class InMemoryActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   @Test
   def shouldOneWayRefShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess = {
-    val stateful = newActor(() => new InMemStatefulActor(2))
+    val stateful = actorOf(new InMemStatefulActor(2))
     stateful.start
     stateful ! SetRefStateOneWay("init") // set init state
     stateful ! SuccessOneWay("testShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess", "new state") // transactionrequired
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class InMemoryActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   @Test
   def shouldOneWayRefShouldRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfFailure = {
-    val stateful = newActor(() => new InMemStatefulActor(2))
+    val stateful = actorOf(new InMemStatefulActor(2))
     stateful.start
     stateful ! SetRefStateOneWay("init") // set init state
     Thread.sleep(1000)
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ReactorBasedThreadPoolEventDrivenDispatcherActorSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ReactorBasedThreadPoolEventDrivenDispatcherActorSpec.scala
index 4e0b55f91b..6e0e1ca31e 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ReactorBasedThreadPoolEventDrivenDispatcherActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ReactorBasedThreadPoolEventDrivenDispatcherActorSpec.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ReactorBasedThreadPoolEventDrivenDispatcherActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   @Test def shouldSendOneWay = {
     val oneWay = new CountDownLatch(1)
-    val actor = newActor(() => new Actor {
+    val actor = actorOf(new Actor {
       dispatcher = Dispatchers.newReactorBasedThreadPoolEventDrivenDispatcher(uuid)
       def receive = {
         case "OneWay" => oneWay.countDown
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedActorSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedActorSpec.scala
index 6466e5749b..5d04393a22 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedActorSpec.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class ThreadBasedActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   @Test def shouldSendOneWay = {
     var oneWay = new CountDownLatch(1)
-    val actor = newActor(() => new Actor {
+    val actor = actorOf(new Actor {
       dispatcher = Dispatchers.newThreadBasedDispatcher(this)
       def receive = {
         case "OneWay" => oneWay.countDown
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedDispatcherSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedDispatcherSpec.scala
index f5b0235430..5ae9c9c786 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedDispatcherSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedDispatcherSpec.scala
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import Actor._
 
 class ThreadBasedDispatcherSpec extends JUnitSuite {
   private var threadingIssueDetected: AtomicBoolean = null
-  val key1 = newActor(() => new Actor { def receive = { case _ => {}} })
-  val key2 = newActor(() => new Actor { def receive = { case _ => {}} })
-  val key3 = newActor(() => new Actor { def receive = { case _ => {}} })
+  val key1 = actorOf(new Actor { def receive = { case _ => {}} })
+  val key2 = actorOf(new Actor { def receive = { case _ => {}} })
+  val key3 = actorOf(new Actor { def receive = { case _ => {}} })
   
   class TestMessageHandle(handleLatch: CountDownLatch) extends MessageInvoker {
     val guardLock: Lock = new ReentrantLock
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-camel/src/main/scala/Boot.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-camel/src/main/scala/Boot.scala
index 81bf83801c..a51563e4a0 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-camel/src/main/scala/Boot.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-camel/src/main/scala/Boot.scala
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class Boot {
   // Routing example
 
   val producer = newActor[Producer1]
-  val mediator = newActor(() => new Transformer(producer))
-  val consumer = newActor(() => new Consumer3(mediator))
+  val mediator = actorOf(new Transformer(producer))
+  val consumer = actorOf(new Consumer3(mediator))
 
   producer.start
   mediator.start
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class Boot {
   //val cometdPublisher = new Publisher("cometd-publisher", cometdUri).start
 
   val jmsUri = "jms:topic:test"
-  val jmsSubscriber1 = newActor(() => new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-1", jmsUri)).start
-  val jmsSubscriber2 = newActor(() => new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-2", jmsUri)).start
-  val jmsPublisher =   newActor(() => new Publisher("jms-publisher", jmsUri)).start
+  val jmsSubscriber1 = actorOf(new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-1", jmsUri)).start
+  val jmsSubscriber2 = actorOf(new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-2", jmsUri)).start
+  val jmsPublisher =   actorOf(new Publisher("jms-publisher", jmsUri)).start
 
   //val cometdPublisherBridge = new PublisherBridge("jetty:http://0.0.0.0:8877/camel/pub/cometd", cometdPublisher).start
   val jmsPublisherBridge = new PublisherBridge("jetty:http://0.0.0.0:8877/camel/pub/jms", jmsPublisher).start
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala
index c2ce76e1fa..77383a031b 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ trait SessionManagement { this: Actor =>
   protected def sessionManagement: PartialFunction[Any, Unit] = {
     case Login(username) => 
       log.info("User [%s] has logged in", username)
-      val session = newActor(() => new Session(username, storage))
+      val session = actorOf(new Session(username, storage))
       session.start
       sessions += (username -> session)
       
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-pubsub/src/main/scala/RedisPubSub.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-pubsub/src/main/scala/RedisPubSub.scala
index f0005ca919..44366d31a4 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-pubsub/src/main/scala/RedisPubSub.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-pubsub/src/main/scala/RedisPubSub.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.Actor._
 object Pub {
   println("starting publishing service ..")
   val r = new RedisClient("localhost", 6379)
-  val p = newActor(() => new Publisher(r))
+  val p = actorOf(new Publisher(r))
   p.start
 
   def publish(channel: String, message: String) = {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ object Pub {
 object Sub {
   println("starting subscription service ..")
   val r = new RedisClient("localhost", 6379)
-  val s = newActor(() => new Subscriber(r))
+  val s = actorOf(new Subscriber(r))
   s.start
   s ! Register(callback)