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IBM brings management tools to mainframe

IBM later this year plans to release management tools for its mainframe server, including a "federated" security application for logging onto several systems at once. Read more »

Oblix to help Oracle, PeopleSoft tools 'coexist'

Oracle's aggressive acquisition strategy drove the purchase of privately held Oblix and will get Oracle closer to its vision of a unified application product line, the database giant said this week. Read more »

Salesforce unveils per log-in pricing for developers

Salesforce.com has introduced a cheaper way to access applications written with its Force.com platform and detailed an Eclipse-based development tool. Read more »

Apache piping makes it easy to rotate logs

Apache offers rich logging capabilities, but the information gets stuffed into one ever-growing log file. Luckily, it's fairly easy to use facilities built right into Apache to keep your log files down to a manageable size. Read more »

Old-school worm loves Windows applications

The latest Lovgate worm variant can destroy access to hundreds of Windows applications as it spreads. Read more »

Google details 'reboot' bug, Android security fixes

Google has begun releasing some details about the vulnerabilities it patched in two updates to Google's Android operating system software in the T-Mobile G1 smartphone. Read more »

Yahoo relaunches IndexTools as Web Analytics

Yahoo on Wednesday announced the rebranding of IndexTools as Yahoo Web Analytics (beta). Currently an enterprise product, the move brings it closer to being a consumer and small business tool, although it's not available to everyone just yet. Read more »

World Bank gets hacked

The computer network used by the World Bank Group has suffered a series of at least six intrusions since mid-2007, according to a report. Read more »

DNS disaster: first attacks reported

The first attacks that are likely to have stemmed from a serious Domain Name System flaw have been reported. Read more »

Opera Dragonfly sets out to catch bugs

Opera has released Dragonfly — a set of Web development tools for debugging Web pages. Read more »

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Log errors easily with the EMAB

The Exception Management Application Block (EMAB) can simplify your VB.NET or C# error handling, provided you know how to leverage it properly. Read more »

Customise error logging with the Logging API

JDK 1.4's Logging API offers developers more control of when, where, and how your applications log crucial reporting data. Find out how to fine-tune your logging to maximise flexibility and efficiency. Read more »

Deploy log download

Knowing who reviewed or tested a particularly buggy component can tell you whom you need to see about the problem. Thats where ZDNet can help. Read more »

JConsole: remoting, notifications and log control

In real applications, instrumentation is usually monitored across the network. Following on from our tutorial on JConsole, here's how to network-enable your managed Java applications. Read more »

Handle log file analysis with AWStats

Site monitoring tools can be pricey, but not AWStats: It's free. This article introduces the AWStats log analysis tool and examines its pros and cons. Read more »

Develop secure software at the application level

Protect your application from input overflow and underflow attacks, and from other common tactics with these development techniques. Read more »

Debug an application remotely

Debugging can often be handled on a developer's local machine, but some problems exist solely in a test or production environment. This article shows how to debug remotely. Read more »

Extend ASP.NET with HTTP modules

While HTTP modules have been a part of ASP.NET since its inception, I still encounter developers with no idea of their existence or usage. HTTP modules allow you to process incoming requests and outgoing responses to and from an ASP.NET application. Read more »

Develop applications that prevent intrusion

Designing secure applications requires developers to look beyond their own code. Accessing APIs or COM objects or establishing system privileges can result in security vulnerabilities that can be prevented. Read more »

Web-Enabling Java Applications

In the second part of our series on building a simple Java application, we see how you can use servlets to web-enable apps easily Read more »

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How to Lifestream with WordPress

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Lifestreaming is the act of collecting and publishing all of your social networking activities in one stream. Here's the easy way to get started using your own install of WordPress. Read more »

Quick Tip: Forwarding X11 to OS X

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Just because you are on a Mac doesn't mean you can't run your Linux applications. Here's how you can bring penguin power to your Mac. Read more »

Confessions of an accessibility sadist

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- If your mouse dies because of a software update, most people would rollback the update -- a small minority will continue to move forward regardless. All in the name of science and testing the world of accessibility. Read more »

Try… Catch… Win!

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- As a .NET developer, there are a few “best practices” that you should always consider. And one of the biggest is that every application you write should include error trapping to trap critical and non-critical errors that may occur. And the .NET framework makes it easy to use “Try… Catch” statements to intercept any errors that occur and allow you to handle the exception. Read more »

While the big guys scrap at the big end, who's creating the little guy's computer heaven?

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- Having sampled Google’s new calendar, I, for one, can’t wait until full synchronisation between it and Outlook’s calendar is full and fluent, so I can dispose of another chain to my desk. Read more »

What's a Beta these days?

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Betas are now so widespread that the term is becoming meaningless. Read more »

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