We recently wrote about reinstalling Java to correct problems with various applications including Mail and Safari. While this may be useful for some users, Apple has released a knowledgebase article ...

One of the most powerful uses of scripting languages is in "application automation", that is, the idea of automating a long sequence of steps such as: "select paragraph at cursor, indent 3" right, ...

It came to our attention that the Java application blocker is prompting that self-assigned or untrusted applications have been blocked due to security settings. Due to this issue, some of the ...

JavaServer Pages (JSP) is a more flexible technology than servlets because it can respond to dynamic changes at runtime. Can you imagine a common Java class that has this dynamic capability too? It ...

JDK 5.0 and JDK 6.0 include the Java Monitoring & Management Console tool, also known as JConsole. Read about JConsole's usage options, and find out how JConsole changed from JDK 5 to JDK 6. In ...

All the cool new programming languages, like Ruby, always have compilers/interpreters and tools for Linux, and the old UNIX standbys like Tcl/Tk are still around when you need them. Why, then, is Java ...

If you cannot satisfy the performance with one server node when concurrent users are increasing dramatically, or you cannot scale your Java applications with one JVM instance due to the limitation of ...