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Microsoft Releases Beta for Visual Studio 11, .NET Framework 4.5

The developer-focused Visual Studio 11 and the .NET Framework 4.5 were released for download earlier today.

Encrypted E-mail App Coming to Windows Phones

Microsoft, partnered with with secured and managed mobile enterprise app company Good Technology, will bring encrypted e-mail services to the Windows Phone platform.

ALM Product Watch 2/28/12: Seapine ALM 2012, JIRA 5, More

What's new from a variety of application lifecycle management vendors.

HP Unveils Security Platform at RSA

HP today unveiled a new platform of integrated security solutions that, according the company, is designed to "bridge the gap between security and IT operations of security solutions."

Visual Studio 11, .NET Framework 4.5 Beta Coming February 29

Microsoft is releasing the .NET Framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 11 beta on Feb. 29.

Google, Microsoft, Apple Agree on Mobile Privacy Accord

Six tech companies have agreed to provide clear information on their individual privacy policies before their products are downloaded.

Java Debugging Added to Updated Micro Cloud Foundry

VMware this week released a new version of its Micro Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service (PaaS) with support for Java debugging.

Kotlin Goes Open Source

Kotlin, the JVM-targeted programming language introduced last summer by development toolmaker JetBrains, is now open source.

Sonatype Java Repository Now Accepts .NET Components

Sonatype today released a new version of its Maven-based component repository that supports software developers using the .NET Framework.

Study Finds DDoS Attacks Against IPv6 Networks Rising

DDoS attacks are targeting IPv6 networks for the first time since the Internet protocol started implementation last year.

Oracle Releases MySQL Cluster 7.2

Oracle on Wednesday announced the general availability of MySQL Cluster 7.2, a high-availability, high-redundancy version of the open source MySQL database adapted for distributed computing environments.

Java PaaS CloudBees Offers Hybrid Deployment

Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider CloudBees unveiled Tuesday a new service for hybrid deployments of production applications.

eXo Platform Advances 'UXP as a Service' for Java Devs

eXo, the French company best known for its GateIn-based enterprise Java portal, just released version 3.5 of its flagship eXo Platform.

EclipseSource Launches RAP Mobile

EclipseSource has just unveiled RAP mobile, an alternative for developing apps in Java based on the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP).

Apps Manager Supports Oracle and IBM JVMs

ManageEngine has extended performance monitoring support for Oracle's JRockit Java virtual machine (JVM) and IBM's JVMs in the latest release of its Applications Manager software package.

DOD's 'Hardened' Android Kernel Arose Out of Military Security Study

The Department of Defense's custom-built and secure Android operating system came about through research done to study the security of mobile devices for military use.

The Open Group Updates Enterprise Architecture Modeling Language

The Open Group this week released the latest version of its modeling language for enterprise architecture, ArchiMate 2.0.

Millions Infected with Trojan Hidden in Android Apps

A large malware ring might have infected more than 5 million Android users with fraudulent apps, according to Symantec.

Cloud9 Launches Documentation Site for Node.js Devs

Cloud9, makers of a Web-based integrated development environment (IDE) for Javascript and HTML 5 applications, was in the spotlight at this week's Node Summit because of its support of Microsoft's Azure cloud.

Guthrie Talks Node.js and Azure at Cloud Event

The open-source Node.js server-side JavaScript development environment was the spotlight of Microsoft's keynote presentation.