Just hours after Oracle released a patch to Java 7, it has been found to be buggy again. It’s Groundhog Day. I first ran across this news at Ars.com, where the author, Dan Goodin, credited IDG with ...

Two months after Java 6 update 10 was released, Sun has just released update 11. For many users the new version will automatically be detected and installed, but you can always get it from the Sun ...

Sun Microsystems has released the latest version of its Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE), placing particular emphasis on the application development platform’s support for other scripting ...

May switch default Java version We previously reported that, per Apple's documentation, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 (which installs Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05) does not replace the existing ...

Oracle has added new features to Java designed to make it harder for hacked or malicious websites to carry out drive-by malware attacks that exploit underlying vulnerabilities in the widely used ...

UPDATE, Thursday, Aug. 30, 4:16 p.m.: Oracle has issued a new version of Java that it says fixes the vulnerabilities described below. For more, see my new post here. Original post: Hackers have found ...

Apple today issued a Java update for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard to make it more difficult for hackers to exploit other vulnerabilities. The update brought Java 6 up to par with Oracle’s version 35, ...

The security of Oracle's Java software framework, installed on some three billion devices worldwide, is taking a turn for the worse, thanks to an uptick in attacks targeting vulnerabilities that will ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Java is probably one of the most important bits of software your computer runs. It allows you to use everything from certain websites to certain ...

Java versioning has never made a lot of sense. The last time it did was back in the late 1990s, when the first full increment product release, Java 1.0, carried the same version number as the ...