Apple on Friday shipped an update to Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s cadence for Java 7, which was patched the same day. Customers running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain ...

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 released its first versions of the Java Development Kit and JavaFX software development kit for the Mac OS X operating system. JavaFX 2.1 came out on Thursday, along with Java Platform, ...

The new 1.4.1 to Apple's Java component in Mac OS X adds several enhancements, including: Improved Java applet support for Safari and other web browsers that support the Java Internet Plug-In.

Worried about Apple’s recent deprecation of Java under OS X, ending Apple’s own line of custom Java packages? Don’t be: Apple and Oracle have just announced that they will be partnering to bring the ...

An Apple update removes the Java browser plug-in in all Mac-compatible browsers. The move puts even more daylight between Apple and Oracle, as the latter struggles with security flaws and the former ...

A minor update to Mac OS X is causing headaches for some computer owners, who find their systems no longer work properly when using Java-based applications or visiting certain Web sites. Apple ...

I saw the following on an Apple page:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Symmetric Multiprocessing is automated. Java threads run independently as Mac OS ...

A new form of browser-based cross-platform malware can give hackers remote access to computers running Apple's OS X, Microsoft's Windows, and even Linux. The multi-platform backdoor malware was ...

Botnets have been all over the news in recent weeks, as have Java-related security issues. So it’s not surprising really that someone’s been busy building a botnet by exploiting one of the numerous ...

But, if Chrome OS and things like it become popular, what place does Java have? Well, while the details aren’t out, it seems to me that Chrome OS, though based on Linux, will really be just the ...