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A number of security experts warn that businesses which fail to update from Java 6 on their systems are vulnerable to attack. The final fix for the out-of-date Java 6 platform was released by Oracle ...

Warning to anyone still using Java 6: Upgrade now to Java 7 to avoid being compromised by active attacks. That alert came via F-Secure anti-malware analyst Timo Hirvonen, who reported finding an ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Kenneth Harris, a NASA veteran who worked on ...

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 ...

Oracle recently announced it will continue to support Java SE 6 until Feb 2013, extending the so-called end-of-life (EOL) date for the five-year-old development platform a second time. The original ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about hardware and software YOU need to know about. Earlier this week a new and very serious vulnerability was discovered ...

Apple yesterday patched 32 vulnerabilities in its implementation of Java, more than six months after Sun fixed the same flaws for Windows and Linux users. The updates patch multiple versions of Java ...

For more than 20 years, according to Mark Reinhold, "the Java SE Platform and the JDK have evolved in large, irregular, and somewhat unpredictable steps." But in a blog post on Sept. 6, Reinhold, ...

The Java community has no shortage of IDEs for active development. With so many available options, an organization's final choice will come down to development needs and preferences. There are more ...