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 The final fix for the out-of-date Java 6 platform was released by Oracle ...

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 ...

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. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

At a time when Apple, Mozilla and other tech giants are taking steps to prevent users from browsing the Web with outdated versions of Java, Yahoo! is pushing many of its users in the other direction: ...

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, ...