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 ...

Apple on Tuesday patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability plagued Oracle software. Oracle on Tuesday ...

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 ...

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, ...

Oracle and Apple on Friday announced a new partnership that will bring the Java SE 7 and future versions of Java for Mac OS X to users directly from Oracle. With the OpenJDK project for Mac OS X, ...

Apple on Thursday rolled out its second Java update for OS X in less than a week via Software Update. Java for OS X 2012-002 appeared on Software Update just two days after version 2012-001 was ...

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.

Java is kind of a pain in the butt, if you ask me, but there are many sites that use it. A friend of mine contacted me this weekend looking for help in getting her Java up and running so she could ...

Robert Vallee wrote in with a simple request related to a Java dialog that keeps appearing: How to get rid of this sticky pop-up window that’s coming on and on? This Java dialog at least tells you 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 ...

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 ...