Apple has recently released a couple of Java updates for OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 that bring its in-house supported Java runtime (Java SE 6) up to the latest version issued by Oracle. The update ...

Disabling Java in OS X requires doing so for each user account; however, even terminal commands for doing this may be a bit impractical to use as a substitute. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 ...

With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software patches, it’s time to revisit the question of whether Java can be used ...

First, the bad news. Once again, Mac users are at risk due to a flaw in Java, similar to the one that enabled the Flashback Trojan. Even worse, there isn’t (yet) a patch to fix that vulnerability. But ...

Computers come equipped with many pieces of software and programming platforms that most of us don't know we have and don't know what they're for. One of those programming platforms, Java, has been in ...

Here we go again, there is yet another critical security problem with Java. For whatever reason, the latest bug seems to have gotten much more publicity than the many equally serious Java flaws the ...

One and a half years after Apple announced the depreciation of its edition of Java for the Mac platform, Oracle has announced the availability of its own Java Development Kit and JavaFX Software ...

Apple's latest release of Java SE 6 for Mac OS X marks the end of the company's efforts to maintain Java releases for the Mac platform itself. Yesterday, the company released "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 ...