Java 7 provides new NIO.2 (JSR 203) features. A dramatic change in Java as part of this NIO.2 inclusion is the availability of a new and more powerful Java File I/O API.

This kind of attack used to affect the Java virtual machine (VM) in its early days, in the late ’90s, he said via email. “It’s one of those risks one should protect against in the first ...

In general, I could have voted on a couple of the responses. Although I would have really liked to have seen some of the cut proposed features make it into Java SE 7, I am looking forward to ...

Java 7 SE will no longer get extended support, users need to adapt to version 8 “Community support will end when Java 7 reaches the end of service on July 29, 2022.

Security research company Security Explorations has issued a description of a new critical security flaw in Java SE 5 build 1.5.0_22-b03, Java SE 6 build 1.6.0_35-b10, and the latest Java SE 7 ...

Apple also confirmed that Java SE 6 will continue to be available from Apple for Mac OS X Snow Leopard® and the upcoming release of Mac OS X Lion. Java SE 7 and future versions of Java for Mac OS ...

Along with the Java platform NetBeans IDE 7.0 supports PHP, JavaScript, Ajax and C/C++. But Hilwa noted that the new release drops support for the Ruby programming language.

“The impact of this issue is critical—we were able to successfully exploit it and achieve a complete Java security sandbox bypass in the environment of Java SE 5, 6, and 7,” Adam Gowdiak of ...