The latest updates, Java 7 update 17 and Java 6 update 43, addressed CVE-2013-1493 and a related vulnerability (CVE-2013-0809), Oracle said in its security advisory released Monday. Both ...

The out-of-band patch addresses the recently discovered critical vulnerability in Oracle's Java 7, Oracle said in its security advisory released Jan. 13. An attacker would exploit the latest flaw ...

The auto-update process to JRE 7 will happen as soon as July 3, but right now, Oracle’s Forms development toolkit isn’t compatible with Java 7, Oracle said in an official blog post.

On May 2, Oracle said it will now begin the process of upgrading its user base to the Java 7 release. Over the next several months Java users will be automatically upgraded to Java 7.

By Oracle's estimate, 9 million developers worldwide use Java. Tiobe Software estimates it is the world's most widely used programming language, edging out C and trumping C++ with twice as many users.

Oracle employees that worked on Java EE have told others in the community that they have been ordered to work on other things. There has also been open talk of some Java EE developers "forking ...

Almost three years after the release of Java 7, Oracle last week released Java 8, touted as the most revolutionary Java release ever. This week Oracle presented a one-hour public webinar looking into ...

The auto-update process to JRE 7 will happen as soon as July 3, but right now, Oracle’s Forms development toolkit isn’t compatible with Java 7, Oracle said in an official blog post. In ...

Java 7 was released nearly a year ago, in July 2011. Oracle’s bulletin likely affects many customers, as E-Business Suite is its flagship ERP (enterprise resource planning) software product.

The auto-update process to JRE 7 will happen as soon as July 3, but right now, Oracle’s Forms development toolkit isn’t compatible with Java 7, Oracle said in an official blog post. In ...