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 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 Java 7 Update 7 patch can be downloaded from the Java SE Downloads Web page, and Oracle recommends that all users of Java 7 apply the update. Do keep in mind that this vulnerability is in new ...

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.

LinkedIn's Kreps, like others we've interviewed for this story, thinks that Oracle has done a pretty good job managing its Java open source project since it shelled out $7.4 billion for Sun back ...

Oracle filed the umbrella JSR for Java EE 7 last week, and the specification has now passed the initial review ballot stage. The overarching themes are emerging web technologies, cloud computing, and ...

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. 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 ...