When the talk of the town is all about the latest Java platform release, it's easy to feel sorry for the legacy Java developer, who must now learn new language features and syntax enhancements that ...

Oracle has extended by four months the end-of-life (EOL) time for Java Development Kit 6 to November 2012, the company said in a blog post this week. JDK 6 is based on Java Platform, Standard Edition ...

Oracle has extended its support for Java 6 Standard Edition (Java SE 6) for another few months. The company plans to cease providing public updates as of Feb. 19, 2013. After that date, all new ...

Open-source Java platform provider Azul Systems today unveiled a new series of migration tools and services designed to help enterprise and public sector IT teams transition from proprietary Oracle ...

Java users get another reminder to upgrade to current versions of the browser plug-in after a zero day targeting a previously patched Java 6 bug was found in the Neutrino Exploit Kit Unless you have ...

Two months after Java 6 update 10 was released, Sun has just released update 11. For many users the new version will automatically be detected and installed, but you can always get it from the Sun ...

Apple on Tuesday released a pair of Java SE 6 updates for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion, bringing the usual security, reliability and compatibility improvements to Oracle's ...