Apple has finally released a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security flaws that were patched upstream more than six months ago. The fix comes three weeks after developers released ...

Apple has released a new edition of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 -- 5.0R4 -- which allows applications and applets developed for the J2SE 5.0 platform to run on Mac OS X v 10.4.5 ...

A small degree of panic set in amongst the Java development community over the weekend, as Apple announced that they were “de-emphasizing” Java on the Mac OS. Being the Big Java Geek that I am, I ...

It’s probably safe to turn your Mac on again. Just a day after reports spread about a Java-based Trojan horse that could install itself on your Mac without ...

The Apple [AAPL] critics are dancing their dance once again today following news of a Java-based malware attack on Macs. But, given Java is the bad boy in the room, shouldn’t critics and Kool-Aid ...

Solution from Britannica support team Some readers have noted that they are unable to access the Encyclopaedia Britannica Web site after applying the Java 1.4.1 Update 1. The Britannica support team ...

As it promised it would, Apple has released another Java update for OS X, this time one that removes Flashback from infected Macs. The Flashback Trojan horse may have infected more than half a million ...

A new form of browser-based cross-platform malware can give hackers remote access to computers running Apple's OS X, Microsoft's Windows, and even Linux. The multi-platform backdoor malware was ...

Apple doesn't release comprehensive software updates very often, but when it does, they contain pretty major fixes. Its latest package for Mac computers contains updates for the Safari browser as well ...

So, in the release notes for today's Java updates to Mac OS X, Apple has announced that they are deprecating Java. The Apple release of Java is going into maintenance mode in Leopard and Snow Leopard, ...

At WWDC, I shared a brief "yeah, what's that about?" moment with Apple's VP of Developer Relations, Ron Okamoto. The subject was Java, and we were wondering why Sun has never played the Mac for its ...