Apple has released a Java for Mac update to fix about 30 documented vulnerabilities, including some that exposes Mac users to remote code execution attacks. The Java for Mac patch batch, available ...

Apple released a small Java update for OS X users this Wednesday. The update effectively removed the Java applet plug-in that typically comes pre-installed in all web browsers on the Mac. Why? Well, ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Apple has issued an update for Mac OS X installations of Java that fixes at least one critical security vulnerability in the software. If you own a Mac, take a moment today to run the Software Update ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems ...

Apple's latest release of Java SE 6 for Mac OS X marks the end of the company's efforts to maintain Java releases for the Mac platform itself. Yesterday, the company released "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 ...

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 ...

Security experts are split over whether Apple’s decision to hand over Java to an Oracle-backed open-source project is a good deal for Mac users. On Friday, Apple announced it would join Oracle’s ...

Java development for OS X is being handed to Oracle, and Apple is better preparing its in-house Java runtime for co-existance with Java 7 from Oracle. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

Apple on Tuesday released two Java updates for OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard which mimic the functionality of a recent Safari update that disables the automatic execution of Java applets.

Hot on the heels of the antivirus firms targeting Flashback, Apple has released another Java update meant to identify and remove any infections of the malware. The company posted the update on ...