Oracle's newly released Java 7 runtime is relatively painless to install and uninstall. The Java SE 6 runtime that has shipped with past versions of OS X and which has been available on-demand for ...

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 ...

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Java is not the safest software that users can install, as evidenced by the 40 flaws patched in its latest update. Users would be wise to install the update as soon as possible, although they would ...