This morning Sun officially released Java 6 for download after over two years of development. The Java 6 development cycle has been the most open of any Java release with weekly builds available ...

Today Sun released the Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10. Despite Sun's inexplicable version naming scheme, this is a major new release that all Java developers should know about.

If businesses have failed to update the widely used but out-of-date Java 6 platform, they may be at heightened risk of cyberattack thanks to additions to commercial exploit kits.