Apple has updated its Web plug-in blacklist to include all but the most recent versions of Java.

Removing all old versions of Java and running only the latest, patched versions is easier said than done. For one, new Java installs don’t necessarily uninstall the older versions automatically.

According to the State of the Java Ecosystem report, as of 2024, more than 32% of applications use Java 11 in production. Java 8 is at 28.8%, Java 17 is at 35.4% and Java 21 is at just 1.4%.

As attacks on the new Java zero-day vulnerability continue and researchers look for ways to mitigate the flaw, they are encouraging users to disable Java in their browsers. There is now a site ...

To mitigate this risk, we have added affected versions of the Java plugin for Windows (Version 6 Update 30 and below as well as Version 7 Update 2 and below) to Firefox’s blocklist.

The forthcoming Minecraft: Education Edition, written in C++, looks faster and smoother than the old Java version, but won't be compatible with all the old mods. If Microsoft mis-handles the ...

For example, choose "Java SE 6" if you want to download any version number ranging from Java 6.0 to Java 6.43. You will select the specific update number on the next page.

Java is quite platform-independent and mostly upwards compatible, so it is common to compile a piece of code using a given J2SE version and expect it to work in later JVM versions.

Vaadin, an open source web framework for Java developers, recently introduced their latest long term support version 14. This release comes with multiple new UI components, simplified theming and supp ...

Released Java 9 also introduced a new versioning scheme. This scheme is based on JEP 223 and was intended for future releases of the Java platform itself. However, almost immediately after the ...