If you’re a programmer or developer wanting more info on the role of Java in Mac OS X and advice on using Mac OS X as a Java development platform, a new book, “Early Adopter Mac OS X Java,” from Wrox ...

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 ...

With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software patches, it’s time to revisit the question of whether Java can be used ...

The recent exposed a problem that OS X has with Java--specifically, that the development of Java on the Mac hasn't kept pace with the Java for Windows or Linux. Flashback uses an unpatched Java ...

Apple's Mac OS X is vulnerable to a security flaw in Java that was originally publically disclosed almost six months ago, a security researcher has warned. The flaw affects a number of platforms ...

Apple on Tuesday shipped a Java security update to Leopard and Snow Leopard users that patched a total of 27 vulnerabilities in the Oracle software. Some of the bugs could be exploited to execute ...

The Macintosh operating system has long basked in a reputation for invincibility. Mac users routinely advised their virus-stricken friends to switch from Windows to Mac. Experts know otherwise; Apple ...

"Apple will find itself eating a big piece of humble pie," says Enterprise Strategy Group's Jon Oltsik on the newly revealed security hole for Apple users. Last week, security researcher Landon Fuller ...