The two patched versions are Java 7 update 7 and Java 6 update 35.
True, Java developers might have worked hard to create Java and its APIs.
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Earlier versions of Java are not affected, which includes the default version of Java that ships on Mac systems.
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The remaining 20 patches were for flaws in Java SE and JRocket, which was added to the Java SE update.
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The hypervisor is 99 percent written in pure Java, so any Java app is a candidate for running on this.
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Where is the incentive for Oracle to tell millions of Java users worldwide to disable Java on their local machines?
The version of Java affected is 1.7 update 6 (also called version 7 update 6 on the Java download page).
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Java vulnerabilities continue to be a favorite of cyber criminals, Namestnikov said, because Java exploits are easy to use under any Windows.
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The Java-2 based application server could handle as many as one billion hits per day when only Java-basedbrowsers were accessing the server.
"Java is a great programming language, but there is not a big intersection between handhelds and Java, " said Jeff Hawkins, founder of HandSpring.
For instance, JavaSoft announced it has further developed its Java platform and unveiled a new series of Java-based products that will enhance online processing.
In April he linked with VMware, the virtualization company, so that 6 million Java developers can easily tap into his technology while still writing Java code.
Given that Macs run Java 6 by default, this latest flaw affects Apple users to a much greater degree than the previous Java imbroglio, Gowdiak says.
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Among them: ethnic clashes in West Java, a riot following an earthquake in central Sumatra, and an anti-pollution protest that led to riots in Pasaruan, East Java.
But soon afterward, Sun noticed that Microsoft had added extensions of Java specifically for Windows machines, which could prevent Java programs written for Windows from being run anywhere else.
To protect Mac users that have installed Java, today we are releasing an updated Java malware removal tool that will check Mac systems and remove this malware if found.
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Since OS X Lion, Macs have shipped without Java installed, and as an added security measure OS X automatically disables Java if it has been unused for 35 days.
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People who don't use Java much should once again consider unplugging Java from their browser, while those who don't use it at all may want to uninstall it altogether.
Twitter suggested that users disable Java, which has been subject to an endless stream of security vulnerabilities, without explicitly saying that Java served as the initial entrypoint for the attack.
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In fact, the company has released an update both for the latest release (version 1.7, also called Java 7) and for an earlier release (version 1.6, also called Java 6).
VMware ( VMW - news - people ), the virtualization company, so that 6 million Java developers can easily tap into his technology while still writing Java code.
While Java is an Oracle product, and Oracle is responsible for pushing updates out to Windows and Linux users that have Java installed on their PCs, things work differently on the Mac platform.
This chart compares the performance of 12 VMs. Except for Apple Computer's Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ), all of the JVMs were tested on the same hardware and with the same Java application code.
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Located by a private exploration company in 2004 off the coast of Cirebon in northern Java, the ship is thought to have foundered in the 10th century as it sailed to Java from Sumatra.
Under the hood there's a 240Mhz ARM processor, which has DSP and Java acceleration built in, and 16MB of SRAM, expandable to 128MB, giving the player enough juice to run Adobe Flash and Java apps with future firmware upgrades.
Performance-wise, the winner is a pre-release version of Tower Technology's TowerJ compiler, which generates a native executable from pure Java code that runs almost 25 percent faster than the fastest Java interpreter, even when the interpreter has a just-in-time compiler.
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With today's settlement, Microsoft basically drops Java, although it will be allowed to use Sun's version of Java in its software for seven years so that it can continue to support software developers who have already written Java software for Windows.
Initially seen as a way to enhance web pages, Java was soon talked of as a lingua franca for computers: small programs, called applets, written in Java would be distributed via the Internet and downloaded to run on any computer, regardless of operating system.
Meanwhile, National Police chief Timur Pradopo said police also killed one more suspected terrorist he identified as Abu Roban and arrested nine others in four additional operations in Central Java and West Java, but he declined to name the nature of the suspected terrorist activities.
Many had hope that eventually MS would come around and at least add native support for HD DVD, but considering the Blu-ray spec requires BD Java -- and we know how much MS loves Java -- MS insiders like Chris Lanier don't think it'll ever happen.
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