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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Earlier versions of Java are not affected, which includes the default version of Java that ships on Mac systems.
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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.
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).
Besides being able to check your Facebook account, email your girlfriend, call your Mom on the holidays, or play a Java version of Golden Axe, you can take a college class via your mobile phone.
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Windows users can download the latest version of Java direct from Oracle.
Sun's landmark October 1997 lawsuit charged Microsoft with copyright infringement and breach of contract for failing to maintain compatibility with Sun's version of Java.
Macs were the biggest victims because Apple did not patch the loophole in its version of Java for several weeks after the vulnerability became known.
Those settings run the gamut from simple emulation, to setting it to run a particular version of Java, to even replacing strings within the HTML or CSS so that the app renders properly in an upgraded browser.
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The patch means users will have the most up-to-date version of the Java platform.
Is Sun working on a slimmed-down version of the Java Virtual Machine for use in embedded systems?
Code-named the "Corona, " the new machine is a much-improved version of the Java Station that received a lukewarm reception two years ago.
Oracle says the vulnerability applies to the latest version of the software, Java 7.
The current version of Beanstalk only supports Java, a programming language popular among businesses and taught, for example, in introductory programming classes at Stanford.
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This type of programming is based on a set of Java APIs, although new technology in the latest version of Apache Hadoop, called YARN, allows other languages to be used.
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Authors of the current version, led by Barda Nawawi Arief of Diponegoro University in central Java, used that draft as a point of departure.
This latest version will have quite a few new features, including support for Java, a new file system that makes working with huge files easier and a supposedly greater resistance to system crashes.
So when I heard that Java, an Indonesian restaurant in Park Slope, Brooklyn, offered an Americanized version of the meal, I grabbed three friends and drove down to what I hoped was a trip back to my days in Amsterdam.
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Log on to any of the chat sites where Java software developers meet to discuss their industry, and you will find a virtual version of the conversations in Silicon Valley's bars.
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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