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Oracle and Apple on Friday announced a new partnership that will bring the Java SE 7 and future versions of Java for Mac OS X to users directly from Oracle.

Following a number of reports of new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Java browser plug-in, Oracle has today released an emergency update to Java 7 as Apple updates Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_43 ...

Java’s shady bundled adware is no longer a Windows exclusive, as Oracle has started sneaking the Ask.com toolbar into the Mac version.

There are concerns that Mac users who think that they are protected because they have updated Java with Apple's latest security update, are not safe from the latest vulnerability.

Java Deprecation As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated.

Security experts take sides over Java patching Security experts are split over whether Apple’s decision to hand over Java to an Oracle-backed open-source project is a good deal for Mac users.

As for OpenJDK, Apple says that it plans to contribute most of the components required to properly implement Java SE 7 in Mac OS X. That includes "a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based Java virtual ...