NEW YORK — Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.

Last year Apple handed off responsibility for Java to Oracle so Mac OS X would not be 'behind' anymore. Oracle just released Java 7 and it only exists for Linux, Windows and Solaris. The version of ...

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, which has previously included Java with installations of Mac OS X, announced the move on its support site. It said that customers need to obtain Java directly from Oracle if they want to access ...

Apple will contribute the code that they used for their private Mac Java builds as GPL code to OpenJDK Oracle will take over the stewardship of the Mac port of Java Over time, the Mac platform will ...

The Apple [AAPL] critics are dancing their dance once again today following news of a Java-based malware attack on Macs. But, given Java is the bad boy in the room, shouldn’t critics and Kool-Aid ...

Oracle this week warned that the macOS 14.4 update released earlier this month for Macs can cause Java processes to "terminate unexpectedly." In a blog post on Friday, Oracle's Senior Director of ...

One of the complaints about Apple's implementation of Java has been the way it lags behind others, particularly in terms of the delivery of security updates. That was practically inevitable, as ...

Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms. Appearing at the RubyConf event in Burlingame, Calif., on last Friday, ...