Oracle's recent release of the Java Platform Standard Edition 7 Update 6 (Java SE 7 U6) is available on Mac OS X -- that includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the Java Development Kit (JDK).

If you are a Mac user and you have Java installed on your Mac, then right now would be a good time to run Software Update... from the Apple menu to make sure you have installed the latest Java for Mac ...

When developers noticed Apple was deprecating Java on OS X, there was quite a mess on the internet. Today, Apple announced that is joining Oracle to bring the OpenJDK project on the Mac in order to ...

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 latest release of Java SE 6 for Mac OS X marks the end of the company's efforts to maintain Java releases for the Mac platform itself. Yesterday, the company released "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 ...

The latest developer release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion excludes support for Rosetta (used to run PowerPC code on Intel Macs), Front Row, and Oracle's Java runtime, although Apple includes a mechanism to ...

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. On Friday, Apple announced it would join Oracle’s ...

Apple today released a pair of software updates bringing new version of Java to Macs running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Leopard. The updates deliver improvements to compatibility, security, and ...

When Apple confirmed in 2010 that it would no longer support Java for OS X, it also announced shortly after an agreement with Oracle to include OS X support in future versions of its OpenJDK Project ...

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 ...