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First, the bad news. Once again, Mac users are at risk due to a flaw in Java, similar to the one that enabled the Flashback Trojan. Even worse, there isn’t (yet) a patch to fix that vulnerability.
Switching back to the old Java installation, J2SE 5.0, may resolve these issues. E*TRADE fix Last week we noted an issue in which "Power E*Trade Pro" fails to properly load in some Mac OS X ...
Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 is available via the Software Update pane in System Preferences, or Apple's Software Downloads Web site.
Altogether, Apple released Java Mac OS X 10.5 Update 7 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 2, addressing multiple vulnerabilities, the most serious of which allow a maliciously crafted Java applet ...
The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support cycles of those products.
Apple has finally released a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security flaws that were patched upstream more than six months ago.The fix comes three weeks after developers released proof-of ...
Mac users installing or updating to the latest version Java are finding their shinies infected with the “much loved” Ask Toolbar. This thing returns poor, ad-infested results, and silently ...
Apple Computer on Monday updated the Java software used in the Mac OS X operating system. Java for Mac OS X version 1.4.1 is designed to offer better support for XML (Extensible Markup Language ...
Apple’s real intent here is to absolve themselves of any responsibility for Java security or performance going forward on the Mac platform. As you may know Apple just released a pretty big patch ...
RefactorIT is a new Java refactoring tool that’s been customized for Mac usage and “works nicely” on Mac OS X, the application’s author, Oliver Wihler, told MacCentral.