Java 6u77 update with important security fixes

Oracle has just released Java 8u77, which contains “important security fixes” and is a recommended update for all […]

Java update 74

Oracle has just released Java 8 update 74 build 02, available either as version 8u73 or 8u74. This […]

Java 8u71 and 8u72 now available

Oracle has released Java versions 8u71 and 8u72, which fix several significant bugs and patch important vulnerabilities. All […]

Java 6 runtime for El Capitan

There are a few apps around – one is Oxygen, the superb XML editor – which still require […]

Java version 8u66 now available, with critical security fixes

Oracle has released Java version 8u66, full version string 1.8.0_66-b17 (note that the ‘b’ means ‘build’, not beta!). […]

Java version 8u60 available

Java SE release 8u60 is now available from Oracle’s Java site. The Runtime Environment (user version) is available […]

Java 8 Update 60 build 27

Those using Java should update to version 8 update 60 (8u60) build 27, now available from here. The […]

Oracle Java version 8 update 51 released

No sooner have we updated Adobe’s ailing Flash, than it’s time for another set of Java security fixes. […]

Single Point of Failure

Most systems in everyday life had readily accessible fallbacks that you could rely on when the system of first choice was not available. We seem to have lost those now.