"Java developers can now run their favorite IDE on their preferred Windows, Linux, and Mac-based system on a freely available, 100% open source, commercialized build of OpenJDK," he said in a ...

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 ...

Enterprises who rely on Java are breathing a sign of relief today as Apple has issued an update to Java, returning it to the Mac.

Apple just announced that it is joining Oracle's OpenJDK project to open source the Java technology for Mac OS X. OpenJDK is a free and open source implementation of the Java programming language ...

A Java update for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 sets Java applets to not run automatically on all browsers, expanding a feature that was first introduced to Safari in April.

But Java SE 7, and all later versions of the software for Mac OS X, will come from Oracle, not Apple. One security researcher thinks that would make Mac users less secure in the long run.

Some readers have trouble installing Java 1.4.2 over a standard Mac OS X 10.3.4 installation. Andy Espo writes "Over the last few days since the release of 10.3.4, I?ve updated about 8 systems ...