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Apple subsequently dropped Java from OS X 10.7 Lion and placed the burden of future development on the OpenJDK community. Both of today's updates are continuations of patches issued in June and ...

Apple has recently released a Mac update for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion that removes its Java plugin from all OS X browsers. If you install the update, you'll find a region labeled "Missing plug-in" ...

Oracle has decided that keeping its Java plug-in for browsers is completely pointless. The outfit has said that it will remove its browser plug-in from future Java releases, basically because most ...

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add ...

Java's unloved browser plug-in is finally being phased out. With Flash also headed for the dustbin, user security should significantly improve -- provided, of course, that people don't leave the ...