When the talk of the town is all about the latest Java platform release, it's easy to feel sorry for the legacy Java developer, who must now learn new language features and syntax enhancements that ...

Oracle has extended its support for Java 6 Standard Edition (Java SE 6) for another few months. The company plans to cease providing public updates as of Feb. 19, 2013. After that date, all new ...

When it comes to Java 6, Apple's hasn't exactly been quick to add it to Mac OS X. In fact, Java 6 was released in December 2006, but wasn't added to Tiger or Leopard in 2007. Sure, Apple did release a ...

Apple recently released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 (which adds Java SE 6 to your Mac) after receiving much criticism for omitting it when Leopard shipped: Discussion threads began to appear in ...

Apple on Tuesday released a pair of Java SE 6 updates for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion, bringing the usual security, reliability and compatibility improvements to Oracle's ...

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Two months after Java 6 update 10 was released, Sun has just released update 11. For many users the new version will automatically be detected and installed, but you can always get it from the Sun ...

Oracle has extended by four months the end-of-life (EOL) time for Java Development Kit 6 to November 2012, the company said in a blog post this week. JDK 6 is based on Java Platform, Standard Edition ...

Ever since I installed OS X Yosemite I can’t open Photoshop CS5. The error message I get is ‘To open “Adobe Photoshop CS5” you need to install the legacy Java ...