Java news stories

Today we are joined by Georges Saab, who is the VP of development for the Java Platform Group at Oracle, and chair of the OpenJDK Governing Board. 

At some point in your life, it is likely that you would have heard of, utilised, or even worked with Java software in your day to day life.

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 18, the latest version of the company's programming language and development platform. 

Norton Labs answers some common questions about the widespread software bug Log4J.

The widely-used java logging library, log4j, has been actively exploited, according to an update from CERT NZ and Catalyst.

SmartBear has expanded its API design by enabling developers to work in the popular Java IDE IntelliJ IDEA.

Red Hat has brought its JBoss enterprise application platform to Microsoft Azure, helping to ease the transition to the cloud for traditional Java applications.

Software architecture, Java and machine learning are amongst the top programming skills ranked by software engineers as important to their role in 2021.

"Java Card 3.1 is very significant to the Internet of Things, bringing interoperability, security and flexibility to a fast-growing market currently lacking high-security and flexible edge security solutions."

The application server has received full certification for Oracle Cloud, marking a continuation of SAP application support on Oracle infrastructure.

The severe vulnerability, CVE-2017-9805, affects all versions of Apache Struts since 2008.

"The Dominion SX II serial console server now provides Java-free serial-over-IP access and control of remote serial devices with RJ-45 serial ports."

What do we have in store for the software community in 2017? Burke Holland shared with us his expert predictions.

The tech world is booming - as a result, coding skills are in high demand, with related jobs paying significantly more than the average position.

“With our new resale partnership agreement in place we are able to provide financial institutions in New Zealand with compelling business advantages."

ControlNow offers a solution that provides web protection, antivirus and patch management. These defences make a business harder to attack.

Failing to update Java software is the number one cause of privacy and security breaches online in New Zealand.

The recently discovered vulnerability has been finally patched by Oracle, but exploitation continues on computers that have not been updated.

The company has been under fire over the past week after a report by the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), who issued a warning about the software.

Users told "a fix will be available shortly" after warnings last week about the application.

Security firm expected to comment on the Java software security scare as researchers claim they knew about vulnerabilities since April.

Computer security firms are urging PC users to disable Java software in their browsers due to the risk of defenceless hacker attacks.

The addictive sandbox game will get an early release on Xperia Play phones, along with 20 other new titles for the platform

Oracle and Apple have joined forces for the OpenJDK project for Mac OS X.