Given the recent hacks at Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, it's time for drastic action: removing or disabling Java on your Mac. Rich Mogull explains why and how.

The day it acknowledged company-owned Macs had been hacked using a "drive-by" Java exploit, Apple on Tuesday patched the Oracle software for older systems and released a malware detection tool.

Java desktop apps have always had a little trouble looking like native applications, and Java on the Mac has traditionally looked particularly wonky. Now a group at Adobe (of all places) is ...

Apple has a way of aggressively simplifying life for its users. This time, it's vastly cutting down on their Java habit. After a string of security vulnerabilities in Oracle's ubiquitous program ...

Apple has finally released a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security flaws that were patched upstream more than six months ago.The fix comes three weeks after developers released proof-of ...

Apple has further distanced itself from Oracle's Java software framework with a Mac update released on Wednesday that removes a Java plugin from all Mac-compatible Web browsers. Users who install ...

Apple has rushed out a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw discussed three months ago at Summerc0n by researcher Dino Dai Zovi.

Java Deprecation As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated.

Apple is actively working to bring an open source Java SE 7 (Java Platform, Standard Edition) implementation to Mac OS X. The company said Friday it's working with Oracle to launch an OpenJDK project ...

Apple released a major patch fixing a slew of Java vulnerabilities for Mac that enable hackers to execute remote code or denial of service attacks.

Oracle and Apple on Friday announced a new partnership that will bring the Java SE 7 and future versions of Java for Mac OS X to users directly from Oracle.

Apple updates Java for Mac OS X 10.6, but hints that it's winding down its support in future versions of the operating system.