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A new flavor of the Windows Azure Libraries for Java has been released to enable developers to access the Windows Azure service from their client-side Java code. Delivered as version 0.2.2 Feb12 CTP, the new iteration of these libraries weighs only 3.2 MB and can be downloaded via the link below. The Windows Azure... |
10 May 2012
09:08 GMT |
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Google threatened that it was going to call for a mistrial in the copyright infringement lawsuit from Oracle and indeed it has, presenting papers to the court asking it to put the issue of whether it infringed on Oracle's copyright with its Java API in Android through a new trial.
The jury found that Google was... |
9 May 2012
10:14 GMT |
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The leader of Epic Games, one of the video game developers who are always aiming to push the limits of current technology, believes that in a few years players will be able to use their browser to play any video game developed for home consoles or mobile platforms.
Tim Sweeney, who is the chief executive officer of ... |
8 May 2012
17:41 GMT |
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The Oracle vs. Google trial has reached a critical state, the jury decided on the copyright infringement matter. The jury did find that Google copied some code from Oracle and the design of the APIs, however, it could not decide whether the copying was "fair use" or not. As such, even though the jury found Google gui... |
8 May 2012
08:40 GMT |
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On Friday Apple rolled out the last two Java seeds for Snow Leopard and Lion to be tested and later released as the final versions of the runtime before Oracle takes full responsibility of Java fo Mac.With the Flashback Trojan infecting over half a million Macs through a Java vulnerability, Apple is no longer willing... |
5 May 2012
10:27 GMT |
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It’s well known in the security community that Israeli websites have been under constant attack in the past few months. One of these attacks seems to have targeted the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), whose website has been altered to serve visitors the infamous remote administration tool (RAT) k... |
2 May 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Oracle has announced plans to support Mac OS X with the release of Java SE 7 Update 4 and JavaFX 2.1 for developers. Apple stopped developing its Java updates almost two years ago, as the company was always one step behind the current version available on all other platforms. “Oracle today announced the availa... |
27 April 2012
07:54 GMT |
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Oracle's lawsuit against Google, over Java used in Android, is underway. Oracle is alleging that Android violates several Java patents and that it even copied some code wholesale. Google, on the other hand, argues that there is no copyright for APIs and all it did was use open tools and technology in Android.
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18 April 2012
08:20 GMT |
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A new Trojan is targeting Macintosh computers. It has been discovered that SabPub, a backdoor that seeks to connect to remote command and control servers, comes in two variants, both of which can be easily patched with Apple’s Java updates and several antivirus apps designed specifically for the Mac. Mac secur... |
17 April 2012
04:24 GMT |
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Apple is documenting the security content of its two Java updates tasked with removing the Flashback Trojan in a knowledge-base article on its Support site. Mac users are advised to download and install these updates to protect themselves from the malware threat.On OS X Lion v10.7.3, OS X Lion Server v10.7.3, the Jav... |
13 April 2012
04:32 GMT |
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After promising to release software that prevents infection with the Flashback Trojan, Apple has released Java for OS X Lion 2012-003 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 8, which remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware from Macintosh computers. Apple is late in delivering a fix for the malware that ha... |
13 April 2012
02:54 GMT |
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Today, a new iteration of the highly popular UC Browser became available for download for devices powered by Java and Symbian platforms.A few hours ago, the team of developers behind the application announced the upcoming availability of a new flavor of UC Browser 8.2, and users can already get a taste of the applica... |
12 April 2012
13:21 GMT |
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UC Browser, the team of developers behind the popular mobile browser featuring the same name, has just announced plans to make available for download a brand new flavor of their app for Java and Symbian devices. Today, owners of such handsets will be able to download a new version of UC Browser 8.2 with new feature... |
12 April 2012
05:21 GMT |
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In a Support document published this week, Apple acknowledged the Flashback malware threat and promised to offer software that will keep users out of harm’s way. Customers running older versions of Mac OS X were advised to disable their Java plug-in as a temporary resolution. A KB article on Apple Support expl... |
11 April 2012
16:11 GMT |
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It was initially unclear why Apple decided to re-ship Java 1.6.0_31 for OS X this week, but the company’s Mike Swingler confirms via email that the purpose was to fix a flaw in Xcode. Addressing all Java developers, Swingler wrote in an email, “Today we re-shipped our Java 1.6.0_31 for OS X Lion today to... |
6 April 2012
05:40 GMT |
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After rolling out Java for OS X Lion 2012-001 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7 with the sole purpose of addressing a number of vulnerabilities, Apple released a second update this week, soon after several security vendors issued advisories detailing the numerous variants of the BackDoor.Flashback trojan.
Java for... |
6 April 2012
02:54 GMT |
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Mozilla has provided an update on the Java blocklist that rolled out a couple of days ago. Mozilla wanted to softblock in Firefox older Java versions that were vulnerable to an attack. This meant that the plugin would be disabled by default, but users had the option to keep it enabled if they wanted. Instead, Mozill... |
5 April 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Apple has patched a nasty set of flaws in the Mac version of Java with the release of Java for OS X Lion 2012-001 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7.
Last month, several security software vendors sounded the alarm on a new vulnerability in Apple’s Mac operating system, prompting the Cupertino, California comp... |
4 April 2012
02:27 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that it's blocklisting older versions of the Java runtime environment in Firefox. These older versions of the Java plugin contain a vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. As such, Mozilla deemed it a high enough risk to block all but the most recent versions of Java, wh... |
3 April 2012
06:01 GMT |
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A new release for NoScript extension for Mozilla Firefox is available. Revision 2.3.6 took only four release candidates to roll out as a stable. It brings to the table both fixes and improvements.
As far as improvements are concerned, NoScript 2.3.6 shows better protection against ClearClick events, as far as Disqus... |
27 March 2012
07:45 GMT |
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The lack of release candidates for version 2.3.4 of NoScript is a clear indication that the developer rushed with this revision, in order to take care of an uncovered bug. In this case there was a ClearClick-related issue which would lead to infinite loops. On the other hand, version 2.3.3 of the plugin was a calcul... |
12 March 2012
09:18 GMT |
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PHP, an HTML-embedded scripting language with syntax borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in, is now at version 5.4.0. PHP 5.4.0 comes with a huge list of new features, updates and bug fixes, and is a major leap in the 5.x series, at least according to the developers.H... |
2 March 2012
02:32 GMT |
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GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection which includes front ends for C, C++, Fortran, Objective-C, Java, Ada, and Go has just reached version 4.6.3. If the previous version of GCC was just a bug-fix release, GCC 4.6.3 is more substantial, bringing lots of updates. Highlights of GCC 4.6.3: · Unaligned memory acc... |
1 March 2012
10:47 GMT |
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NoSript 2.3.2 had no less than five release candidates before being released as a stable. And even so, the stable build has some interesting fixes and adds two new features that should lead to better protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Newly added to this release is an event injection that checks ... |
27 February 2012
10:35 GMT |
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NoScript 2.3.1 is here and it carries no less than four new features, which is a lot for a Firefox extension. Bug fixing is also present in this release, as the developer removes ClearClick bypass based on a Firefox SVG CSS filter bug and improves Google search surrogates. Most of the new additions are surrogate scr... |
21 February 2012
07:13 GMT |
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Firefox 10.0.2 includes a bunch of Mac-only fixes for customers using Mozilla’s popular web browser. The update hit the web yesterday evening, but some customers are only now seeing the update notification pop up.
A bug that plagued beta versions of Firefox 10 for a while now appears to be completely resolved.... |
17 February 2012
09:07 GMT |
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It did not take long for the developer of NoScript to come up with a new release, as version 2.3 of the extension is now available for download. The current version moved through two release candidates, adding one new feature and further refining the program.
New stuff available in this release is a new blob: &ldquo... |
13 February 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Security researcher Ucha Gobejishvili, also known as longrifle0x, found cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in another series of important websites, including java.com, developers.sun.com, java.sun.com, and nero.com.
The expert’s findings were submitted to XSSed, a site that provides information on XSS ... |
1 February 2012
10:23 GMT |
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A new version of the script-blocking extension for Firefox, NoScript has been released. The only change in the current stable version refers to fixing a regression from the release candidate build.
Although fixed in 2.2.8 release candidate, a bug would cause problems with the protection against Koto's Cursorjac... |
25 January 2012
09:03 GMT |
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As announced last month, Canonical is preparing to remove the Sun JDK (Java Development Kit) packages from the software repositories, starting with February 16th, 2012, affecting Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04. Users should not be worried, as Canonical will NOT remove the Java packages from their sys... |
18 January 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Giorgio Maone has recently released a new version for his Firefox add-on, NoScript. The new build is 2.2.6 and it was launched with only one release candidate paving its path.
There aren’t too many changes since the release of the previous version, which had no less than three release candidates to solve vario... |
13 January 2012
08:01 GMT |
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It took only three release candidates for the developer to come out with the stable version for NoScript 2.2.5.
All the features you’ve been accustomed to have been preserved and there is no addition in the extension. As all the effort invested to reach this version number was to eliminate bugs and improve co... |
4 January 2012
05:43 GMT |
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A couple of researchers showed how a common flaw in the implementation of the most popular web programming languages and applications can be used to force servers to use their CPU at full capacity for several minutes, causing a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Julian Wälde and Alexander Klink made a presentat... |
29 December 2011
07:16 GMT |
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A couple of researchers found that a critical vulnerability affects most web application frameworks, allowing a cybercriminal to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Since Apache Tomcat web server is among the ones affected, the Tomcat security team came forward with a workaround for the issue. Apache Tomcat is v... |
29 December 2011
05:14 GMT |
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Vuze, originally known as Azureus, a BitTorrent client written in Java, has reached version 4.7.0.2. Vuze 4.7 has a lot of features, including a HD Player, device playback with support for a lot of hardware, subscriptions, and metasearch. This new point release brings the following changes:· Fullscreen can now... |
28 December 2011
08:20 GMT |
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Researchers from Barracuda Labs discovered that the official website of Amnesty International UK, the human rights non-governmental organization, was compromised and set up to serve drive-by downloads to its visitors.
The experts say that the attack on the human rights group may be an attempt to spy on activists.
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23 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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After installing an operating systems on their computing machines, most individuals rush to install applications that help them browse the web. While many believe that without components such as Flash and Java they won’t be able to access certain content, there are always safer, more secure, alternatives. F-Se... |
22 December 2011
06:03 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few hours ago, December 15th, that it will remove all Sun JDK (Java Development Kit) packages from the Canonical Partner repository.Because Oracle retired the "Operating System Distributor License for Java", Canonical no longer has permission to redistribute new Java packages.Therefore, in the n... |
16 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Security researcher Brian Krebs stumbled upon a new exploit kit that relies on a recently patched security flaw present in Java, being packaged with the infamous BlackHole.
It seems as all the versions of Oracle’s Java are susceptible to the attack, except for the latest variants, but considering the fact that... |
28 November 2011
07:20 GMT |
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Apple has released two separate Java iterations for users of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Mac OS X Lion, addressing the reliability and security of the platform originally developed by Sun Microsystems.According to a knowledge-base article on Apple’s Support web site, “Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6 deliver... |
9 November 2011
03:48 GMT |
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The changes in the new NoScript extension for Firefox may look like nothing much, but compared to the regular modifications over various development versions this edition, 2.1.6, shows quite a list. New additions and bug fixes come in the same amount, with three entries on each side. Newly introduced in NoScript 2.1... |
21 October 2011
05:41 GMT |
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UC Browser is already one of the fastest and most popular mobile browsers in the world, and a new version of the application is now available for download for the owners of handsets running under Symbian and Java.
The team behind the application announced the availability of the new release with a great deal of ... |
21 September 2011
05:09 GMT |
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Later this week, an new official flavor of the UC Browser will become available for download for the owners of handsets running Symbian or Java.
The team behind the application has just announced that they plan on releasing the new UC Browser 7.9 for Symbian & Java on Wednesday, and even provided some info on the... |
19 September 2011
05:28 GMT |
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Microsoft remains strongly committed to ensuring the developers leveraging PHP and Java for their projects will be able to enjoy interoperability with the next generation of its data platform. Still in development under the codename Denali, the next version of SQL Server will play nice with both Java and PHP applica... |
30 August 2011
07:22 GMT |
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According to a report from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, the most common unpatched vulnerabilities detected on people's computers are in Adobe and Oracle products.At the top of the list is the SING 'uniqueName' buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2010-2883) which affects older versions of Adobe Reader... |
19 August 2011
15:22 GMT |
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Developers building services and applications on top of Microsoft’s Cloud leveraging PHP or Java can now access a collection of new code samples offered free of charge by the Redmond company. A set of fresh Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus samples for PHP and Java are now up for grabs via Microsoft CodePlex... |
29 July 2011
06:41 GMT |
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New versions of the Java runtime, Server Admin Tools, and the Windows Migration assistant are now available for OS X Lion users, Apple has announced.
Via three individual notes posted on the Support Downloads section of its website, Apple informs early Lion adopters that new downloads are ready for their computers... |
21 July 2011
05:42 GMT |
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Security researchers from ACROS Security have identified a binary planting vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) which allows the execution of arbitrary files.Binary planting vulnerabilities stem from the way programs search for files they need to load when no absolute path is given.In such cases, appli... |
11 July 2011
13:43 GMT |
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In addition to announcing the new BBM Social Platform SDK 1.0 for BlackBerry WebWorks in beta, Research In Motion also made official the availability or a final flavor of its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Social Platform SDK 1.0 for Java.
The new release follows a wide period of availability in Beta, and comes with... |
30 June 2011
16:21 GMT |
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Apple has released security updates for the Java packages in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 in order to address critical security vulnerabilities patched by Oracle earlier this month.Oracle released Java SE 1.6.0_26 for Windows, Linux and Solaris on June 7, fixing a total of seventeen vulnerabilities, nine of which carried a... |
29 June 2011
06:57 GMT |
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