Yesterday we noted Apple's release of Java Update 1.4.2 Update 1, as well as a reader report that a Java-based site that previously didn't work under OS X worked after installing the update.

With the latest release of the JDK, Oracle has embarked upon a new Java versioning scheme. There has always been a disconnect between the branding of the Java product and the version of the underlying ...

JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 223 is a new JDK versioning scheme to make it easier to distinguish major, minor, and security releases. It's simpler, more intuitive, easier to parse, and aligns ...

Once the JDK 7 Update 2 installation process is completed with JavaFX 2.0.2 installed immediately after the Java JDK installation, the JavaFX SDK and runtime are available at C:Program FilesOracle ...

For Windows machines, Java (whether JDK or JRE) might be installed in Program Files/Java and one can examine that directory to see which versions of Java are installed.