Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Java is probably one of the most important bits of software your computer runs. It allows you to use everything from certain websites to certain ...

Every version of the Java platform specifies a range of supported versions. Here is the table of supported ranges at this time of writing (my version of this table differs from data in Sun’s docs ...

Researchers have known for a long time that many users don’t pay much attention to updating the third-party software, browser plugins and extensions, and that lack of care has been to the benefit of ...

To check which version of Java you have on your Windows computer, you'll need to open the Command Prompt app. If you don't have the latest version of Java installed, Windows may have trouble ...

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add ...

Following a number of reports of new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Java browser plug-in, Oracle has today released an emergency update to Java 7 as Apple updates Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_43. Today ...

Mojang said late Wednesday that the legacy, PC-centric Java version of Minecraft will now require a Microsoft account, a decision Microsoft says it’s making for security reasons and to ensure future ...

You may be tempted to keep various versions of Java running on your systems, but doing so leaves you exposed to security threats There’s no denying the popularity ...

Next week’s Patch Tuesday updates for Windows will include a monumental security fix. An update to Internet Explorer, for installation on PCs running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.x, will ...