Apple Inc is Removing old versions of Oracle Corp's Java software
Removing old versions of Oracle Corp's Java software
BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is removing old versions of Oracle Corp's Java software from Internet browsers on the computers of its customers when they install the latest update to its Mac operating system.
Apple, which has previously included Java
with installations of Mac OS X, announced the move on its support site.
It said that customers need to obtain Java directly from Oracle if they
want to access web content written the widely used programming
language. (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572)
Apple did not provide a reason for the change and both companies declined to comment.
Java is a computer
language that enables programmers to write one set of code to run on
virtually any type of machine. It is widely used on the Internet so that
Web developers can make their sites accessible from multiple browsers
running on Macs or Microsoft Windows PCs.
Two years ago both
companies said they had agreed that Apple would one day stop providing
Java software to Mac customers and that would Oracle to take on that
responsibility. They did not provide a date for that transition.
Apple is
implementing that change in the wake of a Java security scare that
prompted some security experts to caution computer users to only use
Java on an as-needed basis.
Security experts in
Europe discovered Java bugs in late August that hackers had exploited
to launch attacks. It took Oracle several days to release an update to
Java to correct those flaws.
Adam Gowdiak, a
researcher with Polish security firm Security Explorations, said on
Friday that he has since found two new security bugs in Java that
continue to make computers vulnerable to attack.
Gowdiak said that removing Java from Mac browsers reduces the risks of an attack.
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