What's New Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 Update 20 (Java SE 8u20) is Now Available This latest release of the Java Platform continues to improve upon the significant advances made in the JDK 8 release with new features, security and performance optimizations. Included are the new MSI Enterprise JRE Installer, the new Advanced Management Console 1.0 (Video), and Java Mission Control 5.4 (Video). Download Release Notes Java SE 7 Update 67 (Java SE 7u67) is Now Available This release addresses a regression introduced in the most recent security update. Download Release Notes Java SE 8 is Now Available The Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) is a major feature release. It contains new features and enhancements in many functional areas. Java SE 8 delivers enhanced developer productivity and significant application performance increases through reduced boilerplate code, improved collections and annotations, simpler parallel programming models and more efficient use of modern, multi-core processors. See what's new in JDK 8 for more details. Download Release Notes Security of the Java Platform A description of security information provided by role. For developers, system administrators, home users, and security professionals. Java RIA Security Checklist Recently announced changes scheduled for Java 7 update 51 (January 2014) have established that the default security slider will require code signatures and the Permissions Manifest attribute. This checklist is intended to provide best practices to help development teams track work necessary to accommodate user prompts. LiveConnect changes in 7u45 Java 7 update 45 (October 2013) introduces a new warning to users of LiveConnect applications. LiveConnect is a technology for Rich Internet Applications that allows JavaScript on a web page to make calls into an RIA, allowing the two to work together and load content. RIAs that do not use LiveConnect are unaffected by this change. Read More Oracle Releases New Diagnostic, Monitoring, Security and Deployment Capabilities for Java SE 7 (Press Release) Video Java Mission Control Java Flight Recorder and Java Mission Control together create a complete tool chain to continuously collect low level and detailed runtime information enabling after-the-fact incident analysis. Release Notes Demo White Paper Advanced Management Console Provides system administrators an effective control over diverse Java versions running on desktops in the enterprise enabling a more secure environment and enhanced application experience and availability. Documentation Deployment Rule Set Deployment rule set allows a desktop administrator to control the level of Java client compatibility and default prompts across an organization. Documentation Java API Documentation Updater Tool Java Usage Tracking and Visualization with Oracle Fusion Middleware Server JRE Starting with Java SE 7u21, a Server Java Runtime Environment (Server JRE) package is available for deploying Java applications on servers. Learn More Java Applet & Web Start - Code Signing Starting with Java SE 7u21 all Java Applets and Web Start Applications are encouraged to be signed with a trusted certificate. Learn More Archive of Technical Articles | Updates Java SE 7u67 Released This release addresses a regression introduced in the most recent security update. Oracle strongly recommends that all Java SE 7 users upgrade to this release. Release Notes Download Java SE 8u20 Released Along with new enterprise and ISV focused tools, this minor release contains several enhancements and changes including: - New DRS 'force' option to specify JRE
- String de-duplication for footprint reduction
- G1 improvements for long running applications
- JavaFX on ARM
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