Apple has recently released a couple of Java updates for OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 that bring its in-house supported Java runtime (Java SE 6) up to the latest version issued by Oracle. The update ...

Almost all but the smallest applications have preferences — a set of values that affect how the application behaves at runtime. Preferences examples range from configuring an MP3 player to sport a ...

Properties files are used to store and maintain the localized strings at the heart of most internationalized Java applications. It’s too bad maintaining several properties files can be such a headache ...

With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software patches, it’s time to revisit the question of whether Java can be used ...