Oracle ha effettuato l'update di Java 7 SDK. JDK 7u10 è adesso certificata per Mac OS X 10.8 e Windows 8.

The JDK 7u10 release includes the following enhancements:

• The ability to disable any Java application from running in the browser. This mode can be set in the Java Control Panel or (on Microsoft Windows platform only) using a command-line install argument.
• The ability to select the desired level of security for unsigned applets, Java Web Start applications, and embedded JavaFX applications that run in a browser. Four levels of security are supported. This feature can be set in the Java Control Panel or (on Microsoft Windows platform only) using a command-line install argument.
• New dialogs to warn you when the JRE is insecure (either expired or below the security baseline) and needs to be updated.

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Annunciato il rilascio di Sabayon Linux 8.

Features

• The first and best way to try a Gentoo-based Linux distribution at its full power, with all working out-of-the-box and no compilation needed at all
• Faster, cleaner and more evolved than any other rolling distro out there: we work hard to bring you the most stable rolling release experience
• Keep up-to-date your system in minutes while maintaining full Gentoo Portage compatibility
• Focusing on performance: GCC 4.6 with Graphite Loop Transformation infrastructure and Link Time Optimizations enabled
• Always up-to-date Linux Kernel 3.2 (and experimental "Fusion" Kernels available in repositories)
• Providing extra Server-oriented Linux kernels (OpenVZ, Vserver, Generic Server)
• Natively supporting the btrfs file system (besides ext4, aufs, and others)
• Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC 10.1 (11.0 available soon)
• GNOME 3.2.2 Visual Environment
• KDE 4.7.4 Desktop Environment (4.8.0 available in a few days)
• Improved Xfce 4.8 out-of-the-box experience (for those missing GNOME2)
• Improved LibreOffice integration, updated to 3.4.4
• Migrated to libav as ffmpeg replacement
• Migrated to Java 7 and Subversion 1.7
• Cinnamon and Razor Qt available in repositories
• Entropy Framework (Package Manager, Web Services) updated to 1.0_rc86, consolidating stability and performance
• Support for IME and non-roman fonts at install time
• Support for non-latin languages at install time
• More than 12000 packages available for x86_64, i686

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Java 8 non sarà rilasciata nel 2012, come era precedentemente previsto, ma nell'estate del 2013. Lo ha annunciato il Vice President of Development for the Fusion middleware, Adam Messinger, al JavaOne conference in corso a San Francisco.
Java 7 è stata rilasciata a fine luglio di quest'anno, mentre il rilascio di Java 7 EE (Enterprise Edition) è previsto per il terzo trimestre del 2012.