Typesafe found that 65 percent intend to upgrade to Java SE 8 within the next 24 months.

Oracle has started auto-updating JRE 7 to JRE 8. Auto-update was turned on in January 20, 2015 and affects Windows 32-bit and OS X users who use Java's auto-update mechanism. This is not a silent ...

BellSoft, the creator of Liberica JDK, a progressive Java runtime for the most complete Java experience and a leading OpenJDK contributor, today announced a major upgrade to Liberica JDK ...

An email being sent by Oracle sales representatives about upcoming critical security updates for Java 8 being only available to licensed users has sparked controversy ...

Some developers try and change the Java compiler setting within Eclipse from Java 1.5 to Java 1.8, but that only works temporarily. As soon as a new Maven build takes place, the JDK version reverts ...

Johan Janssen describes the six-months release process of Java and why applications should use a recent version, the challenges of upgrading, and provides some tips to make the process easier.