Java 8u45 released

Oracle has released Update 45 for Java 8. Anyone using Java should install the update as soon as possible, since it contains fixes for at least fourteen security vulnerabilities.

NOTE: Java 7 is no longer being updated, so if you’re still using it, you should upgrade to Java 8 as soon as possible. If Java is configured to auto-update itself, it will upgrade Java 7 to Java 8 automatically.

Update 2015May14: The final update for Java 7 was 7u79/7u80, released on April 14, 2015.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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