Java 8 Update 181

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Oracle’s latest Critical Patch Update (CPU) Advisory — for July 2018 — as usual includes a section about Java.

A new version of Java (8 Update 181) addresses eight security vulnerabilities in earlier versions. The Release Highlights page for Java 8 provides additional details on changes in Update 181, most of which are likely only of interest to developers.

If you use Java, and in particular if you use a web browser that has Java enabled, you should install Java 8 Update 181 as soon as possible. Note that the only modern browser that still runs Java applications is Internet Explorer. The easiest way to update Java is to run the Java applet in the Windows Control Panel: on the Update tab, click the Update Now button.

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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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