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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Java EE 7 will provide multi-tenancy support as well as the runtime environment for running a Java application in the cloud.

But without a doubt, the biggest change coming in Java 8 is Project Lambda (JSR 335), which supports programming in multicore environments by adding closures and related features to the language.

Scala, a trendy object-oriented and functional language for the Java Virtual Machine, is now aligned with Java 8, the latest release of the standard Java platform.