While most of the fixes for Java, Database, and MySQL are run-of-the-mill, four are rated critical if the targeted user has administrator privileges Oracle issued a gargantuan quarterly patch update ...

Oracle is announcing the availability of Java 21, delivering thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements, including platform enhancements that will help developers increase ...

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an application program interface (API) packaged with the Java SE edition that makes it possible to standardize and simplify the process of connecting Java ...

Oracle on Tuesday released 374 new security patches as part of its October 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU), including over ...

Extended support for Oracle Database 19c will last until 2032, with caveats. Still no news of an on-prem edition of Oracle Database 23ai. As the status of an on-premises version of Oracle Database ...

Acquiring the Java platform wasn't a top priority when Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems. There were plenty of ways for Oracle to completely ignore the Java Platform and still justify Sun's $7.4 ...

Back on June 10, as part of a low-key release of Berkeley DB, Oracle quietly changed the license of this important embedded database library, widely used as a key-value store within other applications ...