Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be presented inside browsers.

An impending update to Java might sound like just an incremental release, based on its cumbersome naming: Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10 (Java SE 6 u10). But the upgrade actually ...

Most would agree with Jim Weaver that Java SE 6u10 "is important because it solves the JRE and Java application deployment issues." Too bad the release, scheduled for Thursday, is currently delayed.