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JDK 6 Update 7 has reached to the public for download. The full internal version number for this update release is 1.6.0_07-b06 (b means "build"). The external version number is 6u7. The release comes with version 10.0 of the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine.Now no more (process) Runtime.exec() hangs. They have fixed it with this update.
They have done of lot of bug fixes in this release.Java Applets are now safe with Internet Explorer.They have also succeeded in fixing the bug with Firefox applet upon first applet launch with Windows OEM builds of Java.
Java 6 update has lot of new enhancement which will allow you to take full control of your program. The new VisualVM tool shipped with the latest update allows you to view the run time information. VisualVM will help developers a lot for debugging and optimization of their program.For more information about VisualVM, check the Product Documentation, the Project Home Page and Documentation Index.
Another major improvement is the support for creating System tray icon. Now with Java you can create a system tray icon. If you are interested in that, check PN Ranjith's blog on creating system tray icon at http://www.akkidi.com/2008/08/have-a-system-tray-icon-with-java/ . It has an automatic update feature which will update the jdk in background.
This release also contains Olson time zone data version 2008b.

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