NEW YORK — Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.

"http-nio-8080-exec-36" #230574 daemon prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f73f8079000 nid=0xfd3 in Object.wait() [0x00007f73d8454000] java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor) at ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Computer giant Apple's decision to block Java on its Mac operating system over security concerns last week has caused havoc for many ...

The recently released Java 7 Update 11 has been blocked by Apple through its XProtect anti-malware feature in OS X. Oracle issued the latest update to Java earlier this month to fix a serious zero-day ...