Sun Microsystems has released another version of its Java software client. The update, JRE6 Update 10, contains no new security fixes to the most recent version, JRE6 Update 7, but it does appear to fulfill a promise the company made long ago to stop littering users' PCs with outdated, insecure versions of the software. Readers of this blog know I am no fan of Java. It's a huge, extremely powerful program that frequently needs updating to protect users from evil sites that might wish to leverage the program's interactivity and power to do bad things. Another reason I've railed against Java is that Sun's updates don't remove old versions. As a result, if you've been keeping up with the Java security updates, chances are you have at least three or four previous versions of Java on your system -- each taking up more than 100MB worth of disk space. While


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