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https://blogs.oracle.com/thejavatutorials/entry/jdk_7u60_released JDK 7u60 release notes

How to Become an Embedded Developer in Minutes Related: Java SE Embedded downloads

It amazes me what you can do with a little Raspberry PI, here is an article showing how to run a Java EE server ! :-) WildFly on Raspberry Pi

An interesting survey about Java development tools and technologies... Java Tools and Technologies Landscape for 2014

http://tech.puredanger.com/java7

I'm personally going to stick with Java 7 for a while mainly due to work & there is still a lot to learn (for me at least) about Java 5, 6 and 7 before tackling 8. But it looks like the JLS and JVM specs are updated to Java 8 level here: HTML & PDF and PDF diffs from Java 7 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/

Java Developer Day is coming up in May, it looks like it's going to be repeated 3 times for 3 different time zones. This appears to be a day to cover lots of technical info. with sessions for developers keen to learn more about Java 8, Java SE and Java EE. https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/virtual_developer_day_java_2014