Oracle recently announced the new version numbering scheme for Java Standard Edition (SE). The new release numbering scheme has been devised for upcoming Java SE releases. “With the recent increase of ...

In theory, software version numbers should be about as scintillating as as serial numbers, house numbers, channel numbers, or Vehicle Identification Numbers. You don’t get much more mundane than the ...

Minecraft has had many things that made little to no sense to the players, including the reason why the developers did not make saddles craftable in the game. While that changed with the release of ...

Mozilla generated a virtual storm of controversy with the introduction of its new, Chrome-like rapid release schedule for Firefox earlier this year, and now it seems to be stirring up a fresh hornet’s ...

Mojang recently announced a massive change in Minecraft's version numbering system. Ever since the game was released in 2011, its version numbers started with "1", followed by the second number ...

A long-standing oddity of Windows is that its branded number has for some years now not matched the version number stamped into the kernel and other parts of the operating system. Windows 7, for ...

Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications are the modern application in the Microsoft Store that can be used in all the Windows devices like Xbox, Hololens, Tablet, PC, etc. Basically, UWP ...

Learn what versioning means in a software development environment, including use cases, examples, and best practices. Go ahead and open an instance of your favorite software and select Help -> About ...