Java 8 and JSR 335

JSR 335 refers to Lambda Expressions in Java and boasts Goldman Sachs, Google and JetBrains on the Expert Group. Brian Goetz is the Spec Lead on this. Brian is with Oracle now, though formerly was an engineer at Sun Microsystems before the takeover.

JBoss becomes WildFly

As of November 2012, JBoss has become WildFly.  This name has been chosen "by the community".

The Java Control Panel on Windows

This can be used to turn off Java in the browser. It is usually called javacpl.exe on Windows.