Oracle has dispelled rumors that the upcoming security update for Java 7 and those it will release in the future might not work on Windows XP. “We expect all versions of Java that were supported prior ...

Microsoft has been touting for a while the ability for developers to use a variety of tools, like Java, PHP, Ruby and Eclipse, when developing applications for Windows Azure. But the company is going ...

It’s official: After months of speculation, Microsoft Corp. last week confirmed that Java is being dropped from its latest operating system release, undermining Sun Microsystems Inc.’s revived effort ...

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Sun Microsystems said yesterday that Microsoft Corp.'s decision to exclude tools for reading Java-enabled programs and Web sites in its forthcoming operating system will have only a minor effect on ...

Researchers from the Polish firm Security Explorations have identified two new vulnerabilities in the latest version of Java, which was released just this week to address two other security holes. The ...

There is a serious vulnerability in Java that leaves users running any of the current versions of Windows open to simple Web-based attacks that could lead to a complete compromise of the affected ...

Java is one of the most commonly used and sought-after programming languages in the world right now. It is used in varied fields such as software engineering, data science, etc. Much like any other ...

Microsoft Corp. must distribute Java technology from Sun Microsystems Inc. in every copy of Windows and Internet Explorer that it ships, a U.S. federal judge ruled today. U.S. District Judge Frederick ...

Just because Microsoft ended up paying Sun Microsystems $20m (£13m) to settle their 4-year-old suit over the Java programming language doesn't mean Microsoft was the real loser in the spat. In fact, a ...