Sun Microsystems has turned up the volume in its long-running battle with Microsoft over Java. In full-page ads in The New York Times, San Jose Mercury News and The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, ...

July 18, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. will not include its JVM in Windows XP or subsequent operating systems as part of a phaseout of the JVM following a January out-of-court settlement with Sun ...

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 ...

Oracle has quietly ended all support for Java on Windows XP. As a result, the quarterly security updates scheduled for July 15 will not include any fixes for Windows XP. In an FAQ on the Java site the ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Microsoft will include software for running programs based on the Java programming language in an update to its Windows operating ...

Microsoft Corp. is stripping Java support from its forthcoming Windows XP operating system, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. The software giant positions its action as a response to a legal ...

Sun just issued an update to Java that closes some critical security bugs. The latest and greatest is now version 6 update 17. This means that many Windows XP users, like myself, will be installing ...

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 ...

Well done to Oracle, which has successfully managed to confuse everyone about what the situation is regarding whether Java (a development platform with a long history of security holes) will continue ...

Oracle has ended support for the Java platform running on Windows XP, and has advised customers continuing use of the product will be “at their own risk”. The next versions of Java 7 and Java 8 plug ...