UPDATED. The regularly scheduled quarterly security updates for Java on July 15 will not include updates for Windows XP, which is now formally unsupported by Oracle.

Reversing last year's hard-line stance, Microsoft today disclosed that an upcoming update to its Windows XP desktop operating system will include the software code necessary to run Java applications.

Sun Microsystems may have missed its opportunity to get the newest version of Java on PCs loaded with Microsoft's new operating system.

Windows XP users who want to run Java-based applications will need to download a plug-in to the OS that Microsoft said will be available on its Web site, or obtain the software — known as the ...

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.

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