Microsoft pulls Java from download page Weeks before the software maker plans to reinstate Java in Windows XP, it shuts down a site that would automatically send Java software to Windows XP users.

Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have settled their long-running lawsuit over Microsoft's use of Sun's Java software.Under the settlement, Microsoft (msft) will pay Sun (sunw) $20 million and is ...

Microsoft's Java pullback also affects Internet Explorer 6, which will be bundled with Windows XP. Installing Microsoft's licensed JVM--the older version--is an optional download.

Microsoft and Sun Microsystems this week are making moves in Java, with Sun looking to boost the platform and Microsoft attempting to lure developers away from it. Microsoft has made public the ...

Microsoft is quietly pulling back support for Java in its new products, dealing a new blow to a rival technology that played a starring role in the software giant's continuing antitrust battle ...

It’s been a long time since Microsoft brewed its own Java. But now it’s back, with the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, fit and finished for running in the Azure cloud.

Microsoft's acquisition of jClarity brings instant Java credibility to the software giant, to lure enterprises with Java workloads over to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. Microsoft also inherits the ...