A flaw in Sun Microsystems' Java software has highlighted the difficulty the company faces as flocks of tech novices start to turn to it for support. Sun disclosed a serious security flaw in its Java ...

In a sudden about-face, Sun has rushed out a Java update to fix a drive-by download vulnerability that exposed Windows users to in-the-wild malware attacks. The patch comes less than a week after Sun ...

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Seems going to http://www.java.com and pressing the big red "download java" button, gets you a blank page. The download link points to http://javadl.sun.com/webapps ...

Sun Microsystems announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2).

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and JRE 1.3.x?before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 aka Bug Id 6862969. Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and?JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1 ...

The RFID community just got a whole lot bigger, and, if Sun Microsystems has its way, a whole lot smarter, too. The Goliath credited for creating Java technology today launched the first RFID and ...

Java Store, billed as giving developers an easy way to reach millions of computer users who run Java on their desktops, will open by year end Sun Microsystems has opened up a test version of its Java ...

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