Java applets fuelled Java’s initial growth. The ability to download code over the network and run it on a variety of desktops offering a rich user interaction proved quite compelling. However, Java’s ...

Apple's latest updates include fixes to prevent Java applet execution that may occur even with the plug-in disabled. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

Researchers from the Polish firm Security Explorations have identified a serious vulnerability in the latest version of Java that completely bypasses the new security level Oracle recently introduced ...

Another day, another issue with Java. In a world that is becoming increasingly fraught with privacy invasions and security breaches, Java has been a term that's been popping up in negative fashion of ...

Java Web Start simplifies deployment of applications, but Sun's Plug-in makes the task even easier. See how the Java Plug-in from Sun enables browsers to fetch a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java Web ...

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 ...