I was going to try out Azureus bit torrent, so I went to the download page and it said that I needed java. I searched my computer for files named java and found a java runtime environment 1.4.2. or it ...

Today, my ZDNet colleague Ed Bott published a scathing investigative report of how Oracle partners with shovelware companies in order to monetize the distribution of the Java JRE. Given that I work ...

The weekly -- sometimes daily -- security scares that occur with the Java programming language are starting to remind me of the old whack-a-mole arcade game. Researchers or hackers discover a major ...

Security advice for web users last week from the US Department of Homeland Security recommended that Java should be disabled, lest a growing number of exploits leave your computer open to hacking.

Adobe Flash and Java are two downloads most of us have installed on our Windows computers, as they give us a richer internet and browsing experience. We have already seen how to manage Adobe Flash ...

The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program. The ...

The bugs could be exploited to cause a variety of problems, including a denial-of-service attack, the bypassing of certain security restrictions or to compromise a vulnerable system, according to ...

Internet browsers use Java for interactive Web content Program is a major target for hackers Update to the most recent version to avoid security risks The weekly — sometimes daily — security scares ...

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a development environment for building Java applications and applets that can then run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JDK includes a variety of development ...