Sun Microsystems announced plans Monday to make its new Java Virtual Machine for Microsoft's Windows XP available as a free download. The new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows Java applications--from ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Microsoft will include software for running programs based on the Java programming language in an update to its Windows operating ...

Oracle has quietly ended all support for Java on Windows XP. As a result, the quarterly security updates scheduled for July 15 will not include any fixes for Windows XP. In an FAQ on the Java site the ...

Well done to Oracle, which has successfully managed to confuse everyone about what the situation is regarding whether Java (a development platform with a long history of security holes) will continue ...

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.

July 18, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. will not include its JVM in Windows XP or subsequent operating systems as part of a phaseout of the JVM following a January out-of-court settlement with Sun ...

(IDG) -- Microsoft Corp. disclosed Wednesday that it won't include the code needed to run Java applications in its Windows XP and future operating systems. The decision is part of a planned phase-out ...