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 ...

Oracle has dispelled rumors that the upcoming security update for Java 7 and those it will release in the future might not work on Windows XP. “We expect all versions of Java that were supported prior ...

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 ...

Microsoft Corp.’s new operating system for personal computers will be the first in years to ship without software that allows users of the World Wide Web to view pages constructed with the popular ...

(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 ...

Microsoft said last week that it decided not to include the software necessary to run programs written in Sun Microsystems’ Java programming language in the latest version of its operating system as a ...