Java is the new king of foistware, displacing Adobe and Skype from the top of the heap. And it earned that place with a combination of software update practices that are among the most user-hostile ...

An Oracle proposal for a standard way to bridge Java development tools spotlights a growing schism over in the Java community over how to build programs. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Oracle has issued yet another emergency update for Java. This is the third emergency update the company has released in 2013 to fix gaping security issues in Java which were already being used in ...

Researchers have found a shortcoming in key security protection recently introduced in the browser plugin for Oracle’s Java software framework, a flaw that makes it easier for attackers to sneak ...

After getting flak for a security flaw in its Java software, Oracle is getting flak again - this time for rolling out a fix but with a third-party toolbar. Security vendor Sophos said the update to ...

Oracle has updated its widely used Java software framework to fix critical vulnerabilities that criminals were actively exploiting to take full control of end-user computers. Critical bugs are ...

Following disclosures by security researchers of vulnerabilities in the last update of Java released in January, Oracle has rushed out ahead of schedule another bundle of fixes for the programming ...