Go to Java's "Verify Java Version" web page. 2. Click on the "Verify Java version" button to check which version of Java your computer currently has installed and whether or not you need to update it.

In its 20 years, Java is used for building everything from mobile phone apps to video games to enterprise IT applications. The language is designed to run across multiple software platforms.

Oracle Corp. bought Java as part of a $7.3 billion acquisition of the software's creator, Sun Microsystems, in 2010. Oracle, which is based in Redwood Shores, Calif., had no immediate comment late ...

Instructions for disabling Java. Computer experts are warning personal computer users to disable Oracle's Java program, which is run by 1.1 billion desktops, according to the company. The program has ...

James Gosling, inventor of the Java programming language and the virtual machine, skipped many of his high school math and physics classes. His teachers knew it, but they still gave him A’s.