Oracle rushed out a security fix for Java in January after the Department of Homeland Security’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recommended the software be disabled by all its users ...

Java 8, on the other hand, is not designed even to install on Windows XP. The installer for the developer releases of Java 8 will not run on it, Stahl says, "without manual intervention." ...

Oracle has come under fire for failing to fix a known issue with Windows instances on its cloud infrastructure (OCI). One ...

Oracle plans to make changes to strengthen the security of Java, including fixing its certificate revocation checking feature, preventing unsigned applets from being executed by default and adding ...

Java support over for Windows XP UPDATED. The regularly scheduled quarterly security updates for Java on July 15 will not include updates for Windows XP, which is now formally unsupported by Oracle.

Screven joined Oracle in 1986, famously leading the company's open source strategy since the 2009 buyout of Sun Microsystems, with which Big Red acquired development language Java and open source ...

The next versions of Java 7 and Java 8 plug ins, 7u65 and 8u11, which are due for general availability later this month, will not support Windows XP. Oracle confirmed the cessation of support on ...

Java was developed by Sun Microsystems, which Oracle bought in 2010. There's no indication when a security patch might be available, and Oracle had no comment Friday night, Reuters said.

Following four price changes between 2020 and 2023, Oracle customers aren't happy with Java pricing - and are seeking alternatives.

"Java is a mess. It's not secure," said Jaime Blasco, Labs Manager with AlienVault Labs. "You have to disable it." Security flaw ... experts are advising PC users to disable Oracle's Java software.

And Oracle not indicated if there would be future direct support from Oracle for development of the platform. Meanwhile, development of Java SE, the desktop Java runtime, has continued at life ...

Oracle employees that worked on Java EE have told others in the community that they have been ordered to work on other things. There has also been open talk of some Java EE developers "forking ...