Protect your computer better by keeping Java updated, or eradicate it completely. Yasin Soliman explains.

We see still very high rates of Java 6 installed, approximately 50%, which we attribute to the lock-in that organizations experience when they run software applications that require the use of Java 6.

Microsoft is offering advice on how to protect yourself from Java-based malware. The instructions are simple: either update it, disable it, or just uninstall it completely.

Also eyed for Java EE 7 is an update to the Web profile introduced in Java EE 6, which offered a set of Java deployment capabilities for Web development. An update could include JAX-RS support.

The Java SE 8 launch is nearly here (due March 18), but how many developers are really ready to upgrade? Quite a few, if the results of a recent survey are any indication. Typesafe, the chief ...

Java, the 14-year-old language and application platform founded by Sun Microsystems, is set to take on a more modular approach with the planned Java SE Development Kit 7 upgrade to the platform ...