Microsoft released an advisory Wednesday night warning all users of its Windows operating system of two new critical flaws that could allow a malicious attacker to take control of a victim's PC. The ...

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) provides the minimum needed to run Java applications or applets, which are deployed by Web sites and launch from within the browser. The flaws, said Sun, are due to ...

Standard Java has been found unsuitable for many embedded applications, but real-time and mission-critical enhancements are remolding the language. Hard real-time Java was formalized in JSR-1. It ...

Under the auspices of the Open Group, Java is taking a turn for the worst--solving the worst programming problems, that is. The Safety Critical Java and Mission Critical Java standard efforts are ...

Install it immediately, or better yet, completely uninstall Java altogether.

OpenJDK’s Project Leyden will implement condensers to improve the startup time, time to peak performance, and resource footprint of Java programs. Project Leyden, an ambitious effort to improve ...