Sun Microsystems may have missed its opportunity to get the newest version of Java on PCs loaded with Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company acknowledged that ...

Microsoft Corp.’s new operating system for personal computers will be the first in years to ship without software that allows users of the World Wide Web to view pages constructed with the popular ...

I need to run two versions of Java on several Windows XP machines. One version (1.6.0_03) for use with Internet Explorer and one version (latest) for use with Firefox. I began by removing all versions ...

It’s official: After months of speculation, Microsoft Corp. last week confirmed that Java is being dropped from its latest operating system release, undermining Sun Microsystems Inc.’s revived effort ...

The Redmond, Wash. software giant announced on Tuesday that it will include Java virtual machine as part of the Windows XP Service Pack due later this summer. The announcement is a reversal of another ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Monday won a reprieve in its battle with rival Sun Microsystems when an appeals court stayed an order requiring Microsoft to include Sun's Java programming language ...

Oracle has dispelled rumors that the upcoming security update for Java 7 and those it will release in the future might not work on Windows XP. “We expect all versions of Java that were supported prior ...

In a mixed decision handed down Thursday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed U.S. District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz's December 2002 ruling that supported Sun's copyright infringement ...

Sun Microsystems announced plans Monday to make its new Java Virtual Machine for Microsoft's Windows XP available as a free download. The new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows Java applications--from ...