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.

Windows users can check for the program in the Add/Remove Programs listing in Windows, or visit Java.com and click the “Do I have Java?” link on the homepage.

In response Sun released Java for Windows, got into a licensing deal with Microsoft, and advertised Java as the write once, run everywhere target of choice for developers.

Meanwhile, in what led to Sun's $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, the Redmond, Wash. software giant modified Java for Windows.

The appeals court upheld another order barring Microsoft from distributing its own version of Java for Windows. However, Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said the company has already started phasing ...

Sun patched at least 14 vulnerabilities in Java Tuesday as it updated the popular software to version 6.0, build 11. The release notes for Java 1.6.0_11, as Sun dubbed the update, skimped on ...

Java installs perfectly fine on Windows 10 running on non-Apple hardware. As such for the windows specialist guy I contacted before I posted here, the issue is considered a Mac issue and he could ...

Significant Topics for Review in the Java Language The previous section discussed how to obtain and set up Java for both Windows and Linux personal ...