Oracle has quietly ended all support for Java on Windows XP. As a result, the quarterly security updates scheduled for July 15 will not include any fixes for Windows XP. In an FAQ on the Java site the ...

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 ...

Sun Microsystems said it is "disappointed" by Microsoft's decision to not include Java software in its Windows XP and Internet Explorer products, although analysts said the move could help Sun in the ...

Microsoft Corp. is stripping Java support from its forthcoming Windows XP operating system, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. The software giant positions its action as a response to a legal ...

Reversing last year’s hard-line stance, Microsoft Corp. today disclosed that an upcoming update to its Windows XP desktop operating system will include the software code necessary to run Java ...

The reports of the death of Oracle's support for Java on Windows XP have, apparently, been greatly exaggerated -- or, rather, misunderstood. Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP on April 8, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Well done to Oracle, which has successfully managed to confuse everyone about what the situation is regarding whether Java (a development platform with a long history of security holes) will continue ...

Oracle has ended support for the Java platform running on Windows XP, and has advised customers continuing use of the product will be “at their own risk”. The next versions of Java 7 and Java 8 plug ...

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 ...