Oracle's migration document suggests that firms which rely on Java's browser plug-ins should begin investigating "plug-in-free alternatives." Computer security is, by its nature, a moving target.

“WebGL will finally free web developers from the confines of 2D without the need for a plug-in,” said Tim Johansson, lead graphics developer, Opera Software. “Once WebGL becomes ...

Sun had no real business inventing and then owning a largely free client-based platform that mostly ran in browser plug-ins. Java was created to hurt Microsoft under an incredibly foolish strategy ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Oracle has made the decision to kill off the Java plug-in, a move that will be welcomed by ...

The last time hackers found a hole in Java’s browser plugin so bad that it sparked a ... If you read that post and took action, then you were free to breathe easy this past weekend, when yet ...

The technology company Oracle is retiring its Java browser plug-in. The software is widely used to write programs that run in web browsers. But Oracle said modern browsers were increasingly ...

Millions of Java users are to be warned that they could be exposed to malware as a result of a flaw that existed in the software's update tool. The plug-in is installed on many PCs to let them to ...