Headlines about Adobe Flash zero-day exploits and calls for the execution of Adobe Flash dominated headlines over the past week or so in the wake of the Hacking Team hack. Meanwhile, Oracle pushed out ...

As a web plugin, Oracle’s aging code deployment platform has practically been a revolving door for widespread malware attacks recently, and for years the general consensus has often been that its ...

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The last time hackers found a hole in Java’s browser plugin so bad that it sparked a warning from Homeland Security—which was less than five months ago, mind you—I wrote that you should “probably ...

The JEP 330: Launch Single-File Source-Code Programs was introduced in Java 11 and provides the ability to run a Java single-file source code directly without any compilation. The files for the ...

In Chicago, it’s the Cubs or the White Sox. In underwear, it’s boxers or briefs. In Web services platforms, it’s Java or Microsoft Windows. When Microsoft launched its .Net program, the personal ...

A great many Java developers considered Microsoft’s Visual J++ to be the most productive Java IDE (integrated development environment) on the market. The settlement of a lawsuit brought by Sun ...