Six years have passed since I wrote “Plug into Java with Java Plug-in” for JavaWorld. My earlier article defined Java Plug-in, showed how to install version 1.2 for Netscape Communicator 4.5 and ...

Cybercriminals are in mourning after the shocking announcement from technology giant Oracle that it soon plans to deep-six its beloved Java Web browser plug-in (see Oracle's Security Absurdity). See ...

Good news: Oracle says the next major version of its Java software will no longer plug directly into the user’s Web browser. This long overdue step should cut down dramatically on the number of ...

News that Oracle Corp. plans to deprecate the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9 prompted a rousing chorus of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" from the Internet last week. But the news came as no surprise. A ...

Good news from the world of online security: Oracle, developer of the Java plugin that has been making browsers insecure since 1995, has finally announced that it’s sending it six feet under. The Java ...