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.

On the surface, removing Java from Windows XP looks like a blow to Sun, cutting off an important distribution channel for Java.

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.

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

In a move that could mean serious competition for Oracle in the Java space, Microsoft is previewing its own build of OpenJDK, a freely available, long-term support distribution of open source Java ...

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 ...

Oracle is now giving Mac users the ability to get Java updates at the same time as they are available for Windows and Linux with the release of the Java SE 7 Update 4.