In a startling blow to cross-platform developers, Microsoft has announced it will not include support for the Java programming language in the upcoming Windows XP. After settling a lawsuit with Java ...

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 ...

The new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows Java applications–from games to collaboration software–to run on Windows XP. Sun says the new JVM will also offer new multimedia and animation support as well ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Monday won a reprieve in its battle with rival Sun Microsystems when an appeals court stayed an order requiring Microsoft to include Sun's Java programming language ...

In a mixed decision handed down Thursday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed U.S. District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz's December 2002 ruling that supported Sun's copyright infringement ...

This holiday season, my muscles are aching. No, not from shoveling snow--from shoveling out from under dueling Java versions. And while the courts continue to debate who's on first between Sun and ...