WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks. The recommendation came in an ...

FILE- This April 23, 2007 file photo shows the Java logo at Sun Microsystems' offices in Menlo Park, Calif. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Java has come full circle, and James Gosling has watched the 12-year journey. In 1995, Sun Microsystems introduced Java as a way to endow Web surfing with fancy graphics and more ...

You’ve updated Java, right? I mean, that’s the right thing to have done if you still have Java on your computer – particularly if you have chosen to leave it ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Java is probably one of the most important bits of software your computer runs. It allows you to use everything from certain websites to certain ...

(Reuters) - Computer users are being advised by security experts to disable Oracle Corp's widely used Java software after a security flaw was discovered in the past day that they say hackers are ...

Java is the new king of foistware, displacing Adobe and Skype from the top of the heap. And it earned that place with a combination of software update practices that are among the most user-hostile ...

The discovery of a serious software bug has simultaneously opened a variety of desktop computers to potential attack. The flaw has been found in Java, which works on a variety of computer operating ...

For anyone rushing to patch their Java software after the discovery of last week's critical flaw, a word of caution: There's a malware injector going around pretending to be a Java update. "The use of ...