Java Plug-in offers two ways to contact the DOM: the netscape.javascript.JSObject class and the Common DOM API. The JSObject interfaces between a Java applet and a Web browser’s JavaScript ...

Applets may no longer be in vogue, but opinions vary whether Oracle's Java Web Start is a viable alternative Oracle’s plan to dump its Java browser plug-in came as no surprise to two ISVs in the Java ...

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 ...

Oracle earlier this week announced its decision to scrap its Java browser plug-in. The plug-in, which has been a frequent target of hackers, won’t be included in the next version of the kit for Java ...

Is the Java browser plug-in the IT equivalent of the human appendix? Would you miss it if it were gone? Probably not, experts say, especially now that attackers are beating the Java sandbox with a ...

Oracle announced yesterday that they will be deprecating the use of Java browser plugins starting in JRK 9, with it ultimately being removed altogether in future versions of the Java runtime ...

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...

To the uninitiated, it may have seemed like another damning headline from Oracle, intimating another nail in the coffin of the Java programming language. To the informed enthusiasts who have defended ...

Java's unloved browser plug-in is finally being phased out. With Flash also headed for the dustbin, user security should significantly improve -- provided, of course, that people don't leave the ...

For the second time in a month, Apple has effectively blacklisted the current version of the Java Web plugin on OS X. The block comes just days after it was discovered that the latest version of the ...

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 ...