Sun charged that Microsoft’s version of Java was incompatible with the Java specification. As a result of the legal action, Microsoft stopped updating J++ by 2001, and discontinued support for ...

Microsoft is offering advice on how to protect yourself from Java-based malware. The instructions are simple: either update it, disable it, or just uninstall it completely.

San Francisco (January 23, 2001) — Microsoft has agreed to pay Sun Microsystems US $20 million as part of an agreement to settle a bitter, 3-year legal battle over its use of Sun’s Java ...

When Microsoft delivers an alpha version of its Visual Studio.Net tool suite to attendees of its Professional Developers Conference here Wednesday, one language will be sorely missing: Java. The ...

Microsoft does not have to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc ‘s Java programming language in the Windows operating system, a federal appeals court ruled, overturning an earlier decision.

Microsoft announced yesterday that it will soon roll out an Internet Explorer update that will automatically block old, insecure ActiveX controls. Dubbed out-of-date ActiveX control blocking, the ...

The number of drive-by malware attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Silverlight application framework may be surpassing those that abuse Oracle's Java framework, according to a ...

Yesterday, the Microsoft on Java team detailed the Strangler Fig pattern, explaining how it can be used to incrementally refactor monolithic applications into microservices. The pattern is ...

Microsoft's recent announcement of the availability of its Reliable Web App Pattern for Java Tomcat is yet another example of the company's abiding interest in attracting Java developers to its Azure ...