Java has a lot of good things going for it. Without Java, we wouldn’t have Minecraft or Android. What’s more, Java powers scads of the interactive elements found on the Web. Just how far-reaching is ...

Remember the Ask search engine? Oracle sure does—and by extension, so do Java users. Oracle has taken the practice of bundling useless add-ons and toolbars with legitimate software to new heights ...

If you’re still using Java, then you know that updating it is vital given the large number of vulnerabilities that plague the software. You also know that you’ve ...

Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. Over the past 18 months, the company has released 11 updates, six of them containing critical security fixes. With each update, ...

Users who install Java will have to uncheck a box to avoid getting Yahoo as their default home page and search engine. Attention Java users: Your long national nightmare of avoiding the Ask.com ...

It has long been known that installing Java meant having to keep an eye out for that pesky adware Ask Toolbar, which would be selected by default and, unless you explicitly made it known you didn't ...

Why Oracle bundles a toolbar with Java at all remains a mystery but the good news is it can be suppressed in future installations. Java is a language that is loved by some, hated by some. It didn't ...

According to Microsoft, "As security evaluation criteria change,Ask ToolbarI decided to detect it as malware. " Famous toolbar software that may be installed together with defaults when installing ...

Oracle is the latest troll vendor under fire for (ahem) “potentially unwanted” shovelware. Mac users installing or updating to the latest version Java are finding their shinies infected with the “much ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 10, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a search distribution deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. to offer the MSN Toolbar, powered by Microsoft Live Search, to U.S.-based ...

If you’re installing a critical security update on your computer, caused by the software vendor’s sloppy code quality, you probably wouldn’t dream that your software vendor is trying to make some ...