James Gosling, the Sun Microsystems programmer widely described as the father of Java, no longer has his beard, a classic of the computer guru genre. "Neither my wife nor my kids had ever seen me ...

One way to tell if a website uses Java is to look for the Java icon in the system tray/notification area/lower right corner. Unfortunately this is not reliable, as the displaying of this icon can ...

So the little orange Java icon had been sitting in my tray patiently reminding me to update for I don't know how long. But yesterday I clicked on it and told it to update. To my surprise it, first ...

The weekly - sometimes daily - security scares that occur with the Java programming language are starting to remind me of the old whack-a-mole arcade game.

Here is how to remove the Java listing in Windows Control Panel, which may remain, even after uninstalling Java. You may run this Troubleshooter or manually edit the Registry to remove the old entry.

To grab the new version right away, double-click the Java icon in the Windows Control Panel to bring up the Java control panel. Head to the Update tab, and then click the Update Now button.