This makes it easier to deploy applets or Java Web Start programs, Sun said. Also highlighted is the capability to drag applets directly from a browser and run them as desktop widgets. This is ...

Java is also used to create miniature, dynamic programs that run alongside or are embedded within Web pages. These programs are called applets and can be used to display maps, weather, games or ...

When used with ODS, procedures GCHART, GCONTOUR, GMAP, GPLOT, and G3D enable you to specify DEVICE=JAVA on a GOPTIONS statement to generate graphs that are Java applets. These same procedures enable ...

Another piece of old, insecure web infrastructure is about to be killed off. Oracle says that it's discontinuing its Java browser plugin starting with the next big release of the programming language.

The GIFAR exploit works because two different programs see the same file differently ... it's opened as a Java applet and run. Simply viewing a GIFAR won't infect a system; the attack method ...