UPDATED. The regularly scheduled quarterly security updates for Java on July 15 will not include updates for Windows XP, which is now formally unsupported by Oracle.

On the surface, removing Java from Windows XP looks like a blow to Sun, cutting off an important distribution channel for Java.

In the wake of a January legal settlement with Java owner Sun Microsystems, Microsoft plans to ship its Windows XP operating system without the code needed to run Java applications.

Reversing last year's hard-line stance, Microsoft today disclosed that an upcoming update to its Windows XP desktop operating system will include the software code necessary to run Java applications.

The reports of the death of Oracle's support for Java on Windows XP have, apparently, been greatly exaggerated -- or, rather, misunderstood.

Sun Microsystems may have missed its opportunity to get the newest version of Java on PCs loaded with Microsoft's new operating system.

Microsoft last week said that Sun's Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology won't make an appearance in its new Windows XP desktop operating system. Prerelease copies of Windows XP and its new ...

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Reversing an earlier hard-line stance, Microsoft today disclosed that an upcoming update to its Windows XP operating system will include a Java virtual machine.