Mac users installing or updating to the latest version Java are finding their shinies infected with the “much loved” Ask Toolbar. This thing returns poor, ad-infested results, and silently changes ...

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 ...

Java’s shady bundled adware is no longer a Windows exclusive, as Oracle has started sneaking the Ask.com toolbar into the Mac version. Similar to the Windows version, Java for OS X now attempts to ...

Java is the new king of foistware, displacing Adobe and Skype from the top of the heap. And it earned that place with a combination of software update practices that are among the most user-hostile ...

Device independence, programmable garbage collection, an enormous standard library, and easy interoperability with existing native systems. The standard library is as important as the JVM, and its a ...