That old Java icon had a much bigger résumé than I gave it credit for.

Users are beginning to report some significant issues with the final release of Firefox 1.5, centering around improper page rendering, problems with Java applets, and interface navigation. Many of the ...

Mozilla this week began blocking outdated versions of a Java plug-in in Firefox for some Mac users after calling the threat posed by the Flashback malware “evident and imminent.” The move came two ...

A number of users are having problems with Java content in Firefox 1.5. Some users experience freezes when accessing embedded Java content, other experience issues with graphic components of Java ...

Mozilla has announced that all Firefox plug-ins, barring the most recent version of Flash, will soon require explicit user authorization before being allowed to run ...

While we’re on the subject of improving Firefox performance (see yesterday’s post on clearing the Downloads list), let’s talk about old, outdated Java Consoles. Java, of course, is the programming ...

A Java security vulnerability that is actively being exploited in the wild has Mozilla worried. When the vulnerability was first discovered, a few days ago, Mozilla urged users to disable the Java ...

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Mozilla is moving ahead with a change it announced earlier in the year and is soon to start blocking all plugins by default in Firefox, with the exception of Flash, and even that only if it's up to ...

Mozilla on Friday announced it has added Java 7 Update 9, Java 7 Update 10, Java 6 Update 37, and Java 6 Update 38 to its Firefox add-on block list, following yesterday’s news of a new vulnerability.

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add ...

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add ...