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Apple noted in a knowledge base article posted to its Support Web site that some users who upgrade to the recently released Mac OS X v10.3.9 may experience issues with Java applications and Java-enabled sites when using Safari. Problems include Safari unexpectedly quitting, or standalone Java applications unexpectedly quitting or not being able to launch. Everything you need to know about multiplayer, network gaming, including etiquette tips and a LAN party gear checklist. Apple indicates that it may be necessary to install or re-install Java 1.4.2 Update 2 and Security Update 2005-002 in order to resolve the issue. Apple also...

Some useful citizen has created an installer that will nail IE with spyware, even if a surfer is using Firefox (or another alternative browser) or has blocked access to the malicious site in IE beforehand. The technique allows a raft of spyware to be served up to Windows users in spite of any security measures that might be in place. Christopher Boyd, a security researchers at Vitalsecurity.org, said the malware installer was capable of working on a range of browsers with native Java support. "The spyware installer is a Java applet powered by the Sun Java Runtime Environment, which allows...

A few days ago I downlaoded and installed a new instance of Java from Sun MicroSystems (file name j2eesdk-1_4-windows.exe) and installed it. Today I ran a virus scan using Norton Anti-Virus and had three hits from inside the Java installation. The Norton dialog box says: Scan type: Manual Scan Event: Virus Found! Virus name: Trojan.ByteVerify File: C:\Documents and Settings\xxxxxxx\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\jar\archive.jar-1a7cd2da-32ab9adc.zip>>BlackBox.class Location: Quarantine Computer: xxxxxx User: xxxxxx Action taken: Clean failed : Quarantine succeeded : Date found: Fri Feb 18 13:01:36 2005 Has anyone else had this happen to them? Is it supposed to be there? Is Sun expanding into the...

I know this is a political site, but there are so many people here, I thought I'd ask may question here. I am self studying Java and am wondering if I put an applet into an HTML comment to a board like Free Republic (say if you rolled over it with your mouse you get a barking dog or someting) would it pass through the server? If it did pass through, would Microsoft IE give its warning about security, to everyone who openned the thread.

A number of recent phishing sites blocked by the Netcraft Toolbar community have had a common technique of using JavaScript to create a narrow popup window, which is then placed on top of the Address bar. A fake URL is entered into the popup, using the same default font as the real address bar. The script continually checks the location of the browser window and moves the popup accordingly, ensuring that it is always placed on top of the Address bar, thus obscuring the real URL of the phishing site. The image above illustrates a live phishing site in action....

A flaw in Sun Microsystems' Java software has highlighted the difficulty the company faces as flocks of tech novices start to turn to it for support. Sun disclosed a serious security flaw in its Java virtual machine (JVM) software last month. The rare problem, which affects Sun's plug-in for running Java on a variety of Web browsers and operating systems, could allow a virus to spread through PCs running both Microsoft Windows and Linux. A flaw-free version of the JVM software is available on Sun's Web site, and the company is encouraging people to swap it out. But some users...

Java bug could hit PC operating systems17:51 24 November 04NewScientist.com news service The discovery of a serious software bug has simultaneously opened a variety of desktop computers to potential attack. The flaw has been found in Java, which works on a variety of computer operating systems – from Microsoft’s Windows to free software Linux – which means any worm which exploits it could hit a variety of computer platforms. The flaw is rated "highly critical" by the computer security firm Secunia and some experts believe it could lead to the development of a cross-platform computer worm. The bug was...

A flaw in Sun's Java Virtual Machine can open up the two most popular browsers, Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, to attack, security researchers said Tuesday. According to Reston, Vir.-based iDefense and Danish security vendor Secunia, the bug in Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE), Standard Edition could let attackers bypass the Java security "sandbox" and all security restrictions within Java applets on Web sites. JRE is the plug-in software that establishes a connection between the browser and the Java platform, and makes it possible for Web browsers to run Java applets stashed on Web sites. Hackers using the exploit...

Eastman Kodak Co. will return to U.S. District Court next week to seek $1 billion in damages from Sun Microsystems Inc. now that a federal jury has ruled in its favor in a dispute over the Java computer language. The jury decided in Rochester on Friday that Sun infringed on technology belonging to Kodak when it developed and introduced Java more than a decade ago. The computer language is now used heavily by software developers, on the Internet and in computer schools. Kodak praised the verdict and said it was part of an aggressive push to convert innovations — both...

Quick question - Any easy way to convert a string used by a bean:write tag into lowercase format?

Government and industry experts are reporting a mysterious, large-scale Internet attack against thousands of popular Web sites. The virus-like infection tries to implant hacker software onto the computers of all Web site visitors. Industry experts and the Homeland Security Department are studying the infection to determine how it spreads across Web sites and find adequate defenses against it. A government warning says even Web sites trusted by users may contain the potentially malicious code. The infection appears to target at least one recent version of Microsoft's Internet Information Server, which is popular among businesses and organizations. The United States Computer...

Starbucks offers caffeine superjolt Tests show coffee has 50% more than home brew It isn't just the long lines and high prices that are outsized at Starbucks and other specialty coffeehouses. There's also the caffeine. In pursuit of a bolder taste, coffeehouses typically brew their blends much stronger than a trusty cup of Folgers. But a powerful side effect is unusually high levels of caffeine, according to a national test of ready-made coffee run by a laboratory for The Wall Street Journal. House blends at Starbucks Corp.,Gloria Jean's and other gourmet coffee chains have an average 56 percent more caffeine...

Sun has finally found an American partner for its Java Desktop System (JSD), the company's Linux-based alternative to Microsoft Windows: über-retailer Wal-Mart.Wal-Mart on Tuesday began selling low-cost Microtel PCs pre-loaded with JDS, offering several systems at prices ranging from $298 to $698.Java Desktop System, which runs on Linux, includes the Gnome desktop, StarOffice productivity suite, Mozilla Web browser, and the Evolution e-mail client, and is Sun's pitch as a replacement for Windows and Microsoft Office in both the consumer and enterprise arenas.On Tuesday, Sun said that it was seriously considering Wal-Mart as the sole PC supplier for JDS-equipped computers.To prove...

Netcraft: ASP.NET Overtakes JSP and Java Servlets In this month's Web Server Survey the number of IP addresses with sites using ASP.NET has overtaken those using JSP and Java Servlets. The number of IP addresses found with ASP.NET has shown very strong growth in the past year with a 224% increase from 17.2K to 55.8K. JSP & Java Servlets despite being overtaken is the next fastest growing in percentage terms with a 56% increase. In the Fortune 1000 83 companies use ASP.NET on one or more of their sites. We found Tenet Healthcare having at least 88 sites which utilise...

Smartphone wars over, Symbian and MS both lost? By John Lettice in Cannes Posted: 01/03/2004 at 18:36 GMT 3GSM Events of the past few weeks have kind of undermined images of Symbian as the victor in the smartphone wars. Depending on how you look at it, last week at 3GSM the company was either staggering about with a dagger in its back, or David Levin was pointing a gun at his head and telling any shareholder who'd listen, "Buy more shares or the puppy gets it." Maybe a bit of both, but does it matter who wins/won? It's beginning to...

Java runs remote-controlled Mars rover Reuters January 16, 2004, 6:20 AM PT The same piece of software that lets people around the world play video games on their cell phones is now letting scientists drive the ultimate remote-controlled car across the surface of Mars. Java, the software developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid-1990s as a universal operating system for Internet applications, gave NASA a low-cost and easy-to-use option for running Spirit, the robotic rover that rolled onto the planet's surface on Thursday in search of signs of water and life. For the next three months, NASA scientists and engineers...

Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated. IBM and Microsoft routinely argue that their cooperation, which is producing de facto standards at a record-breaking pace, is happening for the benefit of their customers. But standards, especially Web services standards, also facilitate the substitution of one platform for another. In this case, Java for .Net and vice versa. Nothing would please either company more than to win one of the other's customers by booting out the incumbent run-time...

Anyone real good with Javascript? I need help creating a script that will take input from a form and use it to create a url and then go to it. The result must be based on information that the user inputs. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

A prominent technology analyst for Merrill Lynch is urging Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) to slash as much as 15 percent of its workforce and focus on being a niche player in mission-critical computing -- or risk joining the "carcasses" of formerly-great companies DEC and Data General at the bottom of a tech "ravine." In an open letter to Sun's chief executive Scott McNealy urging the company's board to take action, Steven Milunovich wrote that "Sun faces a crisis. It's necessary to cut expenses to assure profitability and narrow the product focus to reestablish a clear value proposition." If the company...

A NEW breed of homegrown 'twentysomething terrorists' is poised to strike at Indonesia's international hotels with a wave of suicide bombings in December. These new generation Jemaah Islamiah terrorists are every bit as deadly and fanatically anti-American as captured leaders Hambali and Imam Samudra, said intelligence sources. The Sunday Times understands that 12 of them, drawn from six terrorist cells in Indonesia, plan to turn the festive December season into a bloody nightmare. Sources disclosed that at a meeting of JI leaders in East Kalimantan in March, Zulkarnaen, their new chief, and Azahari Husin, JI's master bomb-maker, chose the...