Good news: Oracle says the next major version of its Java software will no longer plug directly into the user’s Web browser. This long overdue step should cut down dramatically on the number of ...

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Apple has added new tools in Safari 5 and 6 that allow users to control which sites the Java plugin is enabled for. The security tools came with the latest tweaks to Java SE 6, which Oracle stopped ...