Stories about: Java  

Whether you like Java or not, you probably have it installed to be able to run Java-based applications

The new version comes with better security and new features

It adds per-window private browsing support to some background requests

It integrates a workaround for a Gecko race condition

Previous release adds “Security Downgrade Warning”

It fixes the problem with the whitelist box not being fully selected

Elevates security level of applets from “Medium” to “High”

It adds optional diagnostic to centralized channel aborting

It adds Microsoft controlled afx.ms and gfx.ms to the default whitelist

Preceded by five release candidates, it integrates only fixes

Includes more reliable Java applet origin identification

It enables devs to come up with Java applications for Windows Azure

Improves protection against XSS (cross-site scripting) and ClearClick

Fixes subtle bug which may lead to infinite loops in some cases

Improves HTML detection accuracy, adds event injection the checks for scriptless pages

Adds surrogate scripts and improves Google search surrogates

Features a few fixes and adds new blob to the automatic whitelist