Since Microsoft won't include it as part of Windows XP, Sun is offering the new Java Virtual Machine for Microsoft's Windows XP as a free download.

Sun Microsystems announced plans Monday to make its new Java Virtual Machine for Microsoft's Windows XP available as a free download. The new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows Java applications ...

For example, the latest version of Java 6 is "Java SE Runtime Environment 6u43." Click the circle next to "Accept License Agreement," and then click the link next to the Java download file that ...

Patch your computer by going to Sun's Java page. Click on the button in the top-left green box, which leads to a free Java download. The software will start downloading automatically onto Windows PCs.

To see which version of Java you have installed, visit this link and click the “Do I Have Java?” link under the big red “Free Java Download” button.

It’s not clear whether Java 7 is more for regular users or for developers at this point, because the Free Java Download link at java.com still takes users to Version 6 Update 29.

ECLIPSE FOUNDATION has released a new version of the Eclipse IDE marking the 13th annual simultaneous release of Eclipse projects. How do you download Eclipse Photon IDE?