What is Java Web Start? JWS technology is designed exclusively to launch applications written for the Java SE (Java platform Standard Edition). JWS is browser and platform-independent. Thus, it works ...

Sun Microsystems announced Wednesday at Internet World that it is shipping its Java Web Start software, which allows users to launch Java applications without worrying whether the Java platform is ...

Java Network Launching Protocol, or JNLP files, are used for launching Java programs and Web applets over the Internet or company intranet. While some browsers, such as Internet Explorer, launch JNLP ...

Just days after a security researcher blasted its Java patching system, Sun Microsystems has issued a critical update to the consumer version of its Java software. The Java Platform Standard Edition ...

This article originally appeared in Builder AU. Remote clients can access and run applications on their local machines by using the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP). JNLP applications are like ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is taking a page from Microsoft Corp.’s security group and changing the way it updates Java for the desktop. On Tuesday, Sun announced that it will start providing advance ...