Sun Microsystems announced plans to make its new Java Virtual Machine for Microsoft's Windows XP available as a free download.
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Microsoft late Wednesday issued a "critical" security alert for a series of Java Virtual Machine bugs, one of which could allow a hacker to steal information or reformat the hard drives of compromised computers.
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