Oracle issued an emergency update to its widely-used Java web software on Sunday, but experts say it still contains security flaws.

BBC: Java still contains security flaws, experts claim

Handling data streams in a dozen divergent formats from web pages to Java commands to wireless application protocol (WAP) overwhelms the cheap, simpleminded chips in most cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

FORBES: Hardwired

Initially seen as a way to enhance web pages, Java was soon talked of as a lingua franca for computers: small programs, called applets, written in Java would be distributed via the Internet and downloaded to run on any computer, regardless of operating system.

ECONOMIST: Sun and Microsoft