Inside the Java Control Panel, under the General tab you will see a section that says Temporary Internet Files. Click the button that says Settings. In the Temporary Files Settings window, click the ...

To get information about and configure your Java runtime, you can open the command palette (Ctrl-Shift-P) and open “Configure Java runtime.” You’ll be presented with a screen like Figure 2.

Update, Jan 10, 10:35 a.m. ET: The latest version of Java 7 (Update 10) includes a feature that makes it simpler to unplug Java from the browser.

Java has often been criticised for being overly verbose. One of the most common areas where this complaint is expressed is in assignment. In Java 6, we are forced to write assignment statements ...

While Apple's Java Preferences utility can be restored from a Time Machine backup and used to configure any installed runtimes, this shouldn't be necessary. In short, if you have OS X 10.7 or ...