In other news, "Windows laptop gets compromised, media responds 'And your point is?...'"

It would be nice if the attack vector were the main focus of the article, but how much publicity would "Java plugin allows Facebook and Apple to be hacked." get.

Here's some perspective: http://www.qualys.com/research/top10/

Also here's their site where you can check your current config: https://browsercheck.qualys.com/