May 22, 2006—Among the biggest news stories at this week’s JavaOne conference was Sun Microsystems’ long-awaited announcement that it will be releasing the industry-standard Java programming language ...

While acknowledging obstacles remain, a Sun official on Tuesday left open the possibility that Sun might offer its Java programming language under an open source format. While acknowledging obstacles ...

Java programming for Apple’s iOS devices is not only possible but it’s getting easier all the time. Steve Hannah surveys the recent evolution of the Java iOS landscape, then introduces five open ...

Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology. Raghavan Srinivas, Java ...

Sun Microsystems is working to make good on its promises to the open-source community. Sun on Tuesday announced a $3 million scholarship program to help software developers build open-source ...

Bob Brewin, software chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems Inc., said the company will discuss the state of its Java open-source efforts and host the first CommunityOne day for open-source and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc.’s announcement today that it plans to eventually open-source Java reflects CEO Jonathan Schwartz’s belief that the key to growth at his struggling company is to ...

Oracle's lawsuit against Google for its use of patented Java technology raises serious questions about Oracle's future stewardship of the open source software technologies that it acquired from Sun.

Q. After years of resisting, why is Sun making Java open source now? A. Sun made its core software product, the Solaris operating system, open source and thinks that's working. Customers still buy ...

In a sure sign that the apocalypse is fast approaching, those two open source friendly powerhouses, Apple and Oracle, today announced that Apple is joining the Oracle OpenJDK community. After first ...

When an exception occurs in your Java code, you can log it or you can rethrow it -- but don't do both. Here's why you must avoid that exception handling antipattern. Continue Reading ...