The entire Java development and execution environment from Oracle. Originally developed by Sun, which Oracle acquired in 2010, Java programs are executed by a runtime engine (the Java Virtual Machine) ...

Hackers love new platforms and programming languages. Some developers will always argue that the world is full of enough languages already. Nonetheless, from Ruby to Groovy to Scala, to less mature ...

Will Java Platform survive? Should end-users be enabled to design their own apps? Paul Patrick, chief architect of BEA, has some interesting views on these topics. A few weeks back at BEA World, I had ...

First, why is Java cross-platform? Let's dig into the history of the language first. Sun Microsystems, the inventor of Java, was a popular vendor in the computer workstation market in the 1990s. As ...

Sun Microsystems announced today that it has begun the process of releasing its Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) and a buildable implementation of its Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) as ...

A California-based software company is offering a certified and supported open source development platform which it says will allow Java to become a standard platform for internet of things designs.

CLDC and MIDP incorporated with Nazomi's JA108 Acceleration Chip to enable high- volume deployment of high-performance Java multimedia phones and consumer devices SANTA CLARA, Calif.- July 8, ...

Developing software for, or running software on, more than one type of hardware platform. The most universal cross platform application is the Web browser. Written for every desktop computer and ...