Sun is giving its Java programming environment a stronger kick, with improvements to its capabilities for both enterprise-grade computers and a myriad of sub-PC devices. On Tuesday, ahead of its ...

Sun’s starting to phase out mobile Java (Java Micro Edition) that’s been the standard on cellphones and other small devices in favor of their standard edition, which are made for PCs everywhere. Sun ...

Behind such programs and more is the very technology at the center of an intense battle between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems over control of desktop computers. Though Sun has mostly lost that fight, ...

Oracle's CEO sees a strong future for Java after the Sun buyout and entertains the possibility of new portable devices from the combined company. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Unique implementations and extensions of Java for emerging voice and data cellular devices are threatening what many see as the best hope for unifying this nascent market. Indeed, ...

In fact, the Java virtual machine can be implemented in software or hardware, or varying degrees of both. This flexibility in the specification for the Java virtual machine was intended to allow for ...