Sun releases Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0, intended to make Java programs run faster and take less time to build. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies.

Sun's telecom partners in Asia are planning deeper use of Java software in mobile phones. The phones' appeal may still be narrow, though, because of a limited number of applications. Stephen Shankland ...

Sun Microsystems' telecommunications partners in Asia will announce deeper use of Sun's Java software in mobile phones and back-end networks next week at the first JavaOne conference in Japan, a Sun ...

Peter Yared, formerly of Sun and now CEO of ActiveGrid, posted an open letter to Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz regarding open sourcing Java on his blog. Here's the text: Long time no see!

Following Oracle’s move to contribute the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) standard to the Eclipse Foundation, the Java Community Process (JCP) will focus its efforts on developing the Java Standard ...

Although the world of information technology is a maelstrom of change, new developments and hype, few things in IT have approached the hype surrounding Java. It's probably safe to assume the only ...