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 ...

Open-source tools are taking center stage this week at the annual JavaOne conference as users seek more flexible options for building Java applications that have built-in user communities to support ...

There can be no doubt that open source has been a tremendous boon to Java. The JCP (Java Community Process), by which the Java language and platform moves ahead, seems to inch forward at a glacial ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. launched a portal site for its Java programming language today as it inches closer to making the Java code open-source, a company executive said. The Web site details the company ...

Red Hat, which expects to release a beta by October, is teaming up with several industry groups to help complete the project. The company joined the ObjectWeb consortium to contribute to the ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Prominent open source software groups are warning that a recent incident where disguised hackers tried to sneak a vulnerability into a ...

A look at some of the best database and RDBMS tools for Java software developers. Learn more about Java and database programming. Java developers often rely on specific database tools to efficiently ...

"The model for Java has always been that we give customers and the developer community [access to] open source Java and we also license it to commercial vendors under the standard license ...

IBM and Sun have a new favorite weapon in the public wrangling over Java development leadership: the open letter. IBM’s Rod Smith, vice president of emerging technologies for the company’s software ...

BEA Systems plans to release the source code for part of its WebLogic Workshop Java development environment, a move that it hopes will spur wider use of the product and eventually steer more customers ...