The Java tools market is in flux, with the recent acquisitions of CodeGear and BEA Systems altering the landscape, leaving developers with fewer independent tools choices. Oracle bought BEA Systems ...

Oracle has expanded the scope of its ongoing copyright battle against Android and accused Google of “destroying” the market for Java. Oracle made a request late last month to broaden its case against ...

Enterprise Java platform Azul Systems Inc. today announced the acquisition of Payara Services Ltd., a global enterprise-grade provider of Java applications and microservices, to expand the company’s ...

As Sun Microsystems' chief claim to fame in the software world, Java began seven years ago as a bold assault on the company's sworn enemy, Microsoft. Few deny that the programming language has been a ...

Sun's ubiquitous Java is a strong candidate to become one of the holy grails of computing -- a universal implementation language. The still immature software is held back by several shortcomings, but ...