Today at the JavaOne conference, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam announced that the company is making a strategic shift and will begin to deploy Java Platform Micro Edition-based services in its ...

Sun officially announced yesterday plans to release the source code of its Java Micro Edition (J2ME) implementation before the end of the year. Designed for deployment on embedded devices like PDAs ...

In a development that could shake up the software industry, Sun is releasing the Java programming language under the General Public License (GPL). Both Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME), which is ...

Oracle has announced the general availability (GA) of the Java Platform Micro Edition 8 (Java ME 8), the latest version of embedded Java aimed at devices, such as smart phones, and the evolving ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced it is releasing its implementations of Java technology as free software under the GNU General Public License version two (GPLv2). Available today are the first ...

After years of requests and debates, Sun Microsystems is ready to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. On Monday, it plans to put the code for the programming software under the ...

It’s no surprise that Sun is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor’s choice of open source license. In all the open sourcing of its software to date ...

Describing it as the most significant upgrade to the Java programming model ever, Oracle announced Java Platform, Standard Edition 8, as well as Java Platform, Micro Edition 8, and additional releases ...

Emphasizing the growing importance of mobile device applications, Sun Microsystems is readying technologies to better enable the mobile trend, including Java On Device Portal (ODP), for widget ...

The company is planning aggressive moves for the critical software platform in the next few years. Here's a rundown. Java, first launched at Sun Microsystems in 1995, remains a critical part of the ...

It’s no surprise that Sun Microsystems is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor’s choice of open-source license. In all the open sourcing of its ...