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.

When Sun Microsystems introduced Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME, which was renamed recently to Java ME) to the world in 2000, the promise was to bring Java's "write once, run anywhere" ...

At the JavaOne Shanghai 2013 conference, Oracle announced the release of Oracle Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) Embedded 3.3 and Oracle Java ME Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.3, a ...

Oracle unveiled Java ME Embedded 3.2 just about a year ago. Based on the Java Platform Micro Edition, Java ME Embedded is designed specifically for small, low-power, resource-constrained devices. Java ...

What Sun is due to announce Monday is the open sourcing of both its Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) and its Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) under the GNU general public license ...

Both Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME), which is used on mobile devices, and Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software, used for desktop applications, are being released immediately ...

The company, which took over stewardship of Java when it acquired Sun Microsystems early last year, is readying improvements to Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME), the version of Java built for ...

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.

What Sun is due to announce Monday is the open-sourcing of both its Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) and its Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) under the GNU general public license ...