At its 2004 JavaOne Conference, Sun Microsystems will release the much-heralded, so-called easy-to-use visual Java tool, Sun Java Studio Creator. The company will also issue a beta of NetBeans 4.0 ...

Sun Microsystems has responded to EEye Digital Security Inc.'s red flag by patching a critical bug in its Java SE software.

Java today, according to Sun, is used in more than 3.8 billion devices, from mobile phones and smart cards to enterprise applications and supercomputers.

Sun wants a court order forcing Microsoft to carry a Sun-authorized version of Java with the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser. Final arguments are set for today.

Java's roots trace back to 1991, when Sun engineers James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton set out to create a language for interactive television and embedded devices.

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems in April 2009 for $7.4 billion, Oracle’s Larry Ellison said Java was “the single most important software asset we have ever acquired.” Two months later ...

Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology. Raghavan Srinivas, Java ...

Sun Microsystems Inc <SUNW.O> said on Thursday it plans to change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol to "JAVA" from "SUNW" on Aug. 27, reflecting the heightened role of the company's Java Web technology.