Sun has released a beta version of the next release of Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), a set of specifications used for creating desktop applications and which also form the basis of Java development ...

Sun Microsystems is seeking to revamp the way in which security is executed in Java and wants developers to try to break the new paradigm to gauge its effectiveness. An initiative called “Crack the ...

The new quarterly release of the open source IDE brings the "Compare With | Clipboard" function as well as improvements for ...

Java, the 14-year-old language and application platform founded by Sun Microsystems, is set to take on a more modular approach with the planned Java SE Development Kit 7 upgrade to the platform, Sun ...

JRuby 1.5, an upgrade to the Ruby language variant that runs on the Java Virtual Machine, will be made available Wednesday, featuring better accommodations for Java and build tools and improved ...

There’s relief available for users who applied a recent Java update that stopped some Web applications from being able to launch. Oracle has issued Java 7 Update 67 which contains a fix for the ...