Google has asked the US Supreme Court to review its nine-year copyright dispute with Oracle over the use of Java APIs in Android. Google is asking the Supreme Court to make a decision on two overruled ...

Java Enterprise Edition is on the shelf for the time being. Oracle has reportedly cut funding for and stopped development on Java EE, according to Ars Technica. Java EE is the server-side Java ...

A recent eWeek article suggests the end of open source software is nigh. It probably isn’t, but that doesn’t mean open source software faces no dangers, either. Imagine the surprise of stumbling ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

At the JavaOne conference today, Oracle made a series of announcements related to a new Java Verified Portfolio (JVP) and new JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEPs). The JVP is designed to give developers a ...

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, appearing ...