BURLINGAME, Calif. -- The Java computing language has finally proven to be the money-maker that Sun Microsystems always insisted it would be. Everyone, except perhaps Oracle shareholders, should ...

When Google started working on Java in the mid-2000s, the technology was owned by Sun Microsystems—Oracle didn't acquire Sun until 2010. In 2005, Google approached Sun about a licensing deal.

Oracle employees that worked on Java EE have told others in the community that they have been ordered to work on other things. There has also been open talk of some Java EE developers "forking ...

Oracle acquired Sun in 2010 and sued Google not long thereafter. It can’t claim copyright over Java; a language can’t be copyrighted, just creative expressions in that language.

Oracle has implemented a six-month release cadence for Java SE, with Java Development Kit 10 having shipped in March 2018 and the next version, JDK 11, due in September 2018.

Java has been raked over the coals for security problems over the past few years, but Oracle has kept regular updates coming. And it's working on a major upgrade to Java, due early next year.

Oracle’s change on pricing for the Java standard edition (SE) license by total employee count is likely to rile customers that have a fraction of employees who work with Java, Oracle partners ...

Oracle's lawsuit against Google for Java patent infringement highlights how Android is going to become a big target in court. Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor Aug. 12, 2010, 9:41 p.m. PT ...

Oracle’s Java Management Service can shine a light on which versions of Java you’re running, what apps are running on them, and which installs are outdated.

Oracle has released Java 7 update 11, which addresses a Zero Day flaw that enables intruders to install malware on vulnerable systems. However, users are still advised to reconfigure the software ...

While Oracle states that the new Java SE Universal Subscription will remove the need to count desktops and servers, Gartner said it is not yet clear if this compliance-targeting will decrease.