BEA is testing out a new strategy by taking a page from Microsoft--pushing its new Java-based programming tool, WebLogic Workshop, as a must-have for developers.

JavaOne: Java SE to support Visual Basic Graham Hamilton, VP and Fellow in the Java platform team at Sun Microsystems, talked about the future of Java SE in today's Sun general Technical session.

To multiply certain numbers or cell values in Excel, you’ll need to use the * (asterisk; also called "star") operator. To multiply two numbers in Excel, you can type the formula =number1*number2 in ...