Sun Microsystems on Wednesday tweaked its Java licensing, emphasizing that the company wants to make Java as open source as possible while maintaining platform compatibility. The vendor also provided ...

Parthus Technologies, which licenses chip designs to companies building Internet devices, is the latest business to license Sun's Java technology for small computing gadgets. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Last May, Sun released Java Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE, known in previous editions as J2EE), the latest version of the standards platform that underpins many commercial and open-source application ...

IN THE OPINION of most observers, Java owns the enterprise software market. It achieved that ownership primarily through the worthwhile efforts of heavyweights Sun Microsystems, IBM, and BEA Systems.

A Sun Microsystems executive says the company's Java Card technology, which is used to identify millions of mobile phone users, is headed for PCs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

While acknowledging obstacles remain, a Sun official on Tuesday left open the possibility that Sun might offer its Java programming language under an open source format. While acknowledging obstacles ...

Representatives from IBM and Sun will meet in a week to 10 days time to discuss IBM’s proposal for creating an open source version of Sun’s Java technology, an IBM executive said Thursday. Sun wants ...

Microsoft Corp.’s lawyers yesterday pecked away at Sun Microsystems Inc.’s claim that it needs a judge to level the Web services playing field, suggesting that Sun’s actions — rather than Microsoft’s ...

With more than five million developers around the world using Java today and Java running on 3.8 billion computers, cellphones, consumer electronics and other devices, no one would consider the ...

Project Harmony debuted last Friday, appearing as a formal proposal on an Apache email discussion list. The proposal lists 12 founding members, including both U.S.-based and overseas developers active ...