Monday, February 13, 2012
Graal project seeks superior Java compiler Advocates of Graal project, including Oracle reps, seek dynamic compiler to be used with multiple JVMs
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
JavaScript graduates to the server Microsoft and others have already adopted this technology to extend JavaScript beyond the browser -- but it has limits developers must beware
Monday, January 23, 2012
Judge rejects Oracle's plan to speed Android trial Complains Oracle is proposing a piecemeal approach to the dispute. The trial could start in April, the judge said, or in the fall
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Latest Java moves frustrate users and vendors The company is under fire for modularization, licensing, and security issues
Friday, January 06, 2012
Oracle gears Netbeans for better user interfaces The newly released NetBeans version 7.1 comes with full support for Swing, JSF and Oracle's newly updated JavaFX
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The date is set for Google vs. Oracle The trial that will decide whether or not Google infringed on Oracle’s Java patents in creating Android is set to commence on March 19
Friday, December 09, 2011
C# wins developers, but Java still reigns In a release this week of the Tiobe Programming Community Index, which gauges the popularity of different languages, C# was ranked fourth, barely behind C++
Monday, October 24, 2011
Oracle launches NoSQL database The company will offer a free community version of the database, as well as a commercial version that will eventually be augmented with additional features
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sun nearly licenced Java patents to Google Pre-trial documents allege Oracle and Sun considered making their own Java phones, which would have competed with Android.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Objective-C, C#, D language: Winners in programming popularity Java remains atop the list of programming languages, as it has for 10 years
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Java founder James Gosling leaves Google to join startup After just a few months at the search giant, James Gosling is taking a chief software architect position at Liquid Robotics, a small startup that, in his own words “tackles a rocket science problem that does good for the world”
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Heroku branches out to include Java apps Java becomes the fourth language supported by the platform-as-a-service provider acquired by salesforce.com last year. Why adding the Java programming language makes sense
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Google accuses Oracle of delay tactics in Android suit The search giant accuses Oracle of foot-dragging on the release on documents from Sun Microsystems Web site that could invalidate patent claims
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Java 8 to ‘set the scene’ for the cloud: Expert Following the release of Java 7 Standard Edition, Oracle and members of the Java Community Process have started mulling over what features to include in the next version of the programming language, such as modularity and multi-tenancy
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Oracle releases Java SE 7 … after five contentious years Oracle has shipped Java Platform Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7) and is the first release of Java SE under its stewardship. The new version addresses many of the trends that have swept over the field of computing programming over the past decade