Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Oracle doesn't plan to make the key Java compatibility test suite available under licensing terms that are appropriate for Apache's Harmony project. IBM has responded by shifting its focus away from ...

Sun Microsystems on Thursday is announcing availability of OpenJDK Community Technology Compatibility Kit License, providing access to compatibility tests for open-source Java implementations. The ...

With developers ready to move from building Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 to JDK 9, Oracle’s chief Java executive proposes to restrict merges between the two code lines. In an email posted to an ...

The server and software company comes full circle with Java, releasing a scripting language to ease desktop and device Java development. Video: Sun launches JavaFX Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

Google committed a major transgression by only including support for a subset of Java classes in its App Engine development platform, according to Sun Microsystems’ chief open source officer, Simon ...