BEA Systems has created a version of its Java application server designed for virtualization technology, using an approach that cuts the operating systems out of the picture.

“Java is a cross-platform language so the same exploit could run on various [operating systems] and architectures,” Pynnonen adds in his alert, issued on 23 November.

All Android operating systems infringe Java API packages, Oracle says Judge asked to block "continued acts of infringement of the Java platform." ...

Gary Krakow tests Sun Microsystems' new operating system based on Java and Linux called the Java Desktop System.