Java's roots trace back to 1991, when Sun engineers James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton set out to create a language for interactive television and embedded devices.

Sun Microsystems announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 ...

Sun Microsystems Inc <SUNW.O> said on Thursday it plans to change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol to "JAVA" from "SUNW" on Aug. 27, reflecting the heightened role of the company's Java Web technology.

In November 2006, Sun Microsystems began making all of its Java technology implementations open source, offering them under the GPL. More than two years later, reactions are mixed as to what ...

Java today, according to Sun, is used in more than 3.8 billion devices, from mobile phones and smart cards to enterprise applications and supercomputers.

Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology. Raghavan Srinivas, Java ...

Sun wants a court order forcing Microsoft to carry a Sun-authorized version of Java with the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser. Final arguments are set for today.