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 responded to EEye Digital Security Inc.'s red flag by patching a critical bug in its Java SE software.

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's insistence that Java is still its flagship product is holding back both the platform and the company ...

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.