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 ...

When I ran into Slava Pestov, the core developer of Jedit, on IRC, I asked him what he thought of some of the increasingly popular Java-based integrated development environments (IDE) such as Eclipse ...

I've wanted to write this article for quite a while. Over the years I've noted that Java-based music and sound applications have increased in number and quality, yet no comprehensive list or summaries ...

NEW YORK--Sun Microsystems has released a version of Java for small gadgets using the Linux operating system, the company said Wednesday. Sun (sunw) has a lukewarm attitude about the Linux operating ...

The Java platforms (J2SE and J2EE) are filled with rich and useful features, making Java an extremely useful resource for more than mere programming. To use Java, a good scripting tool is needed.

Open source Java will be brought to the PowerPC architecture for Linux and IBM’s AIX OS under a proposal floated this week that could eventually benefit the different Linux distributors. The project ...

January 31, 2001 — Sun Microsystems on Wednesday shipped two components of its Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) for Linux, which together can provide a software platform for consumer and business ...

With Java and open source technology now as intertwined as they are, it’s no surprise that many announcements out of last week’s JavaOne conference in San Francisco had either a Linux or an open ...

Linux developer Red Hat is aligning with Sun Microsystems on open-source Java development, announcing Monday that it has signed Sun's OpenJDK license agreement and will contribute to the open Java ...

The development community has been demanding it for years Sun has finally let down the barriers to one of the most ubiquitous development platforms in the world. Java is to become open sourced under ...

I'm trying to get support in Linux for a system we use at work where we need to view an intranet site that requires ActiveX and Java. Our Windows machines have both MS JVM and Sun JVM in ...