The Java programming language may be turning 20 years old, but it manages to stay young by taking on the day’s biggest computing challenges—including the Internet of Things. And by staying young, Java ...

The big news today was that Java is going to be released for free under the GPL license. This comes hot off the heals of Adobe's decision to open source their ActionScript Virtual Machine (my thoughts ...

Some Internet appliance and embedded device developers have concluded that current implementations of the Java specifications are either functionally incomplete for their use, too slow, too unreliable ...

Embedded systems are computer systems embedded into complete devices, whose dedicated functions reside within a larger mechanical or electrical system. Typically used in both industrial and consumer ...

Bruce Eckel, the author of Thinking in Java and a pretty influential figure in the Java community posted a long, eloquent assessment of the web, Java and Rich Internet Applications. To me it's a ...

xStockholm, Sweden — An Internet-ready SNAP (Simple Networking Application Platform) hardware/software module has been released that includes multiple industry standard interfaces for local devices, ...

Java's unloved browser plug-in is finally being phased out. With Flash also headed for the dustbin, user security should significantly improve -- provided, of course, that people don't leave the ...

Looking to enable Java applications to have finer control over internet addressing, plans are afoot in the OpenJDK community to develop a service provider interface (SPI) for host name and address ...

At the recent MakerCon festival in San Francisco, inventors, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs displayed the latest connected devices that might be showing up soon in a store near you. The maker movement ...