My ZDNet colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is eager to step up to Google’s defense in the company’s legal battle with Oracle. To that end, he has written “A Google Android and Java history lesson” ...

Java has powered the world's most critical software for nearly three decades — from banking platforms and healthcare systems to enterprise applications and Android apps.

As you begin you journey into the world of software development with Java technologies, you'll need a solid grasp of some of the foundational concepts associated with the language. An appreciation for ...

More than a decade ago, Google re-implemented the Java programming language as part of its new Android mobile operating system. Oracle, the owner of Java, then sued Google for copyright infringement ...

Following a number of reports of new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Java browser plug-in, Oracle has today released an emergency update to Java 7 as Apple updates Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_43. Today ...

The IT industry modernizes the rest of the economy, and IT itself undergoes endless modification. Still, some things stay constant in this environment: Java continues to be the fundamental coding ...