In order to better understand Java and its role in the larger software development ecosystem, New Relic published a new report based on data gathered from millions of applications providing ...

Java is an object-oriented language - If I learned anything while studying the Lisp-based Common Music I learned that object-oriented languages are Da Bomb when it comes to music composition software.

Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. Over the past 18 months, the company has released 11 updates, six of them containing critical security fixes. With each update ...

Oracle profits surge—at the expense of Java development and software support Cloud revenues double, license sales shrink, and zero progress on Java EE.

In TheServerSide's ongoing coverage of developing secure Java software, I spoke recently with Tim Mackey, the IT evangelist for Black Duck Software. The conversation was interesting enough to pull ...

Azul Systems Inc. today announced the launch of Azul Vulnerability Detection, a new software-as-a-service product designed to continuously detect known security vulnerabilities in Java ...

A look at some of the best database and RDBMS tools for Java software developers. Learn more about Java and database programming.

Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have settled their long-running lawsuit over Microsoft's use of Sun's Java software.

Google: Oracle Java win will kill software development, so Supreme Court must rule But Oracle says Google's concerns are a smokescreen for a desire to freely copy and make huge profits.

The unpatched Java vulnerability reported last week could be exploited by malware to infect your system, although no such infections have been discovered to date.