Sun Microsystems released a new version of its Java for desktop computers on Friday that aims to make the software faster, more familiar in appearance, and less daunting for nonprogrammers. Among ...

Microsoft will extend support for its Java Virtual Machine in Microsoft products until the end of 2007. The company posted a notice on its developer Web site April 8 indicating that Microsoft and Sun ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Application modernization startup vFunction Inc. today revealed a new $26 million early-stage funding round, coming on top of the $12.2 million in seed funding it raised eight months ago. Along with ...

Java software developer Rick Ross isn't afraid to take on Sun Microsystems or Microsoft--and he has become something of a media darling in the process. Ross, 42, is one of the most visible members of ...