Update: A few days after this article's publication, Oracle issued a statement to Ars saying that the company remains committed to Java EE development. Stop me if you've heard this one before ...

Register now. The GraalVM JIT compiler is one result of the Oracle labs project GraalVM, a high-performance runtime for JVM languages like Java, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby. The GraalVM JIT ...

Oracle’s Java Management Service can shine a light on which versions of Java you’re running, what apps are running on them, and which installs are outdated. Oracle is making the discovery ...

Oracle's lawsuit against Google for Java patent infringement highlights how Android is going to become a big target in court. Google’s Android competes with Oracle America’s Java as an ...

There has been a lot of scuttlebutt lately about Oracle and a supposed de-emphasis on Java within the company. The rumblings are getting louder. From the apparent dismissal of Java evangelists to ...

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 ...

Oracle's Java plug-in is used to power games, 3D graphics tools and in-house business software Millions of Java users are to be warned that they could be exposed to malware as a result of a flaw ...

Acquiring the Java platform wasn't a top priority when Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems. There were plenty of ways for Oracle to completely ignore the Java Platform and still justify Sun's $7.4 ...

With Sun, Oracle said Java and Solaris are the keepers in the deal. "More Oracle databases run on the Solaris Sparc than any other system," said Ellison, noting Linux was second. "We'll engineer ...

Oracle says that it's discontinuing its Java browser plugin starting with the next big release of the programming language. No, Oracle isn't killing the Java programming language itself ...

Oracle plans to drop support for data serialization/deserialization from the main body of the Java language, according to Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java ...

Oracle is ramping up software audits to catch Java license dodgers – and analysts say to look elsewhere. Oracle’s Java subscribers have been urged to draw up their escape plans as the company ...