Even though a general-release development kit for Java SE (Standard Edition) 8 is not due until next year, Oracle is offering a preview build for developers to test right now. In a blog post ...

Based on Java Message Service (JMS), Version 2.0 features support for real-time Web, wireless, and Microsoft Office applications. March 22 — X-Hive has released a technology preview for X-Hive ...

In addition, Java 14 includes three preview features that come out of the JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEP) process. These are Pattern Matching, or JEP 305; Records, or JEP 359; and Text Blocks, also ...

Couchbase, the Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of database management systems built with the Apache CouchDB database, has released a second developer preview of the upcoming 2.0 version of its ...

Microsoft has released a public preview of its Graph Java/Android SDK, and the company is looking for feedback on the release. Redmond defines the Microsoft Graph as "the gateway to data and ...

Available in the technical preview of WebSphere V6 is full support for J2EE 1.4, the latest version of the standard for building and deploying enterprise-scale Java applications. Sun Microsystems ...

Hundreds of attendees for Sun's fourth annual NetBeans Day in San Francisco will get a glimpse of the future of NetBeans today as Sun shows off the latest preview release of NetBeans 6.0. This ...