OpenJDK is now able to build and run on iOS (and Android) as a native binary, opening the way to run unmodified Java code on ...

LONDON — Java applications developer esmertec (Zurich, Switzerland) has raised 23 million euros (about $20 million) in third round financing to expand its Java Virtual Machine offerings in the mobile ...

Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won’t immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though over time the company might have an interest in ...

The pervasiveness of mobile phones today is driving the rapid growth of Java application development in Asia, according to Sun Microsystems. Matt Thompson, senior director of Sun's developer network ...

Before the Java language was known as Java, it was called Oak—a language for building embedded applications on smart consumer electronics. However, the idea of networked smart devices everywhere was ...

One of the many ways that JavaFX was supposed to change the world of Java forever: it was supposed to supply a unifying method for creating slick mobile UIs with Java. That's been one of the ...

San Francisco — Java giants Motorola, Nokia and Sun Microsystems are plowing separate paths for the future of cell phone software. The widening divergence in their commercial Java products–and ...

Codename One, an Israel-based startup founded by two former Sun Microsystems engineers, said this week that its new mobile, cross-platform software development kit (SDK) is now compatible with Windows ...

Skype has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile devices, a move which the company said is a significant step forward for its mobile strategy. However, at the same time, ...

Sun’s starting to phase out mobile Java (Java Micro Edition) that’s been the standard on cellphones and other small devices in favor of their standard edition, which are made for PCs everywhere. Sun ...