Java is both a programming language and a computing platform. The former allows you to develop applications and the latter allows you to run the applications that you, or others, develop. For the most ...

The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications. It includes tools and libraries that enable developers to write, compile, and execute Java ...

Problems with Oracle's Java 7 runtime may require OS X users to switch back to Java 6, but currently there is no direct means of doing so. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Oracle has moved to further open up the enterprise Java platform by transitioning Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation. Within a month of beginning to talk about further open-sourcing Java, Oracle has ...

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: Oracle ...