Ethan Nicholas was recently hired by Sun to work on his dream of a Java Browser Edition. Except they're calling it the Java Kernel now, and if initial experiments are any indication, the team will be ...

If we think about all of the things that enable websites to deliver the content and experiences they do, there are a few key technologies that make it all possible. While HTML5 is steadily replacing a ...

update Sun Microsystems has confirmed plans to open-source key components of its Java platform by the end of this year. This follows an earlier commitment, pledged at the JavaOne developer conference ...

In the wake of popular Internet browsers Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari ceasing NPAPI web plug-in support, Oracle has finally accepted that its troublesome Java plug-in is dead and gone, announcing ...

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...