Get clued in to lesser known open source Java projects that can save you time and money -- starting this month with Bernhard Pauler's balloontip project for Swing GUI development.

Since that announcement, a handful of open source solutions have emerged that allow developers to write iOS applications in Java. I briefly introduce five of those tools in this article: ...

Sun opens some Java source code The company plans to share a modest chunk of code, an experimental user interface called Project Looking Glass.

IBM has sent an open letter to Sun Microsystems, urging the company to make Java technology open source, CNET News.com learned late Wednesday. In a letter sent by Rod Smith, IBM's vice president ...

Thursday, Oracle filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of infringing on patented Java technologies in its Linux-based Android mobile operating system. Even ...

Java being fully open-sourced has been a long, long time coming. While Sun open-sourced some of Java as long ago as November 2006, actually using Java in an open-source way was… troublesome. Just ask ...

Sun Microsystems is gradually providing more details on how it plans to open source its core Java technology, delivering on a promise the company made to developers back in May at its JavaOne ...

What does Java chip actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Software that converts a Java source program into bytecode (intermediate language) or to a just-in-time (JIT) compiler that converts bytecode into machine language. It may also refer to compiling ...