James Gosling recently returned to Sun Microsystems' Java tools division. Can his star power breathe new life into Sun software? Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

The big picture: Java stands as one of the enduring pillars of the software world. The programming language was released by Sun Microsystems on May 23, 1995, and so far has weathered the shifting ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday it plans to change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol to "JAVA" from "SUNW." The change will go into effect on Aug. 27, the Santa Clara, ...

Sun Microsystems officials introduced last week upgrades to three Java-based technologies, including the company’s latest implementation of enterprise Java. But they were silent on the elephant in the ...

WASHINGTON--Microsoft went on the offensive Friday in the antitrust case brought against it by Sun Microsystems, accusing its bitter rival of violating California law through "unfair competition." In ...