Oracle anticipates developers who are now confined to either the Standard or Micro editions of Java will be able to leverage their skills on both, as the company plans to converge the two platforms.

Yes, Java has had plenty of bad press in recent years because of security issues. Yes, the upcoming release of Java, version 8, has had its initial feature set pared and has been delayed. But Java ...

Oracle on Wednesday is proposing some changes to the ways Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) is produced and distributed, designed to make life easier for developers. The software giant is also ...

Oracle, which acquired the NetBeans IDE as part of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems last year, said the new NetBeans IDE 7.0 release demonstrates its continuing commitment to the NetBeans community ...