Oracle lists four projects at JavaOne 2017 that will affect the future of Java: Project Valhalla, Project Panama, Project Amber and Project Loom.

Although Java was developed at Sun Microsystems, Oracle has served as the platform’s steward since acquiring Sun in early 2010. During that time, Oracle has released Java 7 and Java 8, with ...

Oracle will remove JavaFX, Applets and Java Web Start from the JDK after Java SE 8. Swing and AWT will remain.

While Oracle did previously announce that future updates for Java 8 would only be for paid license holders, Rice felt that the account representative was using this as a scare tactic in order to ...

One analyst says Java will fade in importance and pervasiveness in the enterprise, but others believe the Web is its ticket to future.

Is Java too verbose? Many tend to think so, which is why Oracle's Java architects are helping to make the syntax of Java more concise in the future.

After weeks of speculation, Anil Gaur, Oracle Group Vice President with responsibility for Java EE and WebLogic Server, has unveiled Oracle’s proposed roadmap for Java EE today at JavaOne. The ...

Java also is appearing in cars, printers and camcorders. Alan Brenner, Sun's vice president for consumer and mobile systems, said makers of medical devices are also taking a look.

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral version of Java Enterprise Edition.