Java is kind of a pain in the butt, if you ask me, but there are many sites that use it. A friend of mine contacted me this weekend looking for help in getting her Java up and running so she could ...

In a sure sign that the apocalypse is fast approaching, those two open source friendly powerhouses, Apple and Oracle, today announced that Apple is joining the Oracle OpenJDK community. After first ...

Worried about Apple’s recent deprecation of Java under OS X, ending Apple’s own line of custom Java packages? Don’t be: Apple and Oracle have just announced that they will be partnering to bring the ...

I just started computer science in university, and they're starting us with Java. I'm looking for a good IDE to use with on my Mac. I know that I eventually want to be using Xcode, but I don't know if ...

Apple said Friday it would join Oracle’s OpenJDK and contribute “most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X.” The announcement gives OpenJDK ...

Apple will contribute the code that they used for their private Mac Java builds as GPL code to OpenJDK Oracle will take over the stewardship of the Mac port of Java Over time, the Mac platform will ...

A small degree of panic set in amongst the Java development community over the weekend, as Apple announced that they were “de-emphasizing” Java on the Mac OS. Being the Big Java Geek that I am, I ...