The FreeBSD Foundation has released a binary distribution of the Java Development Kit for its Unix-based operating system, FreeBSD, marking the first time the operating system has sported native ...

Oracle released a new version of the Java Development Kit, JDK 7 Update 40, with new performance and security enhancements.

JAVA_HOME JAVA_HOME is an operating system (OS) environment variable which can optionally be set after either the Java Development Kit (JDK) or the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed.

Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to release a developer toolkit tailored to Sun’s N1 architecture for IT infrastructure management. Company officials on Friday also defended the process for publicly ...

With Java* being considered one of the most popular programming languages, if not the most popular, developers have harnessed its capabilities to build server-side applications, video games ...

A poll circulating among various developer groups is asking for a vote on whether Sun should make Java open source.

A software development kit for Java ME (Micro Edition) 3.0 that features integration with Windows Mobile devices is now available, according to Sun Microsystems. Java ME puts Java on mobile units ...