The Java platforms (J2SE and J2EE) are filled with rich and useful features, making Java an extremely useful resource for more than mere programming. To use Java, a good scripting tool is needed.

Last week, I reported on the Burton Group's surprise pronouncement that Java EE was a dead platform walking. Bill Roth, vice president at BEA, had this to say about that: "J2EE is like the Mark Twain ...

This series of articles introduces Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI), a key part of the soon to be finalized Java EE 6 platform. Standardized via JSR 299, CDI is the de-facto API for ...

Today, my ZDNet colleague Ed Bott published a scathing investigative report of how Oracle partners with shovelware companies in order to monetize the distribution of the Java JRE. Given that I work ...

"One in three firms suffer hacking attempts," reported vnunet.com on March 23, 2004, based on a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unfortunately, this story is not unique and not really news.

In recent months, converging market and technical developments have made building Java-based embedded and small footprint iAppliance control devices not only more practical, but a necessity. This week ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

"One in three firms suffer hacking attempts," reported vnunet.com on March 23, 2004, based on a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unfortunately, this story is not unique and not really news.