The delays are over, the final approvals are in, and the general availability release of the Java Platform, Standard Edition, 8 (Java SE 8) is right around the corner. What has been called a ...

Please join the Java 8 launch webcast today, March 25, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. PDT/1:00 p.m. EDT here. Oracle is also announcing Oracle Java SE Embedded 8, which leverages the new Java SE 8 features and is ...

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Official specifications for upcoming releases of Java have been approved by an executive committee of the JCP (Java Committee Process), although the votes were not unanimous. JSR (Java Specification ...

Java has had plenty of bad press in recent years because of security issues. The upcoming release of Java has already been delayed, which was schedule to release September last year. But Java ...

The Java Platform Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) and the latest Java SE Development Kit (JDK 8) became generally available last week, but Oracle added its official imprimatur to the release this week ...

Java, the programming language used by millions of developers, is now even better. The launch of Java 8 on March 25 represents the most significant update to the Java programming model ever, and ...

Now that Java 7 SE (Standard Edition) has officially been released, Oracle and members of the JCP (Java Community Process) have started mulling over what features to include in the next version of the ...