Java on mobile platforms is not living up to the promise of letting programmers "write once, run anywhere," according to developers gathered in London last week. The Java programming language was ...

Sun's telecom partners in Asia are planning deeper use of Java software in mobile phones. The phones' appeal may still be narrow, though, because of a limited number of applications. Stephen Shankland ...

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PARIS — MMO2, the former mobile unit of BT Group plc, hopes Java-based games like “Men in Black II” and “Asteroids” can put some juice into Europe's sluggish mobile phone market. The company will roll ...

As Microsoft and RealNetworks step up the battle for dominance of streaming video to mobile phones, a small Finnish company could be set to usurp both the established names. Oplayo, a spin-off from ...

Sun announced that it is opening up the source code to the Lightweight UI Toolkit (LWUIT). The LWUIT helps developers create new user interfaces for Java ME. By open sourcing the toolkit under a GPLv2 ...

Two major mobile phone manufacturers, Siemens and Ericsson, have agreed to sell software developed by 4thpass that lets customers send Java programs wirelessly to next-generation cell phones, 4thpass ...

Sun Microsystems, Orange, Vodafone Group and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications are taking steps to make it a little easier — and cheaper — for software developers to bring Java programs to mobile ...

Throughout the IT industry’s history, computer games have been one of the drivers behind technology innovations. Computer gamers are hungry for more hardware computing power; they are eager to push ...

Nextel Communications Inc. is bringing users of less expensive phones an e-mail capability similar to what users of smart phones and Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices already enjoy. The ...

A pair of critical vulnerabilities in Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java technology for mobile devices could be used by hackers to surreptitiously make calls, record conversations and access information on ...

Sun Microsystems, Orange, Vodafone Group and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications are taking steps to make it a little easier — and cheaper — for software developers to bring Java programs to mobile ...