Oracle's agreement to acquire Sun will reshape the landscape of tools and platforms for Java and database developers, but it also means a change in emphasis -- or even the demise -- of some key ...

JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is the Java API that manages connecting to a database, issuing queries and commands, and handling result sets obtained from the database.

Oracle has revamped its development tools with support for the latest Java and Web services standards. The database software company has released Oracle9i JDeveloper version 9.0.3, a revised ...

Oracle’s priorities have clearly shifted away from Java and its database products, as the bulk of fixes are for its middleware and e-commerce applications ...

While most of the fixes for Java, Database, and MySQL are run-of-the-mill, four are rated critical if the targeted user has administrator privileges Oracle issued a gargantuan quarterly patch ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oracle announced a broad set of initiatives to drive Java forward as a key embedded platform for the Internet of Things. The database giant rolled out updates to Java Micro Edition ...

Oracle employees that worked on Java EE have told others in the community that they have been ordered to work on other things. There has also been open talk of some Java EE developers "forking ...

Oracle has revamped its development tools with support for the latest Java and Web services standards. The database software company has released Oracle9i JDeveloper version 9.0.3, a revised ...

Oracle's database software is used by major banks and corporations to track transactions. For the past several decades, the software has been written to run on chips from Chipzilla.

When Google started working on Java in the mid-2000s, the technology was owned by Sun Microsystems—Oracle didn't acquire Sun until 2010. In 2005, Google approached Sun about a licensing deal.