Sun has trademarks on the word 'Java' for programming languages. Google has made an 'unlicensed from Sun' userland called Android, that uses a very 'Java like' programming language. How different is ...

Sun has released a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages. Java Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6), released on Monday, is used to create Java programs that run on desktop ...

Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.