With the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), Sun Microsystems delivers a partitioning scheme that embedded Java developers need. Whereas the Java 1-based PersonalJava specification was monolithic, the J2ME ...

Sun officially announced yesterday plans to release the source code of its Java Micro Edition (J2ME) implementation before the end of the year. Designed for deployment on embedded devices like PDAs ...

According to James Gosling, often called the father of Java, the Java Micro Edition (ME) will gradually supplanted by the Java Standard Edition (SE). He said, "We’re trying to converge everything to ...

Today at the JavaOne conference, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam announced that the company is making a strategic shift and will begin to deploy Java Platform Micro Edition-based services in its ...

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We're sure there have been some really great Java Micro Edition apps developed over the years, we just haven't been fortunate enough to find any that aren't a Bejeweled variant run into many of them.

Oracle's debut of Java Standard Edition 7 in July was a significant event on several fronts. The release was the first major update to the development platform in nearly five years. It also marked the ...

Last night, Oracle filed suit against Google over its Android operating system, alleging that Google was infringing on seven Java patents with Android and its Dalvik virtual machine. Oracle acquired ...