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    Microsoft's John Montgomery is out to persuade developers to embrace .Net. But the task promises to be a chore in light of recent legal wrangling between Microsoft and archrival Sun.

  • Sun promises to open-source Java

    Sun Microsystems will open-source Java, it just has to figure out how to do it, company executives said on Tuesday.

  • Sun flirts with Ubuntu

    At JavaOne, both sides say they really like each other -- suggesting a role for Ubuntu's upcoming "Dapper Drake" operating system on Sun Microsystems' servers.

  • Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly

    Sun Microsystems plans to alter its licensing to make it easier to bundle Java Runtime Environment with Linux.

  • Java eyes Longhorn look

    Sun Microsystems announced today the next version of Java will be Longhorn-ready.

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  • The Information Age is dead, says Schwartz

    Jonathan Schwartz promoted a new theme of participation at JavaOne in San Francisco, with announcements about Java in Blu-ray development, a renewed partnership with IBM and the open sourcing of server-side Java.

  • Sun defends its stewardship of Java

    McNealy reassures developers that Sun remains strong.

  • Gosling: Rebirth of Java on desktops

    Java has come full circle, and James Gosling has watched the 12-year journey. Gosling, who helped invent the Java programming language, talks about how Sun Microsystems plans to return Java to its roots and the role of the newly launched JavaFX Script.

  • Java desktop wins over major Irish bank

    Sun Microsystems announced late yesterday that Allied Irish Bank would migrate 7,500 of its users to the Java Desktop System software.

  • Photos: Sun's Gosling shows off Java

    On the last day of JavaOne, the Sun vice president shares exotic uses of the software, like dancing robots and underwater exploration vehicles.

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    JavaOne '08: Sun demos JavaFX platform

    Here's a look at Sun Microsystems' new JavaFX application, with Flickr and Twitter feeds running in Facebook within the browser, dragged to the desktop, and then put on a mobile phone. Sun Microsystems executives Rich Green and Nandini Ramani showed the JavaFX environment at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco.

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    Nvidia chip with Java allows 3D modeling on cell phones

    At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Ken Russell and Sven Gothel of Sun Microsystems explain how the Nvidia APX2500 chip allows developers to write Java apps on a desktop and run them directly to cell phones. Users will be able to play games and navigate cities in 3D using...

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    Sun unveils JavaFX apps, Photo Flocker, Movie Cloud

    Sun Microsystems demos two new JavaFX-powered applications, Photo Flocker and Movie Cloud, at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Rich Green, the company's executive vice president of software, shows attendees Photo Flocker, an app that allows users to search for photos by tags and display the photos.

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  • HP, Dell to ship Java with PCs

    The deals to ship Sun's Java technology in all the PC makers' machines are a poke in the eye for Microsoft, which has been lacklustre in its support for the software.

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