Sun releases Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0, intended to make Java programs run faster and take less time to build. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies.

Sun Microsystems Inc. is pulling back plans to market and sell its Linux-based desktop operating system and is considering giving the technology to the open-source community, the company quietly ...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — While Java may not be the first platform people think of when it comes to desktop computing, it nonetheless has a presence, according to James Gosling, who holds the title of ...