Many Java applications started from the command line take arguments to control their behavior. These arguments are available in the string array argument passed into the application’s static main() ...

The judge's decision, coming little more than a week after a jury unanimously concluded that Google's use of Java in Android did not infringe Oracle's Java patents, means that Oracle -- for the moment ...

Just because Microsoft ended up paying Sun Microsystems $20 million to settle their 4-year-old suit over Java doesn't mean the software giant was the real loser in the spat. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo ...

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects data from the energy industry on nearly 80 survey instruments, managed by several program offices. In 1996, realizing all these surveys shared many ...

The legal war between Oracle and Google has been rather muted for the last several months, but there could be a major new twist in the case. Reuters has reported that legal representatives for ...

The accusations have been flying for five years now in Oracle’s bitter legal battle with Google, and on Thursday the companies reportedly appeared in a San Francisco District Court to hear Oracle ...

Microsoft does not have to include a rival’s software in its Windows operating system, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in overturning a judge’s order. The unanimous decision by the three-judge ...

More than a decade ago, Google re-implemented the Java programming language as part of its new Android mobile operating system. Oracle, the owner of Java, then sued Google for copyright infringement ...