When Google was developing Android it decided to include 11,500 lines of computer code taken from the Java SE API, which Oracle now owns through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Google adopted ...

In addition, computer scientists used elements of Java Pathfinder to develop verification computer code for Livingstone 2 software, a diagnosis system now flying on the EO-1 spacecraft “and an ...

To recap: Oracle accused Google of copying some of its Java computer code when it wrote Android. Android itself wasn't the issue. Android is different than Java.

Unused or dead Java code is bogging down software engineers and developers, causing weird dependencies and security risks. Eric Costlow of Azul shares some advice on how to avoid becoming a member ...