Software giant Oracle, which acquired Sun Microsystems earlier this year, is suing search giant Google over the use of Java in the Android operating system. Android-based phones edged past Apple’s ...

A jury has found that Google infringed Oracle's Java copyrights in Android but could not decide unanimously if the infringement was protected by "fair use." The jury’s verdict, delivered Monday after ...

The patent showdown between Oracle and Google over seven Java-related patents has been heating up this week, with a California judge yesterday expressing scepticism over Google’s behaviour On ...

After only a few months at Google, Java founder James Gosling has left the search engine giant to go to a small startup company specializing in ocean-based robotics. Gosling, who joined Google in late ...