The computing giant says new software technology makes Java run at least five times faster on gadgets such as cell phones. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors ...

As Microsoft and RealNetworks step up the battle for dominance of streaming video to mobile phones, a small Finnish company could be set to usurp both the established names. Oplayo, a spin-off from ...

Top cell phone makers are converging on a more common implementation of Java in handsets. An emerging standard software profile, powered by first-ever hardware acceleration using ARM Ltd.'s Jazelle ...

Rumor has it that Sun Microsystems and Samsung are jointly developing a “Java Phone” that is cheaper and more feature rich than Apple’s iPhone. Details are scarce, but a Samsung spokesperson confirmed ...

LG hits the mark again with the world’s first Java-based smartphone. Leaving Microsoft Windows and Symbian to rot, the Korean company believes using Java for all the phone’s functions (including the ...

In what some believe is the most ambitious effort yet to use Java in cell phones, handset maker Nokia on Tuesday announced plans to sell 100 million phones using the software language by the end of ...

… than the desktop,” claims Shlomo Touboul, founder and CEO of Finjan Software Inc. Given the relatively limited hardware capabilities of these small devices, he says, “when they put Java into the ...

Seven Networks hopes to target a wider market by delivering support for Java phones, starting with three devices from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Two Sony Ericsson Walkman phones and the Sony ...

The company, along with Java backers, is preparing a new release of its software for cell phones that it hopes will prevent a splintering of the market and stave off rivals such as Microsoft. Stephen ...