The 30th anniversary of Java, being celebrated this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes ...

Sun Microsystems Inc., the world's third-largest maker of server computers, said Thursday that it would change its ticker symbol on the Nasdaq Stock Market to JAVA from SUNW, effective Monday.

Sun Microsystems has a long history of innovation, and any list of the company’s greatest achievements must include the development of Java. But Sun is facing well-publicized financial problems ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Sun Microsystems added 2 cents to $5.29 in early action on Monday after the company said it's releasing its implementations of Java technology as free software ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday it plans to change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol to "JAVA" from "SUNW." The change will go into effect on Aug. 27, the Santa ...

Sun Microsystems (JAVA) picked up its new JAVA ticker symbol today, and it has been able to do what the company’s performance and share buy-back haven’t. Get the price up. JAVA is up today by ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. sued Microsoft Corp., claiming it violated a licensing agreement by failing to follow Sun’s specifications for using the popular Java language. The suit, filed in U.S ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems' Java is now officially an open-source project--mostly. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based server and software company officially released the software at its OpenJDK ...

Java powered sounds like a recipe for caffeine and jitters. But Sun Microsystems Inc., a Silicon Valley icon with a lot to worry about lately, thinks the phrase has an upbeat, encouraging sound ...

Sun spokesperson Noel Hartzell told eWEEK that the company has simply decided that Java has an “incredible brand awareness that represents value,” and that the time had come to make a change.