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A number of Java tools providers, including Sun and BEA, are talking about creating a common way to share plug-ins among their different tools. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

If you’re looking to create an alternative to Microsoft’s Visual Studio .Net, you may be able to do so in just four easy steps. First, look outside the United States for a small software tools company ...

A group of 10 Java companies forms to lobby for greater awareness of tools in Java standards. Notably absent are Java tools heavyweights IBM and Borland. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Bolstering development of Web and enterprise Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications in the open-source arena, the Eclipse Foundation on Monday is set to release Version 1.0 of its Eclipse Web ...