Owners of Motorola phones equipped with Java soon will be able to access Web sites cloaked by a particular Internet security standard, control a robot, search a database and more, the company ...

Sun Microsystems says new software makes Java run at least five times faster on gadgets such as cell phones. But will speedy Java in cell phones thwart Microsoft's attempts to expand beyond PCs?

Java-enabled mobile phones present a great opportunity for Java application developers, Motorola officials stressed at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco on Thursday evening.