From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. EA's skateboarding series, Skate, has been dormant since 2010's Skate 3, but it's officially back today with the launch of a reboot that's simply ...

With JDK 25, Java reaches another Long-Term Support (LTS) milestone — and for enterprises, that makes this release unavoidable. Oracle’s licensing terms for JDK 21 will soon expire, creating a ticking ...

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Starting a new world in Minecraft 1.21+? Here are 3 simple and reliable early game farms for Java Edition that require minimal resources, no complicated redstone, and are perfect for beginners or ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Java has been around for almost 30 years, and Oracle regularly boasts that the Java Virtual ...

MazeFog is an old Java 1.1 AWT (GUI) applet to play a maze game. The computer creates a random maze. The exit is marked by blue and white boxes. Your position is marked by a blue circle. Use the arrow ...