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

Java 26, due in March with structured concurrency, lazy constants, AOT object caching, and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, has entered a second rampdown phase for bug fixes. Java ...

Perhaps, after your last marathon, you had this epiphany: “If I train a little harder, I bet I can get a proof of time that could get me into Boston!” Without the ability to run specific qualifying ...