Java gives jolt to staid software programming

If someone said “Java,” you probably think of espresso, right? No more. The latest Java has nothing to do with coffee – it’s the biggest revolution in software programming, particularly for the Web.
Developed along with a Java-enabled Web browser called Hot Java by Sun Microsystems in Mountain View, Calif., Java may just bring CD-ROM quality and amazing interactivity to a screen near you.
“It’s the difference between a telegraph and a telephone, between black and white and a color television,´ said John Sumner, a technology manager at Sun.
Announced in May, it’s taking off big-time. While a few months…