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Oracle rises to Sun hardware challenge

...It has been six months since Oracle finalised its acquisition of Sun Microsystems and with the latest quarterly results showing that Sun turned a profit... Read more

6 July, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Intel buys networking specialist Fulcrum

...Intel has acquired networking equipment maker Fulcrum Microsystems, which designs fast chips for switches. Intel has acquired networking equipment maker... Read more

20 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

Oracle and NetApp end patent disputes

...Thursday that it has settled its long-standing patent disputes with Sun Microsystems, now owned by Oracle. Terms of the dismissals have been kept confidential... Read more

10 September, 2010 by Ben Woods

Google hires Java founder Gosling

James Gosling, the programmer who founded Java at Sun and left the company when it was acquired by Oracle, has joined Google Read more

29 March, 2011 by Stephen Shankland
Sun <endeca_term>Microsystems</endeca_term> - SOA Governance for Oracle

Sun Microsystems - SOA Governance for Oracle

Sun Microsystems is a Fortune 500 vendor of software, systems, services, and developing tools... Read more

1 January, 2011

Broadcom pays $3.7bn for NetLogic's mobile know-how

...Wireless chip maker Broadcom has agreed to buy NetLogic Microsystems for a little under $4bn to get access to its range of... Read more

12 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

ZFS creator to leave Oracle

Jeff Bonwick, who led the team at Sun Microsystems in creating the Zetabyte File System, is to leave Oracle, he announced... Read more

28 September, 2010

Oracle sues Google over Android's use of Java

...turn runs on a Dalvik virtual machine (VM). When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems in 2009, it picked up Java as part of the deal. Now... Read more

13 August, 2010 by David Meyer
Oracle's Optimized Solution for Mission Critical Databases - A Technical

Oracle's Optimized Solution for Mission Critical Databases - A Technical

The union of Oracle and Sun Microsystems brings together two business partners who have long collaborated closely to increase... Read more

1 September, 2010

How Oracle has made Sun rise again

Changes in the Sun Microsystems hardware business are reaping rewards It's been six months since Oracle... Read more

5 July, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Android doesn't violate Oracle's Java patents, jury decides

...system infringed on a Java patent acquired with the purchase of Sun Microsystems. Google responded by claiming the Android team was unaware of Sun's... Read more

24 May, 2012 by Josh Lowensohn
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7 Update 4

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7 Update 4

...applications over a network. This is the official Java Download from Sun Microsystems.Java Runtime Environment is in the Other Browser Add-ons & Plug-ins... Read more

30 April, 2012
NeoOffice 3.2.1p5

NeoOffice 3.2.1p5

...the unique needs of Mac users by taking the features in Sun Microsystems' OpenOffice.org office suite Read more

26 April, 2012

Intel becomes a LibreOffice distributor

...Document Foundation made the split after Oracle took over OpenOffice sponsor Sun Microsystems. OpenOffice itself has since been handed over to the Apache Software Foundation... Read more

24 February, 2012

Judge rejects Oracle fraud claim against HP

...The dispute arose a year after Oracle closed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems — a move that saw the company gain a hardware division that put... Read more

31 January, 2012

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

3 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

6 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

8 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

8 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

12 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

13 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

16 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry