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Sun heralds open-source Solaris era
News Sun Microsystems is expected to release Solaris as open-source software today, as a centrepiece of the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend off rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft. Sharing power without outside programmers will be the...
14 June 2005, 10:03 > More matches in News
Sun modernises Solaris start-up process
News Sun Microsystems is revamping the start-up process for its Solaris operating system, scrapping an awkward, elderly approach for one the company promises will be faster, more familiar and more useful on a wide variety of computers.
16 June 2005, 9:51 > More matches in News
Sun plugs Java into RFID
News Sun Microsystems has detailed an update to its radio frequency identification software that will allow Java programs to run embedded on RFID readers. Sun announced the update at the JavaOne conference, which is being held in San Francisco this week.
30 June 2005, 10:02 > More matches in News
Sun is hot on Palm's Treo
News The next time you see a service employee from Sun Microsystems, he may be sporting a new Palm Treo smart phone. That's because Palm is expected to announce a deal next week that it will supply about 600 of Sun's US technical staff with its popular...
8 August 2005, 9:32 > More matches in News
'Write once, run anywhere' not working for phones
News When it was first introduced, Sun Microsystems' Java software for mobile phones was supposed to let developers write a single program that could run on any handset. Half a decade later, Sun's Java for phones, called the mobile information device...
18 July 2005, 9:53 > More matches in News
Java flaws open door to hackers
News Sun Microsystems has fixed a pair of security bugs in Java that could be exploited by attackers to take over computers running Windows, Linux and Solaris. The bugs could allow a Java application to read and write files or execute applications on a...
15 June 2005, 10:10 > More matches in News
Blu-ray DVD players to use Java
News Sun Microsystems' Java technology will be built into Blu-ray DVD players, executives said on Monday, a development that advances the technology in the consumer electronics market for which Sun originally developed the software.
29 June 2005, 10:03 > More matches in News
Examulator - The Most Realistic Exam Simulator
Downloads Following exam packs are currently available: Microsoft (MCAD/MCSE/MCDBA): 70-228 SQL Server Admin, 70-229 SQL Server Design, 70-305 VB.Net Web Applications, 70-306 VB.Net Windows Applications, 70-310 VB.Net XML Web Services, 70-315 C# Web...
13 July 2005, 17:16 > More matches in Downloads
eBay: Let's wait and see on tighter security
News Kilmartin, a 10-year eBay veteran, made the comments at Sun Microsystems' quarterly release event in Washington on Tuesday, following questions about whether eBay has any plans to introduce two-factor authentication technology to combat fraud...
5 May 2005, 10:27 > More matches in News
Linux spreads through Motorola phone lineup
News However, Motorola relies on Java, which it licenses from Sun Microsystems, for many applications. Indeed, Motorola chose to announce the phone this week at Sun's JavaOne conference in San Francisco. Motorola announced a new step this week in its...
4 July 2005, 9:46 > More matches in News
Google introduces ad-services referral programme
News Forrester analyst Charlene Li compared the Firefox deal to Google's recent pact with Sun Microsystems, which makes Google's toolbar a standard component of Sun's Java programs. With a new referral programme, Google has launched an effort to expand...
8 November 2005, 9:13 > More matches in News
Google's grand ambition
News Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy has been saying "the network is the computer" for years. Sun defined it. But unlike Sun and Oracle, Google's timing could be impeccable, Arnold argues. Google's one-of-a-kind computer network gives it a chance to...
22 September 2005, 11:08 > More matches in News
Blogs and social networks and wikis, oh my!
News Companies in Silicon Valley as diverse as weighty Sun Microsystems and small public relations firm Eastwick Communications are using them for communicating with customers, self-publishing platforms, information sharing and creating internal...
16 May 2005, 12:08 > More matches in News
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) Development Kit (JDK) 5.0
Downloads This is the official Java Software Development Kit from Sun Microsystems. Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) software is the premier platform for rapidly developing and deploying secure, portable applications that run on server and desktop...
27 January 2006, 6:46 > More matches in Downloads
Dell and AMD to expand chip pact?
News Such a move in the server market would catch Dell up with its three main rivals, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Sun Microsystems. Sun and HP already had a full line of Opteron servers, and IBM followed suit earlier this month.
17 August 2006, 10:28 > More matches in News


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