News tagged with computer server

EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun

(AP) -- European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s planned $7.4 billion sale to Oracle Corp., escalating a battle over a deal that has already been cleared in the U.S.

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09

(AP) -- The value of Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz's latest pay package dropped 37 percent from last year as the company lost more than $2 billion and was in such dire financial shape that it ...

Technology / Business

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Researchers save electricity with low-power processors and flash memory

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs Pittsburgh (ILP) have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Microsoft to release free antivirus PC software

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (23) | comments 10

First Look: New Mac 'Snow Leopard' software not a dramatic change

(AP) -- While Microsoft Corp. prepares to release the next incarnation of Windows on Oct. 22, Apple Inc. is cutting ahead, launching a new version of its operating system for Mac computers on Friday.

Technology / Software

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal

(AP) -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

Technology / Business

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Microsoft says Office for Mac will have Outlook

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will include Outlook, a popular e-mail and calendar program that's ubiquitous on its Windows computers, in the next version of its Office suite for Apple Inc.'s Mac computers.

Technology / Software

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak results

(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.

Technology / Business

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Microsoft moving Office online in duel with Google

Microsoft on Monday said that the 2010 version of its popular Office software will feature online collaboration as the technology giant duels "in the cloud" with Internet titan Google.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Tech 101: How a denial-of-service attack works

(AP) -- Investigators are piecing together details about one of the most aggressive computer attacks in recent memory - a powerful "denial-of-service" assault that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

High court won't block remote storage DVR system

(AP) -- Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improved techniques will help control heat in large data centers

Approximately a third of the electricity consumed by large data centers doesn't power the computer servers that conduct online transactions, serve Web pages or store information. Instead, that electricity ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mixed feelings about Sun setting in Silicon Valley

(AP) -- If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun.

Technology / Business

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The sky is the limit for cloud computing

The prospects for "cloud computing" now seem a little less ... cloudy. Once a term confined to the personal-speak of high-minded tech geeks and derided by critics as a bogus marketing ploy, cloud computing today is arguably ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cisco buys Tidal Software for 105 mln dlrs

Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Tidal Software Inc. for 105 million dollars in a move aimed at enhancing the US networking giant's next-generation data centers.

Technology / Business

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