Java software said to put computers in peril
The US Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday that a flaw in Java software is so dangerous that people should stop using it.
Software
Jan 11, 2013
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News tagged with sun microsystems
Cystorm supercomputer unleashes 28.16 trillion calculations per second
Srinivas Aluru recently stepped between the two rows of six tall metal racks, opened up the silver doors and showed off the 3,200 computer processor cores that power Cystorm, Iowa State University's second supercomputer.
Hardware
Aug 21, 2009
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'Printed chips' could be boon for consumers
Until now, creating the microchips that power all of our electronic gadgets has been a laborious, complex and time-consuming process costing billions of dollars. But if a Milpitas, Calif.-based startup succeeds, making them ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Aug 12, 2009
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Intel, IBM roll out new computer network chips
US technology titans IBM and Intel have rolled out powerful new computer chips designed for businesses continually demanding more from networks and data centers.
Hardware
Feb 9, 2010
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Oracle CEO: about 1,000 layoffs planned for Sun
(AP) -- Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison cheered the closing of his company's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems on Wednesday, vowing that Sun will immediately add to Oracle's profits. He said layoffs won't be as ...
Business
Jan 28, 2010
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Intel launches high-performance chips for workstations
The world's biggest chip maker Intel rolled out a line of "revolutionary" chips designed as high-performance engines for datacenters, work stations and research computers.
Hardware
Mar 31, 2009
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Sun Microsystems to offer 'public cloud' service
(AP) -- Taking a cue from Amazon.com, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to launch its own "public cloud" service, which will let everyone from big-time corporations to dorm-room entrepreneurs run their businesses on Sun's computers ...
Software
Mar 18, 2009
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Oracle targets Larry Page in Google patent lawsuit
Oracle is asking a US judge to order Google co-founder Larry Page to undergo questioning in a patent suit pitting the business software titan against the Internet giant.
Business
Jul 16, 2011
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Software giant Oracle buys Java whizz Sun
Business software giant Oracle announced Monday it was buying Sun Microsystems and its Java programming language for 7.4 billion dollars after IBM abandoned its bid for the struggling tech company.
Business
Apr 20, 2009
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Oracle aims to dethrone IBM in business hardware
Oracle boss Larry Ellison said that he is out to dethrone IBM in the realm of business network hardware, including high-end computer servers.
Business
May 31, 2012
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) is a multinational vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California (part of Silicon Valley), on the former west campus of the Agnews Developmental Center.
Products include computer servers and workstations based on its own SPARC processors as well as AMD's Opteron and Intel's Xeon processors; storage systems; and, a suite of software products including the Solaris Operating System, developer tools, Web infrastructure software, and identity management applications. Other technologies of note include the Java platform, MySQL and NFS.
Sun is a proponent of open systems in general and Unix in particular, and a major contributor to open source software.
On April 20, 2009, Sun and Oracle Corporation announced that they entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun for $7.4 billion. Sun shareholders approved the acquisition on July 16, 2009, but the deal is still awaiting regulatory approval, with no date yet given for its completion.
Sun's manufacturing facilities are located in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA and Linlithgow, Scotland.
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