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The hackers who disclosed vulnerabilities in MySQL.com also published details about SQL injection flaws in older Sun Microsystems websites.Sun Microsystems was acquired by Oracle at the beginning of 2010 and its products were integrated into the latter's portfolio.However, given the sheer size of Sun many of its... |
28 March 2011
08:23 GMT |
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A report citing former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy reveals that Apple was set to be bought by Sun (the makers of the Java platform) back when Sun was up, and Apple was down.
The outcome would have spelled a huge loss for today’s consumers, suggests McNealy, who admitted that "If we had bought Apple, t... |
28 February 2011
08:30 GMT |
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VirtualBox, the free virtualization solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux, has been updated to version 4.0.2, which brings some user interface improvements, and a ton of other fixes and tweaks, making this update a typical maintenance release.In fact, it is labeled as one by Oracle which claims that “the popular... |
19 January 2011
10:54 GMT |
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Originally developed by Sun Microsystems, Oracle VM VirtualBox enables desktop and laptop computers to simultaneously run multiple operating systems, allowing users to get the most out of their PCs.
VirtualBox is an alternative to more costly virtualization solutions like Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusio... |
7 December 2010
05:05 GMT |
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Those who’ve had some hands-on with Apple’s new MacBook Air can confirm that, although the system ships with the latest version of Snow Leopard pre-installed, it lacks the Flash Player plugin. It is also being reported that Apple is ceasing future development of their version of Java for the Mac.Following... |
22 October 2010
08:29 GMT |
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Apple has rolled out Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 8, addressing several security issues in the Sun Microsystems-developed platform.“Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_22,” Apple says... |
21 October 2010
10:06 GMT |
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In tandem with releasing new iPhone OS 4 and SDK betas, Apple issued new versions of Sun Microsystem’s Java platform, patching several security issues on both Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). While both updates deliver improved compatibility and reliability, the security side of the upd... |
19 May 2010
03:43 GMT |
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Noreen Krall, Sun's former chief counsel, is now Senior Director of IP Law and Litigation at Apple Inc. In the past, she worked as Staff Attorney, IP Law at IBM and Associate Attorney, IP Law at Beaton and Folsom, LLP. Noreen Krall’s specialties are IP, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Licensing, Litigatio... |
8 April 2010
08:39 GMT |
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Sometime between 2003 and 2006, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer and Co-founder and chairman Bill Gates visited Sun Microsystems. It wasn’t a courtesy visit, according to Jonathan Ian Schwartz, Former CEO of Sun Microsystems. The Microsoft duo were on a mission to convince Scott McNealy, Sun&rsqu... |
10 March 2010
10:40 GMT |
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The reasons of their quarrel are Sun Microsystems’ underway project “Project Looking Glass” and the graphical effects implemented in this experiment. The project is referred to as a prototype desktop for the Linux platform, which Sun was developing for a possible official launch. After a testing mas... |
10 March 2010
04:34 GMT |
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The SPARC Enterprise M3000 server is a single-socket, mission-critical, entry-level server running a quad-core SPARC64 VII processor. The line it is part of also includes the M4000, M5000, M8000 and M9000. The new server will better help customers consolidate multiple entry-level servers into a compact 2U chassis, sa... |
12 January 2010
10:52 GMT |
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The new Sun Fire X4640 server may use up to eight Six-Core AMD Opteron processors and is the most compact 24-to-48-core system available from tier-one vendors. The server delivers enterprise-class performance and also allows for significant cost savings through combining the Solaris operating system with Sun's i... |
8 December 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems proudly announced on the last day of November that its popular virtualization software, VirtualBox, reached version 3.1.0. This major update brings lots of new features, many bugfixes and improvements over previous 3.0.x versions. The big and breathtaking news is that users are now able to migrate li... |
1 December 2009
07:58 GMT |
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Last week, Sun Microsystems announced a new beta release of its open source virtualization program, VirtualBox. Bringing Teleportation, a feature that allows for the live migration of a VM session from one machine to another, VirtualBox 3.1.0 can also restore VM states from arbitrary snapshots instead of just the las... |
30 November 2009
10:22 GMT |
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A new version of Sun Microsystems’ VirtualBox is available today, bringing Teleportation, a feature that allows for the live migration of a VM session from one machine to another. Additionally, VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only the last one. New snapshots can also be taken f... |
26 November 2009
10:12 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T announced today its new AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service, which comes as a global cloud-based service aimed at offering companies simple “on-demand access to scalable computing capacity.” According to the company, the new service is based on technology from VMware and Sun Microsys... |
16 November 2009
10:43 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has released a new version of VirtualBox, the company’s virtualization program that allows users to create virtual machines / environments for guest operating systems. Although version 3.0.10 has somehow been pulled from Sun’s website, the file is still available for download. Our guys we... |
29 October 2009
05:13 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems' VirtualBox lets users create virtual machines in which they can install their operating system of choice. The solution is similar to those advertised and sold by VMware (VMware Fusion), or Parallels (Parallels Desktop). The latest version of the software comes with the usual laundry of bug fixe... |
7 October 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems, the maker of the Java platform, has updated VirtualBox, the popular virtualization program for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Version 3.0.4 of the software is a maintenance release and delivers the usual laundry of fixes and improvements. Released on August 4, 2009, VirtualBox 3.0.4 improves stability... |
5 August 2009
09:16 GMT |
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The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle seems to have not gone as planned. One of the most successful development teams put together by Sun disintegrated into thin air last week. In what is the coup of the year, until now, three out of the four members working on JRuby, an implementation of the Ruby programming... |
1 August 2009
05:03 GMT |
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Santa Clara, California-based Sun Microsystems has announced today the expansion of its Open Network System architecture with the availability of the new 1.6GHz processors for its chip multi-threaded (CMT) Sun SPARC Enterprise systems, running the Solaris Operating System (OS). In addition, the company has also annou... |
21 July 2009
11:06 GMT |
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Over the course of this weekend, Sun Microsystems released VirtualBox 3.0.2, a maintenance update to its cross-platform virtualization software. The changelog lists various tweaks and fixes, although no Mac-specific changes have been spotted. The new version is available for both Mac and Linux users, as well as Windo... |
13 July 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Fans of the virtualization software from Sun Microsystems should learn that VirtualBox 3.0 now delivers OpenGL 2.0 support, as well as support for Windows 7 guests. Sun claims this is a major update also because version 3.0.0 introduces Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) in virtual machines and much improved 3D suppor... |
30 June 2009
10:52 GMT |
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Apple has released Java updates for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard, addressing security issues, while improving the reliability and compatibility with Sun Microsystems’ platform. PC users generally get the updates straight from the Java makers, while Mac owners need to wait for Apple to release its own set of updat... |
16 June 2009
02:34 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems announced today a new release of its OpenSolaris distribution. "Today marks the release of OpenSolaris 2009.06, the third release of the OpenSolaris Operating System. We've shifted gear, bringing you a new set of features right to your door, from the desktop to the data center." said Glynn Foste... |
1 June 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has updated VirtualBox xVM, a powerful Open Source virtualization solution for Mac OS X. The new release brings both the VirtualBox app, as well as the SDK to version 2.2.0 (Build 45846), and is “a major update,” according to the folks behind Java.Sun Microsystems' xVM VirtualBox sof... |
10 April 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems, the maker of Java, has recently updated VirtualBox, the free yet powerful x86 virtualization tool, along with the VirtualBox SDK, currently at version 2.2.0 Build 44647 Beta 1. According to the release notes, VirtualBox now offers experimental support for OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) hosts running both ... |
18 March 2009
10:12 GMT |
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With its free virtualization software, VirtualBox, Sun Microsystems includes a set of development tools for third-party developers. The VirtualBox Software Development Kit (SDK) provides developers with all the documentation and interface files that are needed to write code that interacts with VirtualBox. VirtualBox ... |
17 February 2009
03:55 GMT |
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Although Java is the work of those over at Sun Microsystems, Apple needs to release its own updates for the platform. Because of the multiple vulnerabilities recently found in Java Web Start and the Java Plug-in, Apple has rolled out two separate Java updates for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard users. Both are free to dow... |
13 February 2009
03:29 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems announced that its JavaFX Mobile platform has been released. The new JavaFX Mobile is built around the previous Java ME platform and is meant to offer developers a means of creating immersive mobile content while also allowing them to enhance their existing investment in Java. The new platform deliv... |
12 February 2009
08:42 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems announced it was preparing new technologies that would emphasize the importance of mobile device applications, including Java On Device Portal (ODP), developed for widget applications, as well as the JavaFX Mobile runtime, which will be launched next month as part of the company's JavaFX rich In... |
23 January 2009
10:12 GMT |
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The people at Sun Microsystems have updated their virtualization software, VirtualBox, to version 2.1.2. At the moment, VirtualBox runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux hosts. It supports a large number of guest operating systems including, but not limited to, Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Window... |
22 January 2009
08:34 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems is reported to plan the introduction of Flash-based servers and storage systems in the first half of the next year. The new products are said to be based on the company's earlier adoption of Flash in its ZFS storage platform. According to Sun officials, the use of Flash is able to lower the tota... |
10 December 2008
05:28 GMT |
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As usual, Apple has been sluggish in patching the latest discovered bugs in Sun's system for developing cross-platform applications. Sun patched at least 14 vulnerabilities in Java last week, with Version 6.0 Build 11 now available for download on Windows PCs, but also addressed 34 non-security problems ranging ... |
8 December 2008
04:50 GMT |
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With the launch of JavaFX 1.0, Sun Microsystems is attempting to bridge the functionality necessary for building rich Internet applications (RIAs) with immersive media and content designed to play nice with both browsers and desktops. Claiming that Java already accounts for an installed base of in excess of 800 milli... |
4 December 2008
11:50 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has announced today that StarOffice 9 and its Asian language counterpart, StarSuite 9 have been released, adding new versions of word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, database and drawing apps. The suite now boasts native Mac OS X support (Intel only), meaning it doesn't depend on other sof... |
17 November 2008
08:26 GMT |
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It appears that the worldwide low economy is continuing to make victims among major IT industry companies, as Sun Microsystems has just announced that it plans to lay off 15 to 18 percent of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring plan. People that are to leave the company include the company's executiv... |
14 November 2008
10:31 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has announced a new version of Sun xVM VirtualBox, the free (open source) desktop virtualization software, enabling Mac OS X users to run a multitude of OSes on their Intel-based machines, such as Linux, Windows, Solaris and OpenSolaris. Sun's xVM VirtualBox Software Enterprise Subscription has ... |
5 September 2008
06:24 GMT |
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xVM VirtualBox 2.0, Sun's open source, free and very efficient virtualization tool has been released yesterday, together with Sun xVM VirtualBox Software Enterprise Subscription, with support for enterprise users. This release is a major upgrade as it brings 64-bit guest OS, a new and improved GUI, a new version... |
5 September 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Yesterday, Sun Microsystems released the source code for the Lightweight User Interface Toolkit (LWUIT) under the GPL+Classpath Exception. The company took this step in order to combat the fragmentation trends in the mobile development world and to enable developers to create user interfaces that would behave the sam... |
15 August 2008
08:15 GMT |
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It looks like the latest news from the storage market finally bring something else than just details on Solid State Drives. These days, the entire media has been ablaze with talks about the most recent announcements made by IBM and Sun Microsystems, which have once again brought tape storage drives into the spotlight... |
16 July 2008
06:09 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems, a leading manufacturer of server systems, is going to integrate SSDs in several series of its machines. Apparently, the manufacturer is trying to lower the power consumption of its machines and reduce the total cost of ownership, while boosting the overall performance of the servers."Flash SSD is th... |
6 June 2008
02:56 GMT |
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OpenSolaris, the operating system created by Sun Microsystems, has finally reached its first stable release, 2008.05. I think this is one of the most awaited operating systems by developers, sysadmins and users who are interested in developing and improving operating systems. OpenSolaris 2008.05 comes packed with fea... |
5 May 2008
09:20 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems is planning to roll out a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone this summer, "some time after June," according to InfoWorld. The virtual machine is said to allow Java apps to run on the both Apple's devices using touchscreen and motion sensing features, the iPhone and iPod touch.The Java ... |
11 March 2008
10:59 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of MySQL AB, the developer of the most popular open source database, for approximately $1 billion. MySQL's complete portfolio of products and enterprise services were unveiled and are available for use.Sun provides a single and secure cho... |
27 February 2008
10:29 GMT |
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A small company called Implicit Networks, has managed to attract all the IT industry titans and drag them in a patent infringement lawsuit. AMD, Nvidia, Intel, Sun, Raza Microelectronics and Real Networks have been called to the Court for an alleged patent infringement regarding Implict's intellectual property.T... |
20 February 2008
09:26 GMT |
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Virtualization has become a trend when talking about storage and server business. Just like one of Murphy's laws says, the less people know about technology, the more they try to get hold of it. Virtualization is on everybody's lips, no matter if they don't have a clue about what it does.In general ter... |
18 December 2007
08:40 GMT |
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14 November, Oracle OpenWorld 2007 conference, Michael Dell (Dell CEO and founder) and Jonathan Schwartz (Sun Microsystems CEO) announce that Dell will offer rack and blade servers with Sun's Solaris and OpenSolaris operating systems. That means anyone who will buy a Dell rack or blade optimized servers will ha... |
15 November 2007
09:59 GMT |
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The U.S. Department of Defense will be holding the third Department of Defense Open IT Conference from 11th to 12th December in Washington, D.C. This demonstrates how widespread the adoption of open source software is and points out how to get the best results using this type of software.The main goal of the conferen... |
15 November 2007
04:24 GMT |
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Portland, Oregon was the host for the famous OSCON (O'Reilly Open Source Convention) this year. Among the special guests who took word at this event there was also Sun's operating system chief and creator of Debian, Ian Murdock. Murdock was there to share a few details over Sun's "Project Indiana".Proj... |
31 July 2007
03:49 GMT |
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