items tagged with Sun
Sun cuts global workforce by 10 percent
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-21 06:40:56
Sun Microsystems has announced that 3000 more jobs must go, and blames the bureaucrats in Brussels.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-21 06:40:56
Sun Microsystems has announced that 3000 more jobs must go, and blames the bureaucrats in Brussels.
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NASA surprised with strange ribbon circling solar system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-16 09:34:38
THE NASA spacecraft IBEX is making a map of the edge of the heliosphere, the magnetic boundary formed by the solar wind and interstellar matter at the edge of the solar system. Unexpectedly, IBEX imaged a "bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin" that goes about 80% away around the solar system.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-16 09:34:38
THE NASA spacecraft IBEX is making a map of the edge of the heliosphere, the magnetic boundary formed by the solar wind and interstellar matter at the edge of the solar system. Unexpectedly, IBEX imaged a "bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin" that goes about 80% away around the solar system.
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Chandrayaan finds how water is generated on Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-15 10:27:21
The Indian Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft discovers that the Moon absorbs rays from the Sun in order to create water on its lunar surface. Surprisingly, though, some of them are reflected back into space. Learn why this is important in our continuing investigation of our local solar system and the much larger universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-15 10:27:21
The Indian Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft discovers that the Moon absorbs rays from the Sun in order to create water on its lunar surface. Surprisingly, though, some of them are reflected back into space. Learn why this is important in our continuing investigation of our local solar system and the much larger universe.
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Convert any computer to a virtual machine with Linux and Clonezilla
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-13 06:15:30
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-13 06:15:30
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
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Open Source software growing in importance
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-01 03:23:21
The increasing ease of integration and compatibility with different platforms has seen businesses in the Asia Pacific region increasingly evaluating Open Source software as a viable alternative as they continue to look for ways to reduce operational expenses.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-01 03:23:21
The increasing ease of integration and compatibility with different platforms has seen businesses in the Asia Pacific region increasingly evaluating Open Source software as a viable alternative as they continue to look for ways to reduce operational expenses.
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Firefox wants to update Adobe Flash Player
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-10 22:42:40
The newest versions of Firefox (3.0.14 and 3.5.3) now test for outdated (potentially vulnerable) versions of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-10 22:42:40
The newest versions of Firefox (3.0.14 and 3.5.3) now test for outdated (potentially vulnerable) versions of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in.
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Tanning beds classified as significant cancer hazard
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-01 08:19:28
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), has raised the safety and health concern over the use of tanning beds to its highest risk category of "carcinogenic to humans." Carcinogenic is defined as "cancer causing."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-01 08:19:28
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), has raised the safety and health concern over the use of tanning beds to its highest risk category of "carcinogenic to humans." Carcinogenic is defined as "cancer causing."
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NASA announces longest solar eclipse in 21st century
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-21 09:17:34
Six minutes, 39 seconds is the maximum duration of the total solar eclipse (seen in some parts of the world), which is due to begin early in the morning of July 22, 2009, starting in the Gulf of Khambhat, east of India.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-21 09:17:34
Six minutes, 39 seconds is the maximum duration of the total solar eclipse (seen in some parts of the world), which is due to begin early in the morning of July 22, 2009, starting in the Gulf of Khambhat, east of India.
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See lavender sunset compliments of Russian volcano
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-01 08:08:02
The Russian volcano Sarychev Peak erupted on June 12, 2009, and now you can see a plume of ash and sulfur dioxide mixing with the normal sunset to produce a lavender, or purplish, sunset throughout the northern United States and Europe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-01 08:08:02
The Russian volcano Sarychev Peak erupted on June 12, 2009, and now you can see a plume of ash and sulfur dioxide mixing with the normal sunset to produce a lavender, or purplish, sunset throughout the northern United States and Europe.
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First space storm seen impacting above Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-09 09:04:08
For the first time, scientists have pinpointed a space storm hitting the Earth’s atmosphere. This first-time recorded event could help scientists predict solar storms on Earth, helping us to protect our electronic equipment, power grids, and satellites.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-09 09:04:08
For the first time, scientists have pinpointed a space storm hitting the Earth’s atmosphere. This first-time recorded event could help scientists predict solar storms on Earth, helping us to protect our electronic equipment, power grids, and satellites.
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All pointing skywards for cloud computing
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-05-24 04:09:55
Scepticism about cloud computing, still in its early stages of development, abounds in the technology industry, but despite the critics who apparently describe it as not much more than hype, there’s a new prediction that in the next six years – by 2015 – cloud computing will make up 17 percent of all IT expenditure worldwide.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-05-24 04:09:55
Scepticism about cloud computing, still in its early stages of development, abounds in the technology industry, but despite the critics who apparently describe it as not much more than hype, there’s a new prediction that in the next six years – by 2015 – cloud computing will make up 17 percent of all IT expenditure worldwide.
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Sun Java System Communications Express security advisory
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-22 08:15:53
Yet another critical cross-site scripting vulnerability has been reported, this time impacting those using Sun's Java System Communications Express application.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-22 08:15:53
Yet another critical cross-site scripting vulnerability has been reported, this time impacting those using Sun's Java System Communications Express application.
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Sun photos overwhelm shuttle Atlantis and Hubble telescope
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-16 09:40:43
A French photogragher captures stunning images of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope as they travel in front of the Sun just before the STS-125 astronauts grabbed the telescope in preparetion to service and repair the orbiting observatory.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-16 09:40:43
A French photogragher captures stunning images of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope as they travel in front of the Sun just before the STS-125 astronauts grabbed the telescope in preparetion to service and repair the orbiting observatory.
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NASA THEMIS satellites change solar storm theory
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-25 07:52:35
The THEMIS discovery changes how scientists think about charged solar particles (plasma) from the Sun interacting with the magnetic field (magnetosphere) of the Earth. They can now more accurately measure the amount of energy released, which causes magnetic storms and intensifies auroras.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-25 07:52:35
The THEMIS discovery changes how scientists think about charged solar particles (plasma) from the Sun interacting with the magnetic field (magnetosphere) of the Earth. They can now more accurately measure the amount of energy released, which causes magnetic storms and intensifies auroras.
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Oracle to layoff more than 10,000 Sun staff: analysts
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 20:33:41
The US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corp will result in layoffs of between 10,000 and 15,000 staff in the first two years, according to industry analysts. In so doing Oracle will accomplish what Sun didn't have the stomach for and save billions of dollars each year they say.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 20:33:41
The US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corp will result in layoffs of between 10,000 and 15,000 staff in the first two years, according to industry analysts. In so doing Oracle will accomplish what Sun didn't have the stomach for and save billions of dollars each year they say.
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Physicists observe waves that heat Sun’s corona
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-20 11:21:10
For the first time scientists have directly seen magnetic waves that heat up the outer atmosphere of the Sun millions of degrees hotter than its surface interior. These Alfvén waves were imaged by the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-20 11:21:10
For the first time scientists have directly seen magnetic waves that heat up the outer atmosphere of the Sun millions of degrees hotter than its surface interior. These Alfvén waves were imaged by the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope.
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Oracle vertically integrates paying $7.4B for Sun
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 09:05:35
In what is being viewed as a move to vertically integrate its business, business software giant Oracle has agreed to buy struggling servers hardware vendor Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion cash. The deal should come as welcome to Sun jusr two weeks after acquisition talks with IBM broke down.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 09:05:35
In what is being viewed as a move to vertically integrate its business, business software giant Oracle has agreed to buy struggling servers hardware vendor Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion cash. The deal should come as welcome to Sun jusr two weeks after acquisition talks with IBM broke down.
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Pacific Gas and Electric shines with Solaren
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2009-04-14 21:02:43
California utility company PG&E announces that it will get clean, bright electricity from Solaren, which will grab sunlight from solar panels orbiting about the Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2009-04-14 21:02:43
California utility company PG&E announces that it will get clean, bright electricity from Solaren, which will grab sunlight from solar panels orbiting about the Earth.
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Sun is giving us a blank stare: No sunspots!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-03 12:01:42
According to a NASA announcement made on April 2, 2009, the Sun is in its "deepest solar minimum in nearly a century." It’s spotless and blank!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-03 12:01:42
According to a NASA announcement made on April 2, 2009, the Sun is in its "deepest solar minimum in nearly a century." It’s spotless and blank!
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Accenture not immune to challenging economic times
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Outsourcing
2009-03-29 00:22:58
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Outsourcing
2009-03-29 00:22:58
A report just released on the IT industry says that IT services firm, Accenture, is showing that it is not immune to the challenging economic environment, with the company reporting a top line decline of 6% in US currency , but up 3% in local currency, for its fiscal second quarter of 2009.
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