items tagged with Sun
Nokia Siemens joins Linux Foundation to push 'telco' Linux
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-08-13 19:22:06
Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the world's leading manufacturers of telecommunications carrier network equipment, has joined the Linux Foundation in a move that is expected to improve so-called 'carrier-grade' Linux. It is one of several initiatives by the company in this direction.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-08-13 19:22:06
Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the world's leading manufacturers of telecommunications carrier network equipment, has joined the Linux Foundation in a move that is expected to improve so-called 'carrier-grade' Linux. It is one of several initiatives by the company in this direction.
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Google adds StarOffice to Google Pack
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-08-12 21:46:14
In what may come as a surprise to many office productivity software users, Google has added Sun Microsystems' open source but not free office productivity suite Star Office to its Google Pack suite of free downloadable applications.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-08-12 21:46:14
In what may come as a surprise to many office productivity software users, Google has added Sun Microsystems' open source but not free office productivity suite Star Office to its Google Pack suite of free downloadable applications.
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SCO falls flat on its face
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-08-11 21:16:12
The SCO Group may face financial ruin after a ruling in the US that it does not own the IP rights to UNIX. Novell has been ruled to own the IP.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-08-11 21:16:12
The SCO Group may face financial ruin after a ruling in the US that it does not own the IP rights to UNIX. Novell has been ruled to own the IP.
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TrES-4 is biggest and lowest-density exoplanet ever discovered
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-08 09:15:07
TrES-4 was discovered by an international team of astronomers with the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES). What makes it an unusual type of planet it that TrES-4 is just under twice the diameter of Jupiter (the largest planet in the solar system) but only approximately three-quarters the mass.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-08 09:15:07
TrES-4 was discovered by an international team of astronomers with the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES). What makes it an unusual type of planet it that TrES-4 is just under twice the diameter of Jupiter (the largest planet in the solar system) but only approximately three-quarters the mass.
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The multiple sclerosis and sunshine connection
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-08-05 10:41:34
California researchers find that more exposure to sunshine early in a person’s life relates to less risk from multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-08-05 10:41:34
California researchers find that more exposure to sunshine early in a person’s life relates to less risk from multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life.
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Cold Swedish city uses solar heating in winter! How is it done?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy generation
2007-07-25 20:41:17
"New Scientist" magazine reports that a few citizens of Sweden are heating water from sunlight in the summer by running it through pipes as part of rooftop solar heaters. Then, they store it and use it in the cold winter months.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy generation
2007-07-25 20:41:17
"New Scientist" magazine reports that a few citizens of Sweden are heating water from sunlight in the summer by running it through pipes as part of rooftop solar heaters. Then, they store it and use it in the cold winter months.
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First proof of water found on planet outside Earth’s solar system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-11 22:15:10
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-11 22:15:10
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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Full Moon July 1st weekend looks larger. Is it an illusion?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-01 08:44:36
The full Moon, when it first rises during the July 1, 2007 weekend, will be exceptionally low in the sky when compared to other full moons during the year. You will probably think it is larger than normal. You are viewing the "Moon Illusion".
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-01 08:44:36
The full Moon, when it first rises during the July 1, 2007 weekend, will be exceptionally low in the sky when compared to other full moons during the year. You will probably think it is larger than normal. You are viewing the "Moon Illusion".
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IBM, Sun square up in supercomputer market
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-26 21:24:56
IBM says the new model in its Blue Gene supercomputer family has almost three times the grunt of its predecessor, but Sun is looking to muscle into the market with its new Constellation system.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-26 21:24:56
IBM says the new model in its Blue Gene supercomputer family has almost three times the grunt of its predecessor, but Sun is looking to muscle into the market with its new Constellation system.
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Sun blade system claims benchmark lead
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-06 19:22:57
Sun claims its Blade 6000 Modular System provides greater memory and I/O capacity than competing products as well as delivering superior benchmark performance.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-06 19:22:57
Sun claims its Blade 6000 Modular System provides greater memory and I/O capacity than competing products as well as delivering superior benchmark performance.
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NASA scientist predicts solar storms to warn astronauts
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-26 19:47:39
U.S. physicist Arik Posner has found an accurate way to predict an incoming solar radiation storm with the use of NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). This discovery is very important to safeguard astronauts and satellites in space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-26 19:47:39
U.S. physicist Arik Posner has found an accurate way to predict an incoming solar radiation storm with the use of NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). This discovery is very important to safeguard astronauts and satellites in space.
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Watch Moon and Venus together after sunset on Saturday, May 19, 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-19 10:35:10
At sunset look to the west and the waxing crescent Moon and the planet Venus will be within one degree of each other, being the two brightest objects in the evening sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-19 10:35:10
At sunset look to the west and the waxing crescent Moon and the planet Venus will be within one degree of each other, being the two brightest objects in the evening sky.
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Sun climbs buyback mountain
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-17 04:03:52
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-17 04:03:52
Sun Microsystems will appease investors with a whopping $3bn share buyback.
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Solaris can never be Linux
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-05-13 13:00:36
Whenever I hear the words Sun Microsystems and open source mentioned together I can't help but laugh.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-05-13 13:00:36
Whenever I hear the words Sun Microsystems and open source mentioned together I can't help but laugh.
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Astronomers discover HE 1523 star: Almost as old as universe
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-12 10:53:59
HE 1523-0901 is a star within our Milky Way galaxy that astronomers estimate to be about 13.3 billion years old. It is the oldest object yet discovered in our galaxy. HE 1523 is only about 400 million years younger than the age of the universe itself (estimated at 13.7 billion years).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-12 10:53:59
HE 1523-0901 is a star within our Milky Way galaxy that astronomers estimate to be about 13.3 billion years old. It is the oldest object yet discovered in our galaxy. HE 1523 is only about 400 million years younger than the age of the universe itself (estimated at 13.7 billion years).
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Sun gears Solaris for Linux users
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: ZDNet UK
2007-05-11 04:02:41
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: ZDNet UK
2007-05-11 04:02:41
In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux.
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Sun plans 'consumer-friendly' Java SE
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-09 05:27:06
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-09 05:27:06
JavaOne Sun Microsystems is introducing changes to Java, boosting speed and improving flexibility for deployment on PCs and consumer-facing devices.
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Buttons and sliders go wild with Sun's Java FX
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-09 05:20:37
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-09 05:20:37
JavaOne Sun Microsystems has jumped inheadfirst into Web 2.0, urging developers to change the world with cell phones and online services powered by its Java software.
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Sun says JavaFX take a bow to Web 2.0 world
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-08 20:45:06
The JavaOne developers conference set the stage for the heavyweights of Sun Microsystems to unveil a new scripting language for building Web 2.0 interfaces across multiple computing platforms including mobile phones, set top boxes and Blu-ray players. The new language platform, called JavaFX, is to be open sourced but is still in an alpha stage of development.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-08 20:45:06
The JavaOne developers conference set the stage for the heavyweights of Sun Microsystems to unveil a new scripting language for building Web 2.0 interfaces across multiple computing platforms including mobile phones, set top boxes and Blu-ray players. The new language platform, called JavaFX, is to be open sourced but is still in an alpha stage of development.
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Sun's chip gurus theorize about obliterating IBM and Intel
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-08 06:51:12
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-08 06:51:12
When you have companies such as IBM and Intel looking to destroy your business, it's nice to have a fella like Ivan Sutherland stored away in a back room.
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