items tagged with Sun
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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Sun conference sees NetBeans IDE preview
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-07 16:54:53
A preview release of the NetBeans 6.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) has been timed to coincide with the opening of Sun's JavaOne conference in San Francisco.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-07 16:54:53
A preview release of the NetBeans 6.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) has been timed to coincide with the opening of Sun's JavaOne conference in San Francisco.
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Solaris served on the Rocks
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-06 05:30:36
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-06 05:30:36
Sun Microsystems has put more pressure on itself to make two rather large bets pay off.
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Sun shines OpenOffice.org for Mac
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-03 23:26:40
Sun has announced it is joining the effort to provide Mac users with a native 'Aqua' version of the OpenOffice.org (OOo) open-source office suite.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-05-03 23:26:40
Sun has announced it is joining the effort to provide Mac users with a native 'Aqua' version of the OpenOffice.org (OOo) open-source office suite.
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Scientists will look for alien life, but Where and How?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-27 11:12:02
With the discovery of the potentially habitable planet Gliese 581 c, astrobiologists are setting their sights on the search for extraterrestrial life. Where are the best places to look? What are the best instruments to perform those searches? How will they do it?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-27 11:12:02
With the discovery of the potentially habitable planet Gliese 581 c, astrobiologists are setting their sights on the search for extraterrestrial life. Where are the best places to look? What are the best instruments to perform those searches? How will they do it?
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Earth-like planet discovered?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-24 21:29:32
Astronomers have discovered a exoplanet possibly capable of maintaining liquid water, and therefore life as we know it.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-24 21:29:32
Astronomers have discovered a exoplanet possibly capable of maintaining liquid water, and therefore life as we know it.
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Earth-like planet found around star Gliese 581, 20.5 LYs away
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-24 21:18:18
European astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a red dwarf star called Gliese 581. They state that the planet—called Gliese 581 c—could contain water, and if it does, it would be in a liquid state.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-24 21:18:18
European astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a red dwarf star called Gliese 581. They state that the planet—called Gliese 581 c—could contain water, and if it does, it would be in a liquid state.
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NASA excited about just-released 3-D images of Sun
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-23 10:53:17
On Monday, April 23, 2007, NASA released three-dimensional (3-D) images of the Sun. The images came from the STEREO observatories, which are twin probes that are orbiting about the Sun.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-23 10:53:17
On Monday, April 23, 2007, NASA released three-dimensional (3-D) images of the Sun. The images came from the STEREO observatories, which are twin probes that are orbiting about the Sun.
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NASA announce first-ever 3-D STEREO images of Sun
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-22 09:55:46
At 11 a.m. EDT, April 23, 2007, NASA presents the STEREO 3-D Press Conference, at the Goddard Space Flight Center, to show off new (first time ever) three-dimensional images of the Sun that were made by the twin STEREO spacecraft.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-22 09:55:46
At 11 a.m. EDT, April 23, 2007, NASA presents the STEREO 3-D Press Conference, at the Goddard Space Flight Center, to show off new (first time ever) three-dimensional images of the Sun that were made by the twin STEREO spacecraft.
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Oldest known meteor shower, Lyrid, coming to your local sky
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-21 07:09:44
The annual Lyrid meteor shower (LYR), or Lyrids, will be seen between April 15 and 28, 2007, but is expected to peak on Saturday or Sunday, April 21-22. People in the northern hemisphere will get the best view, but folks in the southern hemisphere will see it, too.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-21 07:09:44
The annual Lyrid meteor shower (LYR), or Lyrids, will be seen between April 15 and 28, 2007, but is expected to peak on Saturday or Sunday, April 21-22. People in the northern hemisphere will get the best view, but folks in the southern hemisphere will see it, too.
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We complain about weather on Earth, but what about Space Weather?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-19 11:50:36
Space weather concerns various environmental conditions that occur in outer space. But, does it affect us on the Earth?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-19 11:50:36
Space weather concerns various environmental conditions that occur in outer space. But, does it affect us on the Earth?
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Space Solar Power from satellites could generate power from Sun
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-04-11 13:31:22
Space solar power (SSP) is a concept that has yet-to-be developed, which could convert the energy of the Sun into electrical power from artificially-made satellites for use on the Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-04-11 13:31:22
Space solar power (SSP) is a concept that has yet-to-be developed, which could convert the energy of the Sun into electrical power from artificially-made satellites for use on the Earth.
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Sun and Fujitsu to release 256-thread (M)onster
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-11 05:38:15
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-11 05:38:15
Exclusive Longtime mainframe hater Sun Microsystems has borrowed big iron rhetoric to pitch its upcoming line of midrange and high-end servers built with Fujitsu.
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Amazing video shows Sun’s chromosphere with jets “as big as Texas”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-21 17:17:15
NASA describes the video as: a magnetic vortex almost as big as Earth [that] races across your computer screen, twisting, turning, finally erupting in a powerful solar flare.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-21 17:17:15
NASA describes the video as: a magnetic vortex almost as big as Earth [that] races across your computer screen, twisting, turning, finally erupting in a powerful solar flare.
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Hinode observatory delivers new view of Sun
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-21 17:03:00
Images from the Hinode space observatory show the Sun's magnetic field is more turbulent than previously thought.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-21 17:03:00
Images from the Hinode space observatory show the Sun's magnetic field is more turbulent than previously thought.
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Sun signs Debian dweeb
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-03-20 02:06:05
Ian Murdock - the father of Debian Linux - has quit his job as chief technology officer of the Linux Foundation to join Sun Microsystems as chief operating platforms officer.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-03-20 02:06:05
Ian Murdock - the father of Debian Linux - has quit his job as chief technology officer of the Linux Foundation to join Sun Microsystems as chief operating platforms officer.
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Partial solar eclipse occurred March 19
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-19 09:37:24
The first solar eclipse of 2007 occurred on March 19, 2007 and was visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-19 09:37:24
The first solar eclipse of 2007 occurred on March 19, 2007 and was visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska.
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Football shaped rock near Pluto acts crazy
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-14 18:11:20
Caltech astronomers have discovered a rock called 2003 EL61. It is really strange because it crazily rotates every four hours, has two moons, is oblong-shaped like a football, and is as large as Pluto.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-14 18:11:20
Caltech astronomers have discovered a rock called 2003 EL61. It is really strange because it crazily rotates every four hours, has two moons, is oblong-shaped like a football, and is as large as Pluto.
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Great photos of March 3rd lunar eclipse and info on future ones
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-04 09:47:02
Some of the words describing the March 3rd total lunar eclipse were “thrilling”, “exciting”, “delight”, and “thriller”—of course others (like this journalist in Illinois) were disappointed with cloudy conditions.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-04 09:47:02
Some of the words describing the March 3rd total lunar eclipse were “thrilling”, “exciting”, “delight”, and “thriller”—of course others (like this journalist in Illinois) were disappointed with cloudy conditions.
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New worm appears, but this one's for Unix
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-03-01 17:15:16
Security vendors are warning of a Unix worm that propagates via a vulnerability in the telnetd program within Solaris.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-03-01 17:15:16
Security vendors are warning of a Unix worm that propagates via a vulnerability in the telnetd program within Solaris.
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