Neowin News Feed for: Sun

Report: 'Nokia Sun' Windows Phone coming in November

Andy Weir — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:59:08 +0100

Nokia's new Windows Phones are eagerly awaited but concrete info is hard to come by on the first three devices: Searay, Sabre and Ace. A leaked image from Orange adds a new name to the mix: Nokia Sun. Read more...

Sun Microsystems co-founder launches new company via Twitter

John Callaham — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:18:10 +0100

The former co-founder and CEO of the now defunct Sun Microsystems is launching a new and mysterious start up business and he's largely using the Twitter social networking web site to get the word out.... Read more...

HP Discover: Third day roundup

Christopher White — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:13:09 +0100

The third day of HP Discover has officially wrapped and today's focus was clearly on unseating Oracle in the enterprise. As such, we saw a presentation on migrating from the Sun/Oracle SPARC architecture to HP's... Read more...

Solaris 10 no longer free, future of OpenSolaris questioned

giga — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:56:21 +0100

Infoworld is reporting that Sun's enterprise operating system, Solaris 10, is no longer free and is now a 90 day trial. The changed licensing agreement now states the following: "Please remember, your right to use... Read more...

VirtualBox 3.1.4

Kristan Kenney — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:59:11 +0000

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only... Read more...

EU gives Oracle unconditional approval for Sun purchase

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:42:11 +0000

U.S. software company Oracle has been given unconditional approval from the European Union for its $7 billion purchase of computer maker Sun Microsystems, reports Reuters. Oracle was given the go ahead by the U.S. Department... Read more...

MySQL founder calls for protests against Oracle takeover

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:51:27 +0000

The founder of the popular MySQL database is calling for people to protest against Oracle's attempted takeover of Silicon Valley based Sun Microsystems. Michael Widenius says that the European Commission must block the deal in... Read more...

Date set for Sun stockholders to vote on Oracle merger

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:10:42 +0100

Sun Microsystems has announced that a special meeting of it's Board of Directors has approved a July 16, 2009 date for a special stockholder meeting to vote on the adoption of the proposed merger agreement... Read more...

IBM said to be buying Sun Microsystems for $7B

Sam Symons — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:47:46 +0000

The company IBM is currently negotiating a deal in which it will buy Sun Microsystems for the hefty sum of US$7 billion. The deal will be a very important one, and according to The NY... Read more...

Sun to spread Live Toolbar via JAVA

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:00:34 +0000

Microsoft has announced a deal with Sun Microsystems to offer its MSN Toolbar when users download the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), from today. Anyone downloading JRE will have the option to download the... Read more...

Sun Plans to Cut 2500 Jobs

Sagittarius — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:42:41 +0100

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Sun Microsystems, citing impacts of the softening U.S. economy, posted a net loss on a slight decline in revenue for its third quarter and announced plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs, results which departed... Read more...

Sun Acquires Chipmaker Montalvo

Sagittarius — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:33:24 +0100

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Sun Microsystems is buying the technical assets of Montalvo Systems, a semiconductor company that was looking to break into the x86 market against the likes of Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. In a statement, a... Read more...

Sun, Microsoft wrangle for TV turf

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 May 2004 20:16:11 +0100

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Sun Microsystems and its allies gained a victory this week in establishing Java technology in TV set-top boxes, but rival Microsoft snapped up a Sun executive and countered with its own technology. On Sun's side,... Read more...

Sun, Microsoft pact draws mixed reactions

malebolgia — Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:31:50 +0100

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The broad legal settlement reached Friday between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems could be a big boost for the companies and their customers, but any impact it may have on the European Commission's efforts to rein... Read more...

Microsoft, Sun, IBM, And HP Make Retail Moves

malebolgia — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:47:31 +0000

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The IT side of retailing held center stage Monday as companies ranging from Microsoft and IBM to Sun and HP laid out plans and products at the National Retailer Federation's trade show in New York.... Read more...

Sun, Office Depot Ink Server, Storage Contract

configure — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 04:15:15 +0000

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Sun Microsystems beat out competitors to land a multiyear agreement to supply storage systems and software to office products reseller Office Depot, Sun said Monday. The project includes Solaris-based Sun Fire 15K servers,... Read more...

Amnesty blows the horn on MS, Sun, Cisco

Keldyn — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:05:02 +0000

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Human rights group Amnesty International has fingered a handful of tech companies that allegedly have sold products used in government censorship of Internet speech in China. In a report released Tuesday, Amnesty... Read more...

Sun, Lindows.com Strike Deal

aco — Tue, 16 Jul 2002 04:26:17 +0100

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Proving the motto "My enemy's enemy is my friend," Microsoft foes Sun Microsystems and Lindows announced an alliance to put Sun's StarOffice software on Lindows.com's operating system. The deal will make StarOffice... Read more...