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Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms

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created Aug 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.


April video game sales decline 17 percent

Technology / Software

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Lacking the big hits that made the year-ago period a standout, U.S. video game sales dropped sharply in April for the second month in a row as customers continued to watch their wallets.





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Sun chairman Scott McNealy hailed the merger of his company with Oracle as "an industry-defining event"

Software giant Oracle buys Java whizz Sun

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Business software giant Oracle announced Monday it was buying Sun Microsystems and its Java programming language for 7.4 billion dollars after IBM abandoned its bid for the struggling tech company.


Warp Power May Soon Add Extra Life to Your Cell Phone and iPod Batteries

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Roman Lysecky, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Arizona, has been awarded a grant of more than $400,000 by the National Science Foundation to develop high-performance customizable ...


Embedded systems -- the whole picture

Embedded systems -- the whole picture

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Embedded computer systems must be fast and efficient. A European consortium has created a new modelling framework that lets designers strike the best balance between static, reconfigurable ...


Oracle, Sun link up for new product; HP snubbed

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- With the fate of its proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. uncertain amid antitrust scrutiny, Oracle Corp. is moving ahead with a new product incorporating both companies' technology, and snubbing ...


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General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- G.E. has unveiled a 500 GB micro-holographic disc that is the same size as existing DVD's. The storage capacity is equivalent to 100 DVD's and is aimed at the archive industry but eventually ...


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Wal-Mart to enter medical records digitization market

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US retail titan Wal-Mart is poised to enter the medical data market with the launch of a package that would help small doctor's practices to digitize their medical records, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.


Server market woes likely to grow as year goes on

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It was only a few years ago that the market for computer servers was one of the hottest in the tech sector as large corporations, most notably financial services companies, bulked up on the devices to run their high-end business ...


Sony belatedly to join `netbook' market in August (AP)

Sony belatedly to join 'netbook' market in August

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a tiny new laptop starting in August, the company's belated entry into the growing but cutthroat "netbook" PC market.


New Specialized Intel Atom Processor Targets Cars, Internet Phones

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Advancing innovation around the Intel Atom processor with a goal to target additional market segments, Intel Corporation today announced four unique versions of processors and two new system controller hub additions to the ...


As Oracle readies takeover, Sun's loss widens (AP)

As Oracle readies takeover, Sun's loss widens

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc.'s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit by acquiring Sun for ...



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