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AP Source: IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems (AP)

IBM could shake up Silicon Valley with Sun deal (Update 2)

Technology / Business

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be making an opportunistic grab for a deep well of technology that Sun has ...





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Evolution still scientifically stable

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 13

An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.


Microsoft Surface

Microsoft goes intercontinental via cloud and Surface

Technology / Software

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Microsoft announced on Monday that it is going intercontinental with touch-screen Surface computers and a suite of business software offered online as services "in the cloud."


'Virtual' computers span the digital divide

Technology / Software

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

NComputing is out to span the digital divide with a version of cloud computing called "virtualization," which essentially turns one machine into many.


Xbox exec Shane Kim to retire after 19 years

Technology / Business

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shane Kim, the Microsoft Corp. executive who oversaw the growth of its video game business from the original Xbox and through such hits as "Halo" and "Gears of War," is retiring after 19 years with the software maker.


Oracle, Sun link up for new product; HP snubbed

Technology / Business

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 ...


A nimbus rises in the world of cloud computing

A nimbus rises in the world of cloud computing

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Cloud computing is a hot topic in the technology world these days. Even if you're not a tech-phile, chances are if you've watched a lot of television or skimmed a business magazine, you've heard someone talking ...


Ubuntu 7.04 to Arrive April 19

Technology / Software

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

For Linux business users, the most important Linux release of 2007 so far is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. But for most other Linux fans, the upcoming release of Ubuntu Version 7.04 on April 19 demands more attention.


Manufacturing, reinvented

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created the architecture, hardware and software that will enable super-agile distributed corporations capable of reconfiguring themselves on the fly. It promises to make 'made-to-order' ...


Danaher buying MDS, Life Technologies unit

Technology / Business

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Danaher Corp. said Wednesday it will shed about twice as many existing jobs and plants as previously announced and also buy a global provider of medical instruments to analyze molecules.


Linux Vendors Welcome Dell's Prebundling Move

Technology / Software

created May 02, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

While officials for Red Hat and Novell's SUSE have welcomed the move as good for the industry, they also downplayed its competitive significance.



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