Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers

"Hackers are a skeptical bunch, but that doesn't bother Dan Kaminsky, who got a lot of flack from his colleagues in the security research community after claiming to have discovered a critical bug in the Internet's infrastructure.Kaminsky made headlines on Tuesday by talking...

Web 3.0, according to Sun Microsystems

It seems only yesterday that they coined "Web 2.0"... and now here comes its successor.  Everything indeed is traveling at light speed nowadays. " The next incarnation of the Internet would see ordinary users creating their own applications, according to Sun...

Sun to spend $1B to acquire MySQL, will compete with Oracle, Microsoft

"When discussing enterprise database installations worldwide, as of today, it will be impossible not to consider Sun Microsystems along with Microsoft and Oracle. This morning, Sun announced it has reached an agreement with MySQL -- which by some accounts may have become the...

Sun Microsystems Announces StarOffice(TM) Software Suite to be Distributed Th...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 15 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that its award-winning office productivity software, StarOffice(TM) (http://www.sun.com/staroffice), is now available through the Google Pack software download service. StarOffice is Sun's commercial...

India’s First PACE Institution Established at PES Institute of Technology i...

"BANGALORE, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Motors (GM), EDS, Sun Microsystems and UGS joined together today for the launch of a new automotive planning, design and engineering partnership with the opening of India’s first PACE Institution at the PES Institute of Technology...

From its grey-flannel grave, IBM discovers Second Life, Web 2.0, and virtuosity

This is an extremely interesting article - really, a manifesto calling for an "Open Source Second Life".  Its author, Glynn Moody, includes the musings of I rving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technology strategy and innovation at IBM."We see this people-centric...

JAVA Goes Free

"According to Reuters Sun Microsystems will make its Java software available for free by giving it to the open-source community, though it will continue to sell and support standardised versions of the product."SmallNews

Mega CEOs...... blog too.

"At the helm of Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz became "un blogeur" last week when he started publishing his blog in French and nine other languages. Schwartz, whose Web journal attracts 50,000 viewers each month, says going international will generate new customers...