Live Webcast Today: Sun's New Open Network Systems

Sun's new Open Network Systems are the core building blocks for virtualization, web, business, HPC, and telco architectures. These systems are the industry's only x64 platforms that are optimized to take full advantage of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series. Watch today's webcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. PDT. (See the time zone converter for your local time.)

Posted at 08:25AM Apr 14, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Beginner's Guide: Creating VMs With VirtualBox

Ken Purdy has published "The Beginner's Guide to Creating Virtual Machines With VirtualBox."

Posted at 04:41PM Apr 13, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Upgrade of Java.net Projects Takes Place This Month

If you own a project on java.net, read Sonia Barry's recent postings on the upcoming wiki upgrade. Beginning late in April, community-level wikis will migrate to project wikis. Get the information and deadlines on Sonia Barry's blog.

Posted at 11:32AM Apr 08, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Download Sun VirtualBox 2.2.0

Sun today released VirtualBox 2.2.0, another major milestone for the world's most popular free and open-source hypervisor. Among the many improvements are support for OVF appliances, 3D acceleration for Linux/Solaris guests, and support for up to 16GB of RAM per virtual machine. Learn more and download VirtualBox 2.2.0.

Posted at 08:48AM Apr 08, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Student Intern Wanted: Dublin, Ireland

Sun Microsystems is looking for a student willing to work full-time for 12 months in its Dublin, Ireland, center. Learn more.

Posted at 09:01AM Apr 07, 2009 by JSM in Sun  | 

Call for Papers: Kernel Conference Australia (July 15-17, University of Queensland)

Submit an extended abstract on any kernel-focused topic for an open-source licensed operating system by May 1, 2009.

Posted at 05:24PM Apr 02, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

New Article on java.sun.com: Java Card 3.0 -- Classic Functionality Gets a Connectivity Boost

Java Card technology enables smart cards and other devices with very limited memory to run small applications, called applets, that employ Java technology.

Posted at 07:45AM Apr 01, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Video: Ever Wonder How a Sun SPOT Is Made?

Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, better known as Sun SPOT, consists of wireless devices that are used by students, researchers, and hobbyists. Watch this video to see how Sun SPOTs are made.

Thanks to our friends at Sun Community Voices for the link.

Posted at 05:09PM Mar 24, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Video: Use Sun xVM Virtualbox to Run 64-bit Guest OS on 32-bit Host

How can you run a 64-bit guest operating system on a 32-bit host platform? This video episode of The Fat Bloke's Shorts explains how. Take a look.

Posted at 01:13PM Mar 20, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

The Sun Cloud API and Hello Cloud Sample on Project Kenai

Looking for the Sun Cloud API and an example of how you might use it?

Posted at 05:57PM Mar 19, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Seeding Cloud Computing: Java Champion Alan Williamson on java.sun.com

In a new article published today on java.sun.com -- Seeding Cloud Computing: A Conversation With Java Champion Alan Williamson -- Williamson, the UK's first Java Champion, discusses the challenges of and misconceptions about cloud computing. Read the article.

Posted at 05:09PM Mar 19, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Listen to the Buzz: Touring an Internet Data Center

Dan Butzer of Sun Microsystems is one of the people that reporter Adam Burke interviews in this audiocast from National Public Radio (NPR): Touring an Internet Data Center. You can hear the data center buzz when you listen in.

Posted at 03:28PM Mar 19, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Free Online Training for Developers: MySQL University

MySQL University is a free educational online program for engineers and developers.

Future courses include How to Use Charsets and Collations Properly (March 19), How to Write MySQL Test Cases in Perl (April 16), Programming Towards Multi-Core CPUs (May 14), and Building MySQL Releases on Unix (June 11). Learn more.

Posted at 09:29AM Mar 18, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

MaryMary: Seeking Two Student Interns

Mary Smaragdis writes that Sun is looking for two good student interns. Are you one of them?

Posted at 02:45PM Mar 16, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Extend Doodle, Win a Trip to Zurich, Switzerland

Create a useful and innovative extension for the Doodle API, and you could wake up in Switzerland.

Posted at 04:41PM Mar 13, 2009 by GD in Sun  |