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Fast Company
June 2012
Lindsey Kratochwill |
How To Experience The Transit Of Venus On June 5 Astronomers have watched this journey for centuries, but over time, technology has created new ways to experience the age-old event.   |
Scientific American
September 2008
David Appell |
The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now |
Science News
September 20, 2003 |
More Mars -- Better than Ever On Aug. 27, Mars and Earth were closer to each other than at any other time in the last 50,000 years. Even as Earth and Mars slowly draw apart, the Red Planet remains a dazzling sight in the night sky. There's still time to take in the view. |
Science News
March 10, 2007 |
Science Safari: National Environmental Education Week This web site provides information on the annual National Environmental Education Week that will culminate with Earth Day. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Vortex Visible on Venus New images of Venus reveal that hovering above the southern pole is an enormous vortex structure of clouds, similar to one found at the previously imaged north pole. |
InternetNews
July 22, 2010 |
Oracle Looks to Calm Sun Customer Concerns A Garter report found that Sun customers aren't happy with the flow of information from the company's new owner. Now Oracle is moving to calm frustrated Sun users. |
InternetNews
April 3, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
IBM-Sun Acquisition to Be Announced Today? Talk about a potential acquisition of Sun by IBM has been swirling for the last few weeks and now has hit a new level. |
Science News
April 21, 2007 |
Science Safari: Earth 911 This Web portal offers ideas on how to recycle old electronics, dispose of hazardous materials, conserve energy, and shop green -- and all its tips are tailored to your city or town. |
Chemistry World
April 2006
Richard Corfield |
The Greenhouse in the Sky? Venus could be the ultimate example of what can happen when an atmospheric greenhouse effect runs away. The European Space Agency's Venus Express probe is focusing on understanding the planet's atmosphere. |
Geotimes
February 2004
Edward C. Roy Jr. |
Assessing Earth Science in Texas In Texas, a group of geoscientists is fighting to restore earth science to the core curriculum of the state's high schools. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2008
Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun Looks Ahead After $1B MySQL Deal Sun's $1 billion bid to acquire privately held open source database developer MySQL is now a done deal with the official closing of the acquisition. |
Science News
September 3, 2005 |
Changing Earth Developed by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, this Web site focuses on Earth's history. |
InternetNews
January 16, 2008
Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun to Nab MySQL For $1 Billion In a surprise move, Sun Microsystems today said it's acquiring privately held open source database vendor MySQL AB for approximately $1 billion. |
InternetNews
December 9, 2008
Paul Shread |
Sun's Financial Failings Greatly Exaggerated If you're expecting Sun Microsystems to be rescued by a white knight, you'll be disappointed: The company doesn't need to be saved. |
InternetNews
June 2, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
Sun Launches Cloud Consulting Services Before jumping into the clouds, Sun will make you stop and ask if you really need it in the first place. |
TIME Asia
June 28, 2010
Christopher Shay |
The Moment The Japanese space program confirmed on June 10 it had unfurled the first interplanetary solar sail, powering its spacecraft IKAROS. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Kicks Sun Into Shape There's more kicking to be done, but Larry Ellison's changes at Sun make a lot of sense. |
InternetNews
June 24, 2010 |
Oracle Rides Sun to Big 4Q Earnings Oracle posted a profit of $3 billion for the latest quarter. |
InternetNews
October 20, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Sun Preliminary Quarterly Figures Show a Drop While not final, they tend to be a fairly accurate indicator of where things will fall, and in this case, they are falling short. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2009 |
HP Gets Aid in Wooing Sun's Server Customers HP is enlisting some aid in making its play for Sun customers even strong. |
Fast Company
June 2012 |
Apple Makes More In A Second Than Most People Do In A Day This month the arbiters of time at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service add an extra "leap second." It's unnoticeable to most, but not these companies. Here's how much they earn every single second. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2008
Rich Smith |
Twilight for Sun Hydraulics? Let's take a look at Sun Hydraulics, a small-cap manufacturer of screw-in hydraulic cartridge valves and manifolds, and see how their valuation looks. |
InternetNews
February 19, 2008
David Needle |
Sun's New Data Center Approach Takes Shape Sun xVM Ops Center, Sun's data center management tool, is available for purchase starting today. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Eric Jhonsa |
Why Oracle's Getting More Than It Bargained For Sun's earnings show just how weak its hardware business is. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2010 |
Oracle Reveals Solaris 11 Plans Solaris 11 will include new features and also incorporate technologies developed as part of the openSolaris project. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2010 |
Oracle's Ellison: Sun Is Hiring, Near Profits Now railing against reports of massive cuts ahead for Sun Microsystems, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison fleshes out his plans for the unit following its purchase. |
InternetNews
August 7, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Sun Plans More Job Cuts Despite a successful quarter that surpassed analysts expectations, Sun Microsystems is poised for more job cuts. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2010 |
Oracle Hits to Road to Pitch Data Center Plans Analysts see Oracle focusing on Sun hardware, the cloud and other topics where customers are looking for direction. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 20, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems After original deal with IBM collapsed, Sun has found itself a new acquirer in Oracle. |
Reactive Reports
October 2007
David Bradley |
The Venusian Greenhouse A rare form of carbon dioxide in which one oxygen atom contains ten neutrons instead of the usual eight could be to blame for the searing greenhouse effect on the planet Venus. |
InternetNews
April 6, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
The Sun Doesn't Set Just Yet After reports say it spurned its suitor, IBM, what's ahead for Sun? |
InternetNews
March 18, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
Would a Sun-IBM Marriage Work? Overlapping products and vastly different cultures will present challenges in a merger between IBM and Sun. But if they make it work, the results could be great for both sides. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Sun Is Overdone Pick a business or split in two. This indecision won't cut it. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Not Backing Away From IBM Larry Ellison seems to be serious about keeping Sun's hardware business. He's trying hard to keep those precious customers, too. |
InternetNews
October 15, 2008
David Needle |
Sun Ray Thin Client Gets Video Upgrade Lower pricing and firmware upgrade for Sun's thin client line. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Sun's Cloudy Vision Sun Microsystems publishes a train wreck of a quarterly report. |
InternetNews
November 9, 2009 |
Sun Hangs In There Despite Tough Q1 It's rough times for the company but a recent SEC filing shows it's not just shriveling up. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Sun Goes Down With a Whimper Sun Microsystems, the former high-tech superstar, will slip away quietly, in the dark of night, when its acquisition by Oracle closes sometime this summer. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2010 |
Oracle Will Keep Sun's Storage, Tape Businesses Oracle revealed this week that it not only plans to keep Sun's disk storage business, but its tape business, too. |
Chemistry World
November 3, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Earth ripe for life soon after formation There has been water on Earth since shortly after it formed, say researchers from the US, who compared the deuterium to hydrogen ratios in water on Earth and from the Vesta asteroid belt. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Sally Adee |
Escape From Snowball Earth Early Earth didn't do things half-way: It may or may not have ever been a solidly frozen "snowball" in the deep geological past, but it was never a half-frozen ball of slush, according to a new study. |
InternetNews
May 8, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
Ellison Commits to Sun's Hardware Business Oracle boss says making its own chips is "very, very important." |
InternetNews
June 23, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
Sun Expands HPC Hardware and Software Rumors be damned, Sun continues to beef up its high performance computing product line. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
What's Next for Sun? Can Sun cut its way to profitability and prominence, or is it just looking for a graceful exit - and friendly buyer - at this point. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2009
Anders Bylund |
IBM's Sun Deal Flames Out But this star may rise again. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2011
Travis Hoium |
China Throws Rare Earths for Another Loop Stockpiling of the elements adds another factor to the rare earth debate. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 36
David Bradley |
The metallic mounds of Venus If you think winters on earth can be challenging, spare a thought for the highlands of Venus where heavy metal frost coats the ground and toxic lead compounds fall as snow. |
InternetNews
September 14, 2009 |
Some Customers Are Sticking With Sun As HP and IBM aggressively pitch Sun customers, many are hanging in there. Oracle plans to debut a new Sun/Oracle database system this week. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Stephen Cass |
Summer Reading Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface by David Standish... Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide by Lonnie Jones Schorer... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Sun Is Setting On Schedule Database titan Oracle has received clearance from American antitrust regulators to go ahead with its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems |
