Sean Gallagher

Sun Microsystems thin-client desktop strategy will get a boost with the release of a new version of its Sun Ray platform that will allow users to connect with a Sun Ray client over a broadband Internet connection. Sun Ray Server Software 3.0 also will allow Sun Rays to be supported for the first time by […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. rolled out a new, all-in-one desktop client for its Sun Ray thin-client computing architecture Friday. The Sun Ray 170 “ultra-thin” client, with an integrated 17-inch LCD, is designed for environments where desk space is at a premium—including home offices. The 170 incorporates a Java Card reader that, in combination with Sun Ray […]

Almost exactly 24 years ago, IBM got into the personal computer business. Now, its getting out, as it prepares to sell off what remains of its PC and notebook operations—which amount mostly to a team of designers and engineers and a pile of intellectual property. And while that exit may be historic, its impact will […]

If you had told someone five years ago that Apple would someday have a rapidly growing business in the server market, a huge share of the Unix desktop market, and commanding mindshare in the digital music business—so much so that Hewlett-Packard licensed its hardware—that someone would have probably asked what kind of irrational exuberance you […]

You can look at the Apache Software Foundations Geronimo project from two perspectives. For some developers, services firms and customers, Geronimo is the fulfillment of the dream: a commoditized, open J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) server market. For some major application server players, Geronimo is the realization of a nightmare: a commoditized, open J2EE […]

A few years back at the very first LinuxWorld conference in San Jose—back when they could fit LinuxWorld in the San Jose Convention Center, and girls in BSD Unix red devil costumes attempted to lure top-hatted Linux kernel hackers into temptation—Linus Torvalds joked about his goal for Linux being “total world domination.” It was funny […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and open-source middleware vendor JBoss Inc. on Friday said that HP will now provide first-line support for JBoss open-source Java application server. The move will provide HPs Linux server customers a unified support structure for hardware and open-source software. “This is a great channel for us,” said Marc Fleury, president of JBoss, in […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Wednesday that the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has selected its Java Desktop System to be part of a ministry initiative to promote the use of open-source desktops in educational institutions. The initiative is part of METIs efforts to stimulate the growth of an open-source community within Japan and […]

Once again, hackers are trying to sell what they purport to be the source code for Ciscos PIX firewall. But it isnt clear that theres any threat posed to customers by the code. In fact, the only people who might benefit from the code are Ciscos competitors. The “Source Code Club” is offering to sell […]

A year ago, in their debut in Fairfax County, Va., electronic voting systems succeeded in uniting local Republicans and Democrats—in dismay. Problems with the systems in the local Fairfax elections threw the results in at least one race into doubt. What concerns many election experts and voters alike is that history will repeat itself in […]