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LulzSec returns to hack Sun website

LulzSec returns to hack Sun website

NEWS

Infamous thought-to-be-disbanded hackers LulzSec have hacked the British News Corporation tabloid the Sun, posting a fake story and claiming to have stolen sensitive data from the publisher.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jul 19th 2011 at 3:40AM
OpenOffice 'coup' wrestles control from Oracle

OpenOffice 'coup' wrestles control from Oracle

NEWS

Much of  Open Office development community have split from the Oracle project and forked the office software under the new name of LibreOffice.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Sep 29th 2010 at 9:43AM
EU 'to approve' Oracle Sun deal

EU 'to approve' Oracle Sun deal

NEWS

The European Commission is expected to approve Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, as the deadline for a final decision approaches.

by Nicky Trup
on Dec 14th 2009 at 11:01AM
IBM in talks to buy Sun

IBM in talks to buy Sun

NEWS IBM is understood to be in talks to buy Sun Microsystems, with a deal possible as early as the end of the week.

by Ben Furfie
on Mar 18th 2009 at 11:43AM
Sun to axe 2,500 jobs

Sun to axe 2,500 jobs

NEWS Sun will lose between 1,500 and 2,500 jobs after suffering losses in Q3.

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on May 6th 2008 at 11:20AM
Avnet to acquire Horizon

Avnet to acquire Horizon

NEWS Global distribution giant Avnet has extended its reach with the announcement that Irish distributor Horizon Technology has agreed to accept a cash offer of €101.3 million.

by Ben Furfie
on Apr 22nd 2008 at 10:39AM
Microsoft faces new threat

Microsoft faces new threat

NEWS Sun Microsystems has sealed a deal to buy the world’s most popular open-source database system, MySQL, in a deal reportedly worth $1 billion.

by Abdul Montaqim
on Jan 17th 2008 at 11:07AM
Dell sees the light

Dell sees the light

NEWS Dell is to license Sun Microsystem's Solaris operating system, the companies announced on Wednesday at the Oracle OpenWorld user conference.

by Ben Furfie
on Nov 15th 2007 at 11:34AM
IBM and Sun reseller goes into administration

IBM and Sun reseller goes into administration

NEWS According to reports on the internet, Wakefield-based IBM and Sun reseller, Productivity Computer Solutions has gone into administration.

by Ben Furfie
on Oct 19th 2007 at 1:36PM
Server sales increase in EMEA

Server sales increase in EMEA

NEWS Sales of servers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have grown by six per cent during the second quarter for the second year according to a report released by ...
by Ben Furfie
on Aug 24th 2007 at 11:59AM
Server specialists join forces

Server specialists join forces

NEWS

Sun and IBM have announced plans to co-operate on some server technologies with the aim of putting pressure on long term rival, Hewlett-Packard.

by Ben Furfie
on Aug 17th 2007 at 11:44AM