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	<title type="text">Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Sun</title>
	<subtitle type="text">News and views from a Software Architect and Web Entrepreneur on Java, PHP and Web 2.0 Technologies.</subtitle>

	<updated>2009-10-11T17:57:52Z</updated>
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			<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Arun Kumar</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Gates still Forbes&#8217; richest American, 4 Indians among top 400]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gates-still-forbes-richest-american-4-indians-among-top-400/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-01T13:15:40Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-01T13:15:40Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="TCS" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="World" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Four Indian Americans are among America's super-rich with Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates still holding the top spot on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans with a fortune of $50 billion. 

Warren Buffett, who's worth $40 billion, comes in No.2 in the Forbes magazine's annual ranking, followed by Oracle founder Lawrence Ellison [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Andrew Vanacore</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Xerox joins race to boost tech offerings with $6 billion deal for Affiliated Computer Services]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/xerox-joins-race-to-boost-tech-offerings-with-6-billion-deal-for-affiliated-computer-services/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/xerox-joins-race-to-boost-tech-offerings-with-6-billion-deal-for-affiliated-computer-services/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-30T12:52:19Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-30T12:23:04Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dell" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Health Care Industry" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ownership Changes" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Personnel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software Outsourcing" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Xerox in $6B deal to expand tech services business
NEW YORK — Xerox Corp. said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services Inc. for $6.4 billion in cash and stock, joining the expensive race among technology companies to broaden their offerings.

Xerox said the deal will create a $22 billion business that combines Xerox's copiers, printers and [...]]]></summary>
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	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>angsuman</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[How to install / enable Java Plugin / Applets in Firefox on CentOS 5]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=15308</id>
		<updated>2009-09-28T07:31:18Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-28T07:24:46Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Add-on" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Browser" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Featured Article" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Fedora 11" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Firefox" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="How To" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="J2SE" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="KDE Desktop" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Linux" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Web" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Applet" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="CentOS" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="JDK 1.6" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="JDK 6" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[CentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed. However that doesn't provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets). Here are the steps to install and enable applets / Java plugin in Firefox browser on CentOS 5.
Note: The instructions may be applicable to other versions of CentOS, Fedora, others Linux distros too. However it [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>angsuman</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[How to download &amp; install JDK 6]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-download-install-jdk-6/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=15304</id>
		<updated>2009-09-28T07:32:20Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-28T06:37:37Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Featured Article" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="How To" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="J2SE" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Linux" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Tech Note" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="JDK 1.6" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="JDK 6" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I never thought I would have to write this article. Downloading Java was the simplest thing possible. Just go to java.sun.com and download the JDK. Unfortunately Sun has (intentionally?) complicated the procedure to such an extent that it almost takes an expert to download the proper version of JDK and without any extra and often [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle shares slip after fiscal 1st-quarter revenue falls, missing analyst estimates]]></title>
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		<updated>2009-09-17T12:21:40Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-17T12:21:40Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dividends" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle shares slip after 1Q revenue disappoints
SAN FRANCISCO — Shares of Oracle Corp. slipped in premarket activity Thursday after the information technology company reported sales fell below analyst expectations in the latest quarter, showing that businesses are still reluctant to buy new software.

The stock slid 68 cents, or 3 percent, to $21.45 ahead of the [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle profit rises 4 pct sales drop 5 pct as businesses stay tightfisted; shares fall]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-profit-rises-4-pct-sales-drop-5-pct-as-businesses-stay-tightfisted-shares-fall/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-17T10:05:55Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-16T20:33:10Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dividends" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle net rises 4 pct but sales drop, stock slips
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp.'s profit rose 4 percent in the latest quarter, matching Wall Street's forecasts, despite a drop in sales that revealed businesses are still being tightfisted about buying new software.

The sales figure was short of analysts' expectations, and Oracle's shares fell 4 percent.
The [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle, Sun link up for new database machine; in doing so, Oracle snubs HP]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-sun-link-up-for-new-database-machine-in-doing-so-oracle-snubs-hp/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-sun-link-up-for-new-database-machine-in-doing-so-oracle-snubs-hp/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-16T00:03:33Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-16T00:03:33Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="European Union" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ownership Changes" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Products And Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle, Sun link up for new product; HP snubbed
SAN FRANCISCO — With the fate of its proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. uncertain amid antitrust scrutiny, Oracle Corp. is moving ahead with a new product incorporating both companies' technology, and snubbing Hewlett-Packard Co. in the process.

Sun and Oracle unveiled a new database machine [...]]]></summary>
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	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Java / JDK 7 Downloaded?]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=14615</id>
		<updated>2009-09-04T13:18:45Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-04T13:14:59Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Company" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="How To" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="J2SE" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Web" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java 7" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="JDK 7" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I have just started playing with JDK 7 (JDK stands for Java development kit and is suitable for Java developers, others should just download the JRE). Java 7 comes with some impressive features. My personal favorite is the WatchService API, more on it later.

Java 7 hasn't been released at the time of this writing. However [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[EU opens probe of Oracle-Sun deal, ending hopes for $7.4 billion deal to get done this summer]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-opens-probe-of-oracle-sun-deal-ending-hopes-for-74-billion-deal-to-get-done-this-summer/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-opens-probe-of-oracle-sun-deal-ending-hopes-for-74-billion-deal-to-get-done-this-summer/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-03T20:29:56Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-03T20:29:56Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="European Union" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Government Regulations" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Regulation" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Monopoly And Antitrust" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[EU delays Oracle-Sun deal, probing database market
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp. figured its $7.4 billion buyout for Sun Microsystems Inc. could skate through antitrust scrutiny, folding Sun into a technology powerhouse when Sun badly needs the lifeline. Both companies will have to wait.

European Union regulators applied the brakes Thursday, launching a formal antitrust probe that [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Summary Box: EU applies brakes to Oracle-Sun deal on questions about database market]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/summary-box-eu-applies-brakes-to-oracle-sun-deal-on-questions-about-database-market/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/summary-box-eu-applies-brakes-to-oracle-sun-deal-on-questions-about-database-market/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-03T17:51:53Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-03T17:51:53Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="European Union" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Materials" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Summary Box: EU applies brakes to Oracle-Sun deal
SLOW DOWN: European Union regulators are launching a formal antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. Oracle expected to complete the acquisition this summer, but European regulators now have until Jan. 19 to decide whether to clear or block the deal. The [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Aoife White</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[EU opens probe of Oracle-Sun deal, says it wants to ensure buyer choice in database software]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-opens-probe-of-oracle-sun-deal-says-it-wants-to-ensure-buyer-choice-in-database-software/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-opens-probe-of-oracle-sun-deal-says-it-wants-to-ensure-buyer-choice-in-database-software/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-03T17:04:18Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-03T11:58:36Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Brussels" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="European Union" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ownership Changes" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[EU probes Oracle-Sun deal, cites open-source issue
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp. figured its $7.4 billion buyout for Sun Microsystems Inc. could skate through antitrust scrutiny, folding Sun into a technology powerhouse when Sun badly needs the lifeline. Both companies will have to wait.

European Union regulators applied the brakes Thursday, launching a formal antitrust probe that [...]]]></summary>
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		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-opens-probe-of-oracle-sun-deal-says-it-wants-to-ensure-buyer-choice-in-database-software/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Aoife White</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[EU says it must check that Oracle takeover of Sun will not hike prices for database software]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-takeover-of-sun-will-not-hike-prices-for-database-software/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-takeover-of-sun-will-not-hike-prices-for-database-software/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-03T11:32:07Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-03T10:31:51Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Brussels" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="European Union" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ownership Changes" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[EU probes Oracle's bid to buy Sun
BRUSSELS — European Union regulators on Thursday launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying they wanted to make sure Oracle was committed to developing Sun's rival open-source database software MySQL.

EU approval is now the main stumbling block for the $7.4 [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-takeover-of-sun-will-not-hike-prices-for-database-software/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-takeover-of-sun-will-not-hike-prices-for-database-software/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[EU says it must check that Oracle-Sun takeover won&#8217;t hike prices for database software]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-sun-takeover-wont-hike-prices-for-database-software/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-sun-takeover-wont-hike-prices-for-database-software/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-03T10:32:17Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-03T09:51:39Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Brussels" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="European Union" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[EU opens probe into Oracle bid for Sun
BRUSSELS — European Union regulators have launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying the deal could mean higher prices and limited choice for database software.

The European Commission now has 90 days — until Jan. 19, 2010 — before it [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-sun-takeover-wont-hike-prices-for-database-software/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-says-it-must-check-that-oracle-sun-takeover-wont-hike-prices-for-database-software/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems&#8217; share of the server market slips as rivals exploit fears about Oracle deal]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-share-of-the-server-market-slips-as-rivals-exploit-fears-about-oracle-deal/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-share-of-the-server-market-slips-as-rivals-exploit-fears-about-oracle-deal/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-02T13:25:04Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-02T04:07:02Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dell" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sun's server share hit as antitrust scrutiny looms
SAN FRANCISCO — Uncertainty about Sun Microsystems Inc.'s future appears to have contributed to serious erosion in the company's market share for computer servers in the latest quarter, according to new data being released Wednesday.

The latest numbers from market-research firm IDC show that Sun's market share in servers [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-share-of-the-server-market-slips-as-rivals-exploit-fears-about-oracle-deal/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-share-of-the-server-market-slips-as-rivals-exploit-fears-about-oracle-deal/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun absorbs $147M loss in sign of choppy finances that forced sale to Oracle]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-absorbs-147m-loss-in-sign-of-choppy-finances-that-forced-sale-to-oracle/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-absorbs-147m-loss-in-sign-of-choppy-finances-that-forced-sale-to-oracle/</id>
		<updated>2009-08-29T23:18:13Z</updated>
		<published>2009-08-29T08:20:54Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms
SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.

Sun's latest numbers, reported Friday in a regulatory filing without the usual news release and conference [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-absorbs-147m-loss-in-sign-of-choppy-finances-that-forced-sale-to-oracle/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-absorbs-147m-loss-in-sign-of-choppy-finances-that-forced-sale-to-oracle/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun posts $147M loss for the April-June quarter as Oracle takeover looms]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-posts-147m-loss-for-the-april-june-quarter-as-oracle-takeover-looms/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-posts-147m-loss-for-the-april-june-quarter-as-oracle-takeover-looms/</id>
		<updated>2009-08-29T07:14:28Z</updated>
		<published>2009-08-29T07:14:28Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sun posts $147M loss as Oracle deal looms
SAN FRANCISCO — Server and software maker Sun Microsystems says it lost $147 million in the April-June period as sales dropped 31 percent.

The numbers reflect what might be Sun's last full quarter as an independent company. Oracle Corp. has agreed to buy Sun for $7.4 billion in a [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-posts-147m-loss-for-the-april-june-quarter-as-oracle-takeover-looms/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-posts-147m-loss-for-the-april-june-quarter-as-oracle-takeover-looms/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle&#8217;s billionaire CEO Larry Ellison gets $84.5M pay package]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracles-billionaire-ceo-larry-ellison-gets-845m-pay-package/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracles-billionaire-ceo-larry-ellison-gets-845m-pay-package/</id>
		<updated>2009-08-22T08:36:41Z</updated>
		<published>2009-08-22T08:36:41Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Apple" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Corporate Governance" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Materials" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Personnel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle's billionaire CEO gets $84.5M pay package
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp.'s billionaire CEO Larry Ellison padded his fortune with a fiscal 2009 pay package the company valued at $84.5 million, down about $100,000 from the year before and made up mostly of stock options that haven't vested yet.

On top of that, Ellison made $124.2 million [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracles-billionaire-ceo-larry-ellison-gets-845m-pay-package/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracles-billionaire-ceo-larry-ellison-gets-845m-pay-package/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Justice Dept says OK to Oracle&#8217;s $7.4 billion deal for Sun; approval still needed in Europe]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-dept-says-ok-to-oracles-74-billion-deal-for-sun-approval-still-needed-in-europe/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-dept-says-ok-to-oracles-74-billion-deal-for-sun-approval-still-needed-in-europe/</id>
		<updated>2009-08-21T18:41:31Z</updated>
		<published>2009-08-21T11:18:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

The deal still needs the go-ahead from the European Commission.
Clearance by the Justice Department had been held [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-dept-says-ok-to-oracles-74-billion-deal-for-sun-approval-still-needed-in-europe/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-dept-says-ok-to-oracles-74-billion-deal-for-sun-approval-still-needed-in-europe/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle: Justice Dept OK&#8217;s Sun acquisition; go-ahead still needed from European Commission]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-justice-dept-oks-sun-acquisition-go-ahead-still-needed-from-european-commission/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-justice-dept-oks-sun-acquisition-go-ahead-still-needed-from-european-commission/</id>
		<updated>2009-08-21T04:50:14Z</updated>
		<published>2009-08-21T04:43:43Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle: Justice Dept OK's Sun deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

The deal still needs to get the go-ahead from the European Commission.
Clearance by the Justice Department had been held [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-justice-dept-oks-sun-acquisition-go-ahead-still-needed-from-european-commission/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-justice-dept-oks-sun-acquisition-go-ahead-still-needed-from-european-commission/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[IBM&#8217;s $1.2B acquisition of SPSS shows importance of software in IBM transformation]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibms-12b-acquisition-of-spss-shows-importance-of-software-in-ibm-transformation/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibms-12b-acquisition-of-spss-shows-importance-of-software-in-ibm-transformation/</id>
		<updated>2009-07-29T05:17:24Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-29T02:55:57Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Chicago" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ounce labs" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ownership Changes" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recessions And Depressions" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Spss" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc., a deal that also reflects the power of wealthy technology companies to throw their money around despite the recession.

The all-cash deal announced Tuesday represents [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibms-12b-acquisition-of-spss-shows-importance-of-software-in-ibm-transformation/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibms-12b-acquisition-of-spss-shows-importance-of-software-in-ibm-transformation/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ians</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Direct ties up with IBM India]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-direct-ties-up-with-ibm-india/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-direct-ties-up-with-ibm-india/</id>
		<updated>2009-07-21T20:54:28Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-21T20:54:28Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Chennai" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[CHENNAI - Direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Sun Direct has tied up with software major IBM India to implement and manage customer relationship management services, it was announced Tuesday. 

"As we continue our aggressive growth plans, we will rely on IBM to help us tackle key issues surrounding billing and customer relationship management, as well as [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-direct-ties-up-with-ibm-india/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-direct-ties-up-with-ibm-india/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems stockholders approve $7.4B takeover by Oracle]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-stockholders-approve-74b-takeover-by-oracle/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-stockholders-approve-74b-takeover-by-oracle/</id>
		<updated>2009-07-17T02:57:01Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-17T02:57:01Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sun shareholders approve $7.4B Oracle deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc.'s shareholders have approved the $7.4 billion sale of the struggling company to business software maker Oracle Corp.

About 62 percent of Sun's shares were cast in favor of the deal at a special meeting Thursday.
The Justice Department last month extended its antitrust review, but Oracle's [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-stockholders-approve-74b-takeover-by-oracle/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-stockholders-approve-74b-takeover-by-oracle/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>DPA</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun warns of earnings below expectations in fourth quarter]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-warns-of-earnings-below-expectations-in-fourth-quarter/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-warns-of-earnings-below-expectations-in-fourth-quarter/</id>
		<updated>2009-07-15T12:30:34Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-15T12:30:34Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="World" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems has warned that earnings would fall below expectations in the fourth quarter, which is also likely to be its last as an independent company.

A Silicon Valley pioneer whose servers helped form the basis of the Internet and still power many large enterprises, Sun is close to completing a $7.38 billion [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-warns-of-earnings-below-expectations-in-fourth-quarter/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Andrew Vanacore</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Preparing for Oracle buyout, Sun Microsystems expects quarterly results below estimates]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/preparing-for-oracle-buyout-sun-microsystems-expects-quarterly-results-below-estimates/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/preparing-for-oracle-buyout-sun-microsystems-expects-quarterly-results-below-estimates/</id>
		<updated>2009-07-15T06:38:14Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-14T23:31:29Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Things" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak results
NEW YORK — Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.

Sun said it expects one-time items to widen its loss to between 24 cents and 34 cents per [...]]]></summary>
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		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/preparing-for-oracle-buyout-sun-microsystems-expects-quarterly-results-below-estimates/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems expects fiscal 4th-quarter results below Wall Street estimates]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-expects-fiscal-4th-quarter-results-below-wall-street-estimates/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-expects-fiscal-4th-quarter-results-below-wall-street-estimates/</id>
		<updated>2009-07-14T21:23:21Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-14T20:21:53Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Calif." /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Santa Clara" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Micro expects 4Q results below estimates
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sun Microsystems Inc. said Tuesday it expects fiscal fourth-quarter results below Wall Street estimates.

The server and software maker, which is being bought by Oracle Corp. in a $7.4 billion deal, predicted a loss of 24 cents to 34 cents per share in the quarter ended [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Justice Department wants more information about Oracle&#8217;s takeover of Sun Microsystems]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-wants-more-information-about-oracles-takeover-of-sun-microsystems/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-wants-more-information-about-oracles-takeover-of-sun-microsystems/</id>
		<updated>2009-06-28T03:23:42Z</updated>
		<published>2009-06-28T03:23:42Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Calif." /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Redwood Shores" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Us-oracle-justice-department" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Regulators extend review of Oracle's Sun takeover
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif — The Department of Justice wants more information about Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., extending the agency's review of the $7.4 billion deal.

Software maker Oracle said in a statement Friday that the Justice Department has extended its initial 30-day review [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Partho</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Microsystem simplifies Java developments for mobile phone; embraces Orange, Vodafone, Sony]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystem-simplifies-java-developments-for-mobile-phone-embraces-orange-vodafone-sony/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=10274</id>
		<updated>2009-06-03T21:35:59Z</updated>
		<published>2009-06-03T21:35:59Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="J2ME" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Web" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java ME programs" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Verified program" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Phone" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun Microsystem" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="testing" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In a recent development, Sun Microsystem has joined hands with mobile phone majors Orange, Vodafone Group and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications to make it easier and cheaper for the developers to bring Java programs to mobile phones. On Tuesday, Sun Microsystem released the new open-source testing tools in JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco. The [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystem-simplifies-java-developments-for-mobile-phone-embraces-orange-vodafone-sony/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystem-simplifies-java-developments-for-mobile-phone-embraces-orange-vodafone-sony/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Open Cloud - Detailed Review]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-open-cloud-detailed-review/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=9079</id>
		<updated>2009-05-08T20:03:58Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-08T20:01:04Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Company" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ae" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Communityone" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun Microsystem" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun Open Cloud" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun open cloud . open cloud API for SUN" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="VDC" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Web application" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems unveiled its combined open cloud computing infrastructure at the CommunityOne developer event in New York in March. Though some may say that for a company like Sun, this may be a bit late into the game of clouds but nevertheless they came powered by industry-leading software technologies from Sun, including Java, MySQL, OpenSolaris [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Prasanto K. Roy</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Feature: Will Sun Rise with Oracle?]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-will-rise-again-with-oracle-comment/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-will-rise-again-with-oracle-comment/</id>
		<updated>2009-04-22T15:25:26Z</updated>
		<published>2009-04-22T14:21:54Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="India" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Linux" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Twitter" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open office" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Unlike IBM's failed attempt to acquire Sun Microsystems, the $7.4 billion tendered by Oracle to buy the Santa Clara-based enterprises solutions firm makes good sense for all three companies. It is also gives an honourable exit and hope of a new dawn for a setting Sun, in danger of being gobbled up and swallowed. Oracle, [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-will-rise-again-with-oracle-comment/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
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		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ians</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oracle to acquire Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-to-acquire-sun-microsystems-for-74-billion/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-to-acquire-sun-microsystems-for-74-billion/</id>
		<updated>2009-04-20T21:08:15Z</updated>
		<published>2009-04-20T21:08:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Americas" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Redwood Shores" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[REDWOOD SHORES - US-based software major Oracle Corp plans to acquire Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion at $9.50 per share in a cash transaction, the two companies said Monday.



'We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle's earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP (non-generally accepted accounting practices) basis in the first full [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Arun Kumar</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Facing biggest slump since 2002, Silicon Valley firms eye India]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/facing-biggest-slump-since-2002-silicon-valley-firms-eye-india/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/facing-biggest-slump-since-2002-silicon-valley-firms-eye-india/</id>
		<updated>2009-04-15T14:52:57Z</updated>
		<published>2009-04-15T14:52:57Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Americas" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Eye" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Mexico" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - With major companies in the Silicon Valley suffering the biggest slump since the dot-com bust, some firms are eyeing India and China to recover from the effects of a global economic meltdown.



The total market capitalisation of the leading technology hub's 150 biggest public companies plunged 32 percent to about $850 billion for the [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/facing-biggest-slump-since-2002-silicon-valley-firms-eye-india/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/facing-biggest-slump-since-2002-silicon-valley-firms-eye-india/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ians</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[IBM to lay off 5,000 in US, outsource to India]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-to-lay-off-5000-in-us-outsource-to-india/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-to-lay-off-5000-in-us-outsource-to-india/</id>
		<updated>2009-03-26T20:24:35Z</updated>
		<published>2009-03-26T20:24:35Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Americas" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[NEW YORK - US computer firm IBM plans to lay off 5,000 workers in its service area in the US, and outsource the majority of them to India, the US business daily Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing an insider.



At year's end IBM employed around 400,000 people worldwide, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-to-lay-off-5000-in-us-outsource-to-india/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-to-lay-off-5000-in-us-outsource-to-india/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun, JavaFX and its future, JavaOne 2008, JavaOne 2009&#8230;]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-javafx-and-its-future-javaone-2008-javaone-2009/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=6571</id>
		<updated>2009-03-23T04:06:07Z</updated>
		<published>2009-03-23T04:06:07Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Company" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Eye" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[As many of you know, I was invited to JavaOne 2008 as Press Analyst by Sun Microsystems. I went all the way from India to attend the event. It was a very hectic schedule for me and throughout the event I was jetlagged. As such I wasn't able to cover as much as I would [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-javafx-and-its-future-javaone-2008-javaone-2009/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-javafx-and-its-future-javaone-2008-javaone-2009/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems: report]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-in-talks-to-buy-sun-microsystems-report/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-in-talks-to-buy-sun-microsystems-report/</id>
		<updated>2009-03-19T12:48:26Z</updated>
		<published>2009-03-19T02:53:14Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Americas" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dell" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun Microsystem" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - Technology giant IBM is in talks to buy rival Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The deal would represent the largest purchase ever by IBM and signal the company's determination to maintain a strong presence in the market for servers in the face of challenges from HP, Dell [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-in-talks-to-buy-sun-microsystems-report/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-in-talks-to-buy-sun-microsystems-report/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ians</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Punjab National Bank&#8217;s services now &#8216;anywhere, anytime&#8217;]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/punjab-national-banks-services-now-anywhere-anytime/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/punjab-national-banks-services-now-anywhere-anytime/</id>
		<updated>2009-02-05T06:00:00Z</updated>
		<published>2009-02-05T06:00:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="India" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Infosys" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New Delhi" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - State-run Punjab National Bank Thursday said it has implemented its core banking delivery solution across all its 4,604 branches in the country to offer round-the-clock services to customers apart from seamless access to its network of ATMs and Internet banking.



'The challenges of the financial sector can be met with the total connectivity [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/punjab-national-banks-services-now-anywhere-anytime/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ians</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems to hold global conference in Hyderabad]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-to-hold-global-conference-in-hyderabad/</id>
		<updated>2009-02-04T06:00:00Z</updated>
		<published>2009-02-04T06:00:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="India" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Java Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Fact" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Hyderabad" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Given the growing international profile of the Indian software industry, Sun Microsystems is organising its global annual developer conference here Feb 18-20 for the third time in as many years.



James Gosling, the father of Java programming language and Matt Thompson, senior director, cloud developer platform, will be the keynote speakers at the three-day [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Xinhua</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Yahoo to name Carol Bartz as CEO: Report]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yahoo-to-name-carol-bartz-as-ceo-report/</id>
		<updated>2009-01-14T06:00:00Z</updated>
		<published>2009-01-14T06:00:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Americas" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. is expected to name Carol Bartz, former head of software company Autodesk, as its next chief executive officer (CEO), Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.



Bartz, 60, has accepted Yahoo's offer, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the situation.


The offer caps Yahoo's two-month search for a leader to succeed Jerry Yang, [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>DPA</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Troubled Yahoo names Bartz new CEO]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/troubled-yahoo-names-bartz-new-ceo/</id>
		<updated>2009-01-14T06:00:00Z</updated>
		<published>2009-01-14T06:00:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Americas" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - Struggling web pioneer Yahoo has named Carol Bartz, the former head of software company Autodesk, as its new chief executive.



The appointment follows a two-month search for a replacement for company founder Jerry Yang, who was widely blamed for botching merger talks with Microsoft that would have proved highly lucrative to many shareholders.


While [...]]]></summary>
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	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ians</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[E-governance centre launched in IIT Delhi]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/e-governance-centre-launched-in-iit-delhi/</id>
		<updated>2008-12-29T06:00:00Z</updated>
		<published>2008-12-29T06:00:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="India" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="eGovernance" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New Delhi" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Open Source" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - IT solutions provider Sun Microsystems India and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi are launching an e-governance centre on the IIT campus here to focus on development of non-proprietary software.



The Sun-IIT Delhi Centre of Excellence is an outcome of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the institute and the IT company [...]]]></summary>
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	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sun Restricts MySQL Query Analyzer Tool To Gold Subscribers Only]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=3241</id>
		<updated>2008-11-25T15:40:04Z</updated>
		<published>2008-11-25T15:40:04Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Database" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Database Replication" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Enterprise Software and Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="RDBMS" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL Enterprise" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="MySQL Query Analyzer Tool" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The MySQL Query Analyzer tool monitors query performance and quickly pinpoints and corrects problems in SQL code. It promises to "turbo-boost" the speed and uptime of MySQL database applications. One software developers reported it tripled his performance.

The tool is integrated into the MySQL Enterprise Monitor, a key part of Sun's MySQL Enterprise subscription offering.
Subscriptions, as [...]]]></summary>
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