Sun has recently released a big update to their free VirtualBox virtualization tool, available to anyone who is interested, bringing it to version 3.0. With the update comes a myriad of updates and changes. For example, users are now able to run more graphically intensive applications in their guest operating system due to their support for 2.0 of the Open Graphics Library (OpenGL) standard. Also, support for USB devices has also risen.

Oracle has snatched Sun Microsystems from the jaws of IBM, agreeing to a deal worth $9.50 a share or $7.4 billion ($5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt) on Monday.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is in preliminary talks to buy Sun Microsystems for at least $6.5 billion in cash, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (subscription required).

Sun has today published a press release announcing that up to 18% of its global workforce is to be cut and that Rich Green, VP of Software, has resigned.

Microsoft has done a deal with Sun where its search toolbar is distributed with the Java runtime. The deal only applies to US Internet Explorer users who download the JRE. Previously Sun distributed the Google toolbar with Java.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, has been granted with about $44.3 million to investigate the influence of laser beam upon the movement of data between microprocessors.

New Solution Provides Secure Access to Information and Applications Through Virtual Desktop Sessions Across Any Operating System - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris Operating System

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced that a division of Reuters, PLC has selected the Sun Java Real-Time System to develop and deploy market-facing services.

Sun Microsystems Growth Strategy Accelerates With New Position in $15 Billion Database Market As Sun Acquires MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database.

Dell and Sun Microsystems have signed an OEM agreement for Dell to make the Solaris Operating System (OS) and Solaris support services available directly to customers for select Dell PowerEdge servers.

Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 were $3.219 billion, an increase of approximately 1 percent as compared with $3.189 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2007. Total gross margin as a percent of revenues was 48.5, an increase of 5.0 percentage points, as compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced it is the first major network infrastructure solutions vendor to be certified under the coveted J.D. Power and Associates Certified Technology Service and Support Program.