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Sun announces wireless Java sensor kits

Encouraging sensor-enabled 'pervasive computing' is the aim of the new kit. Read more »

Java stir puts Sun in a spot

A flaw in Sun Microsystems' Java software has highlighted the difficulty the company faces as flocks of tech novices start to turn to it for support. Read more »

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Minority Report interface with Sun SPOT

Angela Caicedo, technology evangelist at Sun Microsystems demonstrates how combining Project Looking Glass and a Sun SPOT enabled virtual reality glove can result in an interface that is styled upon the one seen in Minority Report. Read more »

Mixing VR input and a Sun SPOT

Taking a Sun SPOT, a virtual reality glove and some home-style soldering -- Angela Caicedo, technology evangelist at Sun Microsystems has created an input device capable of replacing the mouse Read more »

Meet the Sun SPOT

Angela Caicedo, technology evangelist at Sun Microsystems, shows off the Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT). In the Sun SPOT is an ARM processor, accelerometer, wireless communication capabilities and 8 LEDS. Read more »

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Microsoft CEO talks Google, SaaS

At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to Gartner research analysts, Yvonne Genovese and David Mitchell Smith about the company's strategy regarding software as a service, or SaaS, as well as its competition with Google in the office productivity and advertising markets. Read more »

Ballmer talks about Microsoft's post-Gates plan

At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke to Gartner research analysts about filling the gap and sharing the leadership role with top executives after chairman Bill Gates transitions away from his day-to-day duties at the software maker next year. Read more »

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Microsoft's Supermarket Sweep

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Attention entrepreneurial developers: Steve Ballmer wants to pay you somewhere between $50 million and $1 billion for your company. Read more »

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