It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...

Sun Microsystems has begun releasing an update for Solaris 8, its version of the Unix operating system, that can dish out Web pages faster and is easier to manage, the company said. Solaris 8 update ...

Computer archaeology lovers among the audience are in for a rare treat in these challenging times. Remember that Unix v4 tape ...

A fascinating little point made in a much longer piece about the smartphone wars. One that makes me wonder whether Unix can now be considered to be the most successful operating system of all time.

Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of the new Sun Fire E20K and E25K servers powered by new UltraSPARC IV+ processors. These new high-end systems complete the upgrade of a powerful and ...

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13, ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is considering a port of its Solaris version of the Unix operating system to two new processor architectures designed by chip rivals IBM and Intel Corp., a company executive said ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is adding an advanced, more powerful 128-bit ZFS file system, new virtualization technologies and the Postgres open-source database to its Solaris 10 Unix operating system, as ...

Experts at SophosLabs have warned of an internet worm that is exploiting a recently announced vulnerability on Sun Solaris servers. The Unix/Froot-A worm (also known as Wanuk) exploits a vulnerability ...