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The thin client is bulking up and sporting an elastic waistband. That's the message from Sun Microsystems, one of several computing giants that tried to popularize a thin-client approach to business ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced that it is buying thin-client system maker Tarantella Inc. for $25 million. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Tarantella sells serverware that allows users to access ...

Sun last week said the server software that supports its Sun Ray thin-client devices can now run on x86-based Linux systems in addition to Sparc/Solaris machines. Sun last week said the server ...

In its infancy, Sun’s Sun Ray was a network-clobbering, sometimes stuttering example of what thin-client computing on Unix-like systems could be. Now it’s much more stable and much, much thinner. The ...

The new offering, slated to ship at the end of May as part of the Sun Ray Software package, will offer full-screen access to Windows applications, said Alan Brenner, senior vice president of the ...

As part of the partnership, Sun said it will bundle Sun Secure Global Desktop Software--obtained via its acquisition of Tarantella--on Wyse's S- and V-class Windows CE and Windows XPe terminals and ...

Continuing its push to drive broader adoption of thin-client computing, Sun Microsystems on Wednesday rolled out the second generation of its Sun Ray thin client devices and software, which now can ...

What says the Battlefront? Would your computing needs be met with a thin client system? If that were an option for your home or your work, would you prefer it? If so, what should it look like for ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. last week said the server software that supports its Sun Ray thin-client devices can now run on x86-based Linux systems in addition to Sparc/Solaris machines. Sun Ray Server ...