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  REMEMBER THIS? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

  Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.

  By InfoWorld staff | 28 January, 2010 11:32

  Tags: Jonathan Schwartz, mysql, oracle, Oracle-Sun merger, Sun Microsystems

• Top 10 technology stories of 2009

  The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the slump did not curb the dynamic nature of the industry. Acquisitions among big vendors continued to reshape the market, operating-system wars extended to mobile battlefields, microblogging became a powerful source of real-time information, and the take-up of small, 'Net-connected devices was stronger than ever. Here, in no particular order, is the IDG News Service's pick of the top 10 technology stories of 2009.

  By Marc Ferranti | 09 December, 2009 12:17

  Tags: droid smartphone, GFC, Google Chrome OS, intel antitrust, Microsoft, Oracle-Sun merger, steve jobs, twitter, Windows 7, Yahoo