On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems. With the purchase of Sun, Oracle entered the hardware business and obtained the Java programming ...

The southern coast of the Indonesian island of Java was hit by a two-metre high tsunami at about 4:15 pm local time last Monday. Despite receiving timely international warnings, Indonesian government ...

Though categorized as magnitude 7.8, the earthquake could scarcely be felt by beachgoers that afternoon. A low tide and wind-driven waves disguised the signs of receding water, so when the tsunami ...

Analyses of a classic, slow-rupturing tsunami earthquake whose massive waves devastated the coast of Java, Indonesia, this past summer are providing insight to seismologists and engineers, who want to ...

A forceful earthquake south of Java on Monday afternoon, July 17, triggered a tsunami that caused death and damage on the island's southern coast. The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake south of ...

A local-scale tsunami has killed at least five people in Indonesia. The recently installed warning system did issue an appropriate alert, authorities say, but it is unclear how many lives this warning ...