Sun Project Darkstar - Sun Microsystems is trying to use a variation of its Sun Grid to get a foothold in the online gaming industry. Project Darkstar is "a research effort aimed at simplifying the process of developing multiplayer online games that can be deployed on a massive scale and made available to players using virtually any client device," according to the project site. The first technology coming from the project, the Sun Game Server, is designed to run any game in conjunction with gamers using any kind of gaming device.