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Microsoft, its partners, and the ‘last-mile problem’

Computerworld Vertical IT

The company can develop the product, but it’s that last delivery mile that can be hard to manage. Then, around 2003, Microsoft developed a product that bundled many of the items a small business might need. Then, around 2003, Microsoft developed a product that bundled many of the items a small business might need.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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Ireland’s status as tax haven for tech firms like Google, Facebook, and Apple is ending

The Verge

The so-called Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Inclusive Framework agreement, outlined in July, is actually a two-pillar plan aimed at helping end tax avoidance and making international tax rules fairer and more transparent. An increase from Ireland’s current 12.5

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Fraunhofer’s new H.266 codec promises to cut the cost of streaming 4K video in half

The Verge

That's why AVC, the predecessor to HEVC, still remains the more dominant standard, despite first releasing back in 2003. With VVC, Fraunhofer says you can get something far better than AVC and HEVC without any of the licensing headaches. VVC promises to use half the data as HEVC to stream a 90-minute 4K video. Furthermore, H.266/VVC

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Sumo and Pipeworks open new Vancouver-based game studio, Timbre Games, led by EA vet

GeekWire

based video game developer Pipeworks announced on Tuesday that it’s expanded into Canada by opening a new studio in Vancouver. On its own, it’s most notable for developing many licensed games over the course of the sixth and seventh generations of consoles. Geoff Coates image). The Eugene, Ore.-based

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This could be the next big game for Microsoft’s Xbox platform

GeekWire

Starfield is the company’s first internally-developed original IP in more than 25 years. Bethesda Game Studios has primarily worked on games in the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series since it was spun off into its own division in 2001; its first project as Bethesda Game Studios was 2003’s Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

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Warner Bros. roils game industry with patent on Nemesis gameplay mechanic by Kirkland’s Monolith

GeekWire

Analysis: In what has proved to be a controversial move among game developers, Warner Brothers has secured a U.S. Shadow of Mordor, developed in Kirkland, Wash., For example, the Japanese company Namco Bandai has a patent on record for its series Katamari Damacy , which was filed in 2003 and granted in 2008. WB press image).

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