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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. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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

Computerworld Vertical IT

For many years, there has been a bit of a demilitarized relationship between it and the software providers and the consultants that sell and implement software for Microsoft. The company can develop the product, but it’s that last delivery mile that can be hard to manage. Like many industries, Microsoft has a “last-mile problem.”

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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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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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Unable to complete activation. Device not registered - Mick's IT Blogs

Mick's IT Blog

SMS 2003 WQL Compatibility in SCCM. VBScript Software Installation. SMS 2003 WQL Compatibility in SCCM. VBScript Software Installation. --> Mick's IT Blogs. If you got a hold of the ipsw file and installed it on your device without a developers license, then you are screwed.just kidding! Previous Posts.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

.” That warning, so obvious today, was a blunt wake-up call 20 years ago for many of the software developers reading the book Writing Secure Code, by Microsoft security engineering leaders Michael Howard and David LeBlanc. And the security of Microsoft’s software is still falling well short of Gates’ vision.

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