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Longtime Microsoft hardware leader Panos Panay is leaving the company after 19 years

GeekWire

” The longtime Microsoft hardware chief and executive vice president led the company’s unified Windows software and hardware teams. He also led development of Windows 11. . “I’m forever grateful for my time at Microsoft and the amazing people I had the honor to make products with.”

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‘Six Days in Fallujah’ game, developed in Seattle, recreates paranoia of urban conflict zones

GeekWire

It’s forced me to unlearn some habits I’ve developed over decades of playing less realistic games. Six Days in Fallujah , currently in Steam Early Access ($39.99), is a cooperative multiplayer first-person shooter developed and published by two Seattle-area companies, Highwire Games and Victura.

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Former Microsoft exec Ed Fries shares behind-the-scenes stories from the original Xbox project

GeekWire

The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. In an hour-long conversation with Takahashi, Fries talked about the Xbox console, its development, his personal history with it, and his current business, a venture capital fund that specifically invests in up-and-coming game developers. The original Xbox is in the back left.

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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. March 2004: Autonomy acquires NativeMinds and Cardiff Software. March 2010: Apotheker says he wants to transform HP from a hardware producer to a software and services provider.

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Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online

The Verge

While the Xbox OS leak includes some build environments, the Xbox Development Kit, emulators used for testing, and internal documents, we understand this kernel and source code has been passed around privately among enthusiasts previously. That means it’s unlikely to help further homebrew and emulator efforts for original Xbox games.

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Stratolaunch’s huge airplane aces its third flight test, building on Paul Allen’s legacy

GeekWire

If the development program proceeds as planned, Stratolaunch could begin testing its air-launched, rocket-powered Talon-A hypersonic vehicle as early as this year. The first two Talon-A hypersonic test vehicles, known as TA-0 and TA-1, are currently under development. Update for 3:55 p.m.

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Should Amazon be ‘pumped’ to land Panos Panay? A closer look at longtime Microsoft devices leader

GeekWire

File Photo) Microsoft developed its first Surface tablet more than a decade ago under strict secrecy to give then-CEO Steve Ballmer the option to pull the plug shortly before it launched if the company’s PC partners objected. Yet the company needed top hardware engineers to devote themselves to the project.

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