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

CIO Business Intelligence

It went on an acquisition spree in the early 2000s, driving up its revenue, before being swallowed itself by Hewlett-Packard in 2011, in a deal that valued it at over $10 billion. 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.

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The worst gadgets we’ve ever touched

The Verge

The Galaxy Note 7 is possibly the best gadget on this list; a herald of the success of big-screened smartphones, packed with the latest specs, top-tier camera tech for the time, and superb design and hardware… except for the fact that it had a tendency to burst into flames. The Ouya, unfortunately, failed in those ambitions. Motorola Xoom.

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How Big is the Hosted Desktop (DaaS) Market - Part 1

Fountainhead

This environment is also traditionally run locally on your personal hardware (laptop, desktop, etc.). Some now term the cloud-hosted desktop model “Desktops-as-a-Service” (DaaS) in that the desktop is no longer considered local executable software. Enter Virtual Desktops. The broader Desktop Virtualization Market. Part 2 Here ].

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

GeekWire

Starfield is a spiritual follow-up to 2011’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is one of the best-selling games of all time. Before then, Bethesda was all in on Elder Scrolls and the occasional licensed game. That’s the sort of thing that sells Game Pass subscriptions, and maybe even Xbox hardware. Possible game-changer.

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Fountainhead: Profiling questions nobody's asking re: cloud.

Fountainhead

However, certain environments are inherently bound to hardware and/or tested for performance, and these may need to remain "in-house" on specific hardware (see below) Inherent application functionality N Apps that are inherently "internal" Such as internal back-up software, "edge" applications like printer servers, etc.

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The Next Tech Battle: Chrome OS vs. Office Web Apps - Social.

Social, Agile and Transformation

And heres another way to think about Chromes business model But when you consider the $50/year price to license an anti-viral, the $30/year to license a malware program and the additional $30/year you need for a registry cleaner, the software price of a Netbook gets completely out of line with its hardware cost.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to use your Home Server as an AirPrint.

Sean Daniel

This application, called FingerPrint by Collobos Software , will share out any connected printer, as well as DropBox locations to the AirPrint service. Note for SBS 2011, you’d have to select Domain) Finally, I gave it a friendly name. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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