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Apple has a new head of hardware engineering in latest executive shuffle

The Verge

John Ternus, Apple’s new senior vice president of hardware engineering | Photo: Apple. Apple’s hardware team is getting its biggest shakeup in nearly a decade, as Dan Riccio — who served as the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering since 2012 — transitions to “a new role” at the company.

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Apple’s former hardware leader reportedly now overseeing AR and VR devices

The Verge

Apple’s former hardware leader, Dan Riccio, is now overseeing the company’s still-secretive work on augmented and virtual reality products, according to Bloomberg. Riccio stepped back from Apple last month , after serving as senior vice president of hardware engineering since 2012.

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Everything must boldly go! Defunct asteroid mining company’s hardware put up for auction

GeekWire

If you have a sudden yen to replicate outer-space conditions, it behooves you to check out today’s online-only auction of the hardware left over from Planetary Resources , the Redmond venture that aimed to create a trillion-dollar asteroid mining industry. . — Wanna buy a used thermal vacuum chamber? GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle).

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Fountainhead: Predictions: What You WON'T See in IT For 2012

Fountainhead

Predictions: What You WONT See in IT For 2012. While everyone is jumping in with 2012 predictions (Tis the season) I want to impress on everyone that a dose of sobriety is in order. At any rate, I wanted to highlight things I believe we wont see happen in 2012. Fountainhead. Thursday, December 15, 2011.

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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. However, Companies House, the UK register of commerce, has no record of such a company, and it’s not until 1997 that Lynch creates another company, called simply Neurodynamics.

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Kymeta goes beyond antennas with acquisition of Lepton satellite service company

GeekWire

Kymeta’s acquisition of Lepton Global Systems is aimed at strengthening the company’s offerings for government and military customers. Executives for the two companies said the move should strengthen their hand as they pursue contracts for government and military communications systems. Kymeta Photo). Kymeta Corp. —

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Want to tackle technical debt? Sell it as business risk

CIO Business Intelligence

A recent example is Windows Server 2012, which was sunsetted by Microsoft in October 2023. Despite this sunsetting, companies still run the platform, primarily because they want to defer investing or can’t afford to invest in the upgrade. Windows Server 2012 is not alone. that don’t mean much to key financial decision-makers.

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