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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

CIO Business Intelligence

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. Customers that paid for older perpetual licenses can continue to use the older vSphere versions they purchased, he said.

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

The Verge

But Fraunhofer says VVC could be a path forward for the industry, as almost every major hardware and software company is currently tied up in a messy patent royalty system that dictates how much various stakeholders must pay to use different compression and transmission standards for devices, websites, and apps.

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Switch hacker Gary W. Bowser given 40-month sentence, owes Nintendo $14.5M

GeekWire

Team Xecuter created modification devices and specialized hardware for use with various video game consoles, for purposes of modifying and occasionally “jailbreaking” them. The overall goal behind SX OS, according to a plea agreement filed by Bowser in October, was always to enable software piracy for profit.

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Seattle launches permit system for companies testing self-driving vehicles on city streets

GeekWire

The Washington Department of Licensing simply asks companies to self-certify if they are testing AVs in the state, provide proof of insurance, and confirm that a human operator will be present during test drives. NVIDIA Corporation also self-certified its intention to test AVs with the Washington Department of Licensing.

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WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro – Convert Videos Like a Pro

Galido

In addition, this software supports NVIDIA hardware acceleration technology, which leads to a fast video conversion speed. This software is able to compress the video file size while converting the formats, meanwhile there will be no damage to the video quality. Select and submit videos to the software. How to Use it.

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Larry Page’s air taxi startup is buying former DJI rival 3D Robotics

The Verge

But as DJI began to dominate the market, 3D Robotics abandoned its consumer product (which had autonomous capabilities and was called Solo ), laid off some employees, and spent the years since developing software for commercial drones. It even said at the time that a commercial version would be available in late 2017.

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