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

CIO

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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The role software developers play in the cybersecurity space

Lacework

As software developers, we have a unique opportunity to be one of the first lines of defense against cyberattacks. The software development lifecycle focuses on implementing core functionality in software and applications; code quality and security is often an afterthought. There are many tools available to automate this.

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Alan Kay Biography

The Crazy Programmer

In 1984, he joined Apple and due to his extraordinary contribution, he became an Apple Fellow, but that group was closed in 1997. This was informed by his experiences with Sketchpad, Simula, Smalltalk, and his code of commercial software. In 2003, ACM Turing Award. He formulated the idea of laptops, tablets, and e-books.

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Remo Repair PSD Review

The Crazy Programmer

The Supported Windows Operating Systems by Remo Repair PSD: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008. There are various Bundle Packages offered by the Remo Software that you can purchase to save few bucks. The Repair process is executed layer by layer separately.

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John Carmack Biography

The Crazy Programmer

He is the co-founder of id Software, and the main programmer of popular games Wolfenstein, Commander Keen, 3D, Quake and Doom. He accepted job at Softdisk, a software publishing firm in Louisiana. Being successful with this game, in 1991 they left Softdisk and founded id software. John Carmack is credited for making 51 games.

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Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 Addressed in Patch Tuesday Updates

Tenable

Microsoft has released its May 2019 Security Updates, which includes a fix for CVE-2019-0708, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Remote Desktop Service. While there isn’t any public proof-of-concept (PoC) or exploit script code available at this time, we anticipate that won’t be the case for long. .

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Data and gen AI: Keys to Air Europa’s digital strategy

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Its director of data and analytics, José Carlos Bermejo, explains that a large part of gen AI’s initial benefits is due to the company’s strategic approach, and successful track record, surrounding data. Its implementation of a decentralized model, for instance, stands out. “It

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