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After Rovi buys TiVo, company might stop making its own hardware

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Rovi, the company that's buying TiVo, isn't very interested in staying in the hardware business.

The combined company will be looking to partner with set-top box makers instead of continuing to sell set-top boxes directly to consumers, Rovi Chief Financial Officer Peter Halt said at an investors conference last week. (See transcript and this Light Reading article.)

Halt noted...

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Need an HTC Vive VR kit RIGHT NOW? You might be in luck

Reddit user locknlawl reported plenty of Vive systems for sale at a Micro Center in Fairfax, VA. (credit: Reddit)

With pre-order woes and supply limits lifting, the opportunities to walk into a store and buy a high-end virtual reality system are on the rise. Oculus has announced some specific in-store demos and purchase opportunities, while its...

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Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google’s court victory might kill the GPL

Annette Hurst is an attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe who represented Oracle in the recent Oracle v. Google trial. This op-ed represents her own views and is not intended to represent those of her client or Ars Technica.

The Oracle v. Google trial concluded yesterday when a jury returned a verdict in Google's favor. The litigation began in 2010, when...

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