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Hewlett-Packard stories: 40 news summaries

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PC Makers See Big Trouble
in Smaller 'Netbooks'

Web-focused computers, starting at $300, yield little profit, may forecast trend

Jul 21, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smaller and lighter than most textbooks, “netbooks”—the latest generation of computers used for light computing and surfing the web—are causing heartburn among PC manufacturers who see the low-cost innovation as a threat to already-slim profit margins, the New York Times reports. Perhaps more worrisome to giants... More »

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Acer • Dell Inc • Netbooks • computer hardware • Hewlett-Packard

HP Exec Busted for Passing
IBM Secrets

Exec shared rival's confidential info with new HP bosses

Jul 2, 08 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former Hewlett-Packard vice president faces federal charges for sharing trade secrets from IBM, the Wall Street Journal reports. The exec requested confidential pricing information while he was working for IBM. Two months later, he got a job at HP and emailed the info to an HP executive, according to... More »

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email • espionage • IBM • corporate governance • federal indictment • corporate crime • Hewlett-Packard

Tech Giants Join Forces Against 'Patent Trolls'

Fear of lawsuits behind group effort to snap up intellectual property

Jun 30, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some of tech's biggest players are banding together to corner the market on patents key to their various businesses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies like Google and Verizon are afraid of being held hostage by small players with a claim on key bits of intellectual property, and wary of... More »

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Google • intellectual property • Verizon • patent trolls • Ericsson • patent • patent infringment • tech industry • Hewlett-Packard

PRODUCT REVIEW

HP's Touch Still a Bit Clumsy

TouchSmart PC 'fun,' 'versatile,' 'attractive,' Mossberg finds, but
not quite there yet

Jun 26, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hewlett-Packard’s revamped TouchSmart PC, a one-piece desktop computer with a touch-controlled user interface, improves on its previous, bulky iteration, with a sleek case, big 22-inch screen, and wireless keyboard and mouse, personal-tech guru Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal. But the touch-screen software is still in its... More »

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Microsoft Vista • desktop computers • software development • touch-screen technology • TouchSmart • Hewlett-Packard

Intel Moves into Clean Tech With Solar Cell Spinoff

SpectraWatt joins IBM, HP entries, part of a larger trend in IT industry

Jun 17, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Intel made a move into clean technology yesterday, creating a spinoff that will manufacture solar cells and pumping $50 million into it. SpectraWatt’s focus will be on improving solar-cell efficiency and cutting costs per watt, its CEO told CNet. IT companies are increasingly getting into the solar industry. Both... More »

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Intel • IBM • solar energy • manufacturer • solar cells • clean technology • SpectraWatt • Hewlett-Packard

Carly Fiorina Puts Feminine Face on McCain Campaign

In exchange, ousted
HP CEO  gets rehab

Jun 6, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The inner circle of advisers to John McCain is small, loyal—and almost completely male. But one woman has gained the candidate's respect and become a key surrogate for him in the media: Carly Fiorina, the ousted CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Each has something to gain—Fiorina is helping McCain with... More »

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John McCain • women • Republican candidate • Carly Fiorina • Hewlett-Packard

Low-Income Buyers Make Brazil 5th-Biggest PC Market

More money and more credit fuel surge, helping Dell and HP

May 21, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brazilian consumers are putting better credit offers and growing wealth into computers, and HP and Dell are the beneficiaries. The country is now the 5th-biggest PC market in the world, and low-income buyers are fueling the boom there. Computer shipments rose 38% last year to 10.7 million, Bloomberg reports,... More »

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Latin America • Dell • Brazil • computer • Hewlett-Packard

Analysis

Carly Gives McCain Eyes
in His Business Blind Spot

Presumptive GOP nominee leans heavily on former HP chief Fiorina

May 14, 08 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is all John McCain could ever ask for in an ambassador to the business classes, Daniel Gross writes on Slate. For every bit of Mac’s personal discomfort talking about economic issues, Fiorina is pure ease—and might even be able to roll... More »

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John McCain • Carly Fiorina • McCain 2008 • George W. Bush • Hewlett-Packard

HP, Looking for Edge, Close to Buying EDS for $12-13B

Computing giant seeks to expand services division, gain advantage over IBM

May 12, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hewlett-Packard is near a deal to buy Electronic Data Systems for $12-13 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, an acquisition that would make it more competitive in the services sector with rival IBM. Confirmation was expected soon (HP admitted “advanced discussions” were underway), even as the tech consulting and... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • IBM • Electronic Data Systems • Hewlett-Packard

Sun Banks on Lasers
to Make Next Speed Leap

Using light, not wires, to connect chips could make computers 1,000 times faster

Mar 24, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sun Microsystems is moving toward connecting computer chips using lasers instead of wires, a move that could make computers 1,000 times faster. The company snagged a $44 million Pentagon contract to continue work that could also mean smaller, more energy-efficient machines. It won’t be easy, though: A Sun... More »

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Pentagon • Stanford • Intel • MIT • IBM • Sun Microsystems • computer chip • computer • University of California at San Diego • lasers • silicon photonics • NEC Corporation • Luxtera • Kotura • supercomputer • Hewlett-Packard

PC Makers Aim Overseas

US remains biggest market as demand in other skyrockets

Mar 7, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - PC makers are increasingly setting their sights on markets outside the US, which are making up an ever-larger share of the worldwide computer market, USA Today reports. PC sales are growing in the US, still the world’s largest market, but are rising much faster elsewhere. Last year, the US... More »

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China • stock market • Dell • PCs • emerging markets • PC makers • personal computers • computer sales • Hewlett-Packard

HP Planning Revamp of Its Famed R&D Lab

It wants to bring ideas to market faster, without killing pure research

Mar 4, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Hewlett Packard is reorganizing its HP Labs in an effort to move more of the projects from the famed idea generator to market—and add to the company’s bottom line—more quickly,  Therese Poletti writes at MarketWatch. But even as HP looks for more commercial results from its... More »

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Silicon Valley • Mark Hurd • HP Labs • Prith Banerjee • Almaden Research Center • digital printing • nanotechnolgy • Hewlett-Packard

H-P Posts Big Numbers Despite Slowing Market

PC and overseas sales boost earnings

Feb 19, 08 8:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Hewlett-Packard thumbed its nose at concerns over falling tech spending today, posting a 38% rise in earnings and 15% revenue jump in its first quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports. The health of the tech giant, boosted by PC and overseas sales, is good news for an industry whose leaders,... More »

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Google • Microsoft • earnings reports • personal computers • Mark Hurd • printers • Hewlett-Packard

Wal-Mart Scraps Online Movie Service

Move comes as HP nixes software that supported the site

Dec 28, 07 8:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Wal-Mart shuttered its 10-month-old video download service without fanfare last week, ending a disappointing experiment for the bargain retailer, Reuters reports. The site was scrapped after Hewlett Packard canceled the software that supported it, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said. HP said it made the move after the market failed to perform... More »

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iTunes • Apple • online videos • Twentieth Century Fox • Wal-Mart • movies • Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard Nixes BEA Buy

ITer says it's best to remain neutral between software companies

Nov 21, 07 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - “We are the Switzerland of these heterogenous environments,” a Hewlett-Packard exec said by way of explaining why his company is not interested in acquiring BEA, after BEA rejected an offer from Oracle as too low. HP is a partner of BEA’s, the company's software chief said, but... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • Switzerland • Oracle • BEA Systems • Hewlett-Packard

Apple's Bite Bigger Than Ever

Computer sales surge as new operating system nears debut

Oct 22, 07 2:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sales of Mac computers are booming, boosted by the success of Apple's iPod and iPhone among PC users. Apple will move into third place among computer makers today—behind Hewlett Packard and Dell, reports the New York Times. The surge comes just as Apple is about to release the new... More »

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Steve Jobs • Dell • iPhone • Apple • iPod • OS X • laptop • Mac • Mac OS X Leopard • computer • Hewlett-Packard

HP-Owned Mercury Settles Backdating Suit

$117.5 award in class action case is largest yet for options mischief

Oct 15, 07 11:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the largest settlement yet for a class action lawsuit concerning stock options backdating, Mercury Interactive will pay out $117.5 million to pension fund investors, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Mercury's counsel was quick to say that the company was not admitting liability despite agreeing to the settlement.... More »

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lawsuit • stock option backdating • Mercury Interactive • Hewlett-Packard

Printer Company Develops Drug-Injection Patch

'Squirting drugs' like 'squirting ink,' says exec

Sep 12, 07 1:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Printer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard is teaming up with an Irish company to develop a skin patch that delivers precisely controlled amounts of drugs with tiny needles. The drug delivery system uses some of the same technology as ink printers, and could inject different drugs at different times. "Squirting ink and... More »

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medicine • drugs • ink • inject • Hewlett-Packard

They're Back From the Dead

5 brands that were revived by dramatic
intervention

Aug 3, 07 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - These five companies were flatlining until they made bold management decisions.  Business Week tells you how they did it.
  1. Nintendo: The Wii dared to market to families and non-gamers
  2. Audi:  Banked on engineering and prowess and didn't get distracted
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Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • list • Audi • Burberry • Citibank • Hewlett-Packard

Wal-Mart, You're Getting a Dell

Direct-to-consumer giant will get in-store presence at big-box superstar

May 24, 07 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dell is about to expand beyond its traditional direct-to-consumer sales channels in a big way: by making a deal with Wal-Mart. The struggling computer maker and the world's largest retailer announced today that Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores will start carrying Dell Dimensions next month. The two exclusive models will... More »

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retail • Dell • Sam's Club • Michael Dell • computer • Wal-Mart • Hewlett-Packard

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