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Jon Rubinstein: Hewlett Packard’s purchase of Palm was a waste
Posted On 12 Jun 2013 By Daniel Cooper. Under: Uncategorized.
Finally, Jon Rubinstein is ready to re-open the wounds sustained from HP's bungled acquisition of Palm. When Fierce Wireless asked the former CEO what he'd do differently, he said that selling the company to Hewlett Packard was "a waste," and that...
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HP introduces Unreal Engine 4-ready ‘turnkey solution’ workstations, collaborating with ALT Systems
Posted On 26 Mar 2013 By Ben Gilbert. Under: Uncategorized.
Hewlett-Packard may not be well-known by consumers for creating the machines that power the industries that power the world we live in, but the company's workstation business does just that. From film to oil drilling to medicine, HP's workstations ha...
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HP Q1 2013 earnings: $1.2 billion in profit on revenue of $28.4 billion
Posted On 21 Feb 2013 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
HP's stock is climbing in after hours trading from news of the company's quarterly financial results. The Palo Alto firm has posted a profit of $1.2 billion for the first quarter, which is based on revenues of $28.4 billion. While the results fared b...
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HP web store leaks 14-inch Chromebook Pavilion, to be unveiled on February 17
Posted On 28 Jan 2013 By Ben Gilbert. Under: Uncategorized.
Hewlett-Packard didn't have the best 2012, but that's not stopping the US company from getting on the Chromebook bandwagon. The HP Chromebook Pavilion was spotted by Slashgear on HP's own web store, despite the additional information section noting a...
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HP becomes a platinum member of the Linux Foundation
Posted On 05 Nov 2012 By Daniel Cooper. Under: Uncategorized.
Snagging a first-class upgrade might empty out the contents of your wallet, but be glad you're not trying to buy your way to the Linux Foundation's top table. With a strategic investment of $500,000, Hewlett Packard has just become a platinum member ...
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Meg Whitman says HP has to ‘offer a smartphone’
Posted On 14 Sep 2012 By Terrence O'Brien. Under: Uncategorized.
HP bet big on the smartphone world when it purchased Palm, but the company fell flat on its face and webOS failed to take off. The reasons for the failure are numerous, but the new CEO Meg Whitman is smart enough to realize it can't simply abandon th...
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HP adds another 2,000 to the chopping block, cutting 29,000 jobs by 2014
Posted On 10 Sep 2012 By Ben Gilbert. Under: Uncategorized.
Looks like May's Hewlett-Packard layoff numbers were about 2,000 short of reality, as the American hardware company adjusted its previous 27,000 estimate to 29,000 in a recent SEC 10-K filing spotted by ZDNet. Those employees represent approximately ...
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HP exceeds Q3 expectations: rakes $29.7 billion in revenue, still posts a loss
Posted On 22 Aug 2012 By Terrence O'Brien. Under: Uncategorized.
To say that HP is in a bit of a transitional period would probably be an understatement. As expected, the $8 billion hit it took over the EDS purchase severely impacted its bottom line. While revenue was down year-over-year to $29.7 billion, that five...
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HP creates Mobility division to focus on consumer tablets, taps ex-MeeGo maven Alberto Torres to run it
Posted On 17 Aug 2012 By Michael Gorman. Under: Uncategorized.
Despite the culling of Palm's offerings from its product portfolio, HP isn't exiting the tablet space. Far from it. Evidence of a new tablet has been floating around since April, and we've even caught a couple glimpses of the so-called Slate 8. Now, T...
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webOS team becomes Gram, isn’t heavy on mission statements
Posted On 15 Aug 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
HP's webOS team has been keeping busy with its open source project, but it's time for a new challenge in the form of Gram: a fresh HP-funded offshoot focused on "software, user experience, the cloud, engineering, and partnering." We're not quite sure...
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