HP announced the death of its personal computer business, along with its webOS hardware back in August … or at least that’s what we thought. It then went back on that decision just 12 days later, issuing a statement to say that it wasn’t quitting the PC business. So what’s really going on? Well, we’ll all know

As was rumored yesterday, Meg Whitman – former CEO of eBay and gubernatorial candidate for California – has been officially named as the new CEO of HP. She replaces Léo Apotheker who held the post for just a year, replacing Mark V. Hurd who was ousted from the role amidst multiple controversies. Ms. Whitman oversaw

Hewlett-Packard’s Board of Directors met Wednesday to discuss the possible ouster of CEO Leo Apotheker less than one year after he was brought in to replace then-head Mark V. Hurd. Hurd was fired over discrepancies in his expense reporting, and his now co-president of Oracle, an HP competitor. Apotheker, who formerly held the title of co-CEO of

At D9 today, HP CEO Leo Apotheker indicated that HP may be wiling to license its OS to be used by other device manufacturers. In an interview, Apotheker said, “I happen to believe that WebOS is a uniquely outstanding operating system. It’s not correct to believe that it should only be on HP devices. There

WebOS will be included on every HP PC that ships next year. The company’s new CEO, Leo Apotheker told Businessweek that he wants to “create a massive platform,” and have all HP PCs running both Microsoft Windows and webOS by 2012. The move may attract more developers to webOS, which currently lags behind iOS and