By Brandon Russell |
Back in September, HP CEO Meg Whitman was all like, “We have to ultimately offer a smartphone,” and now she’s saying not to expect anything from the company until 2014 at the earliest. So I guess the handset we saw show up in benchmarks was…
By Brandon Russell |
HP’s plans to get back into the smartphone game might be further along than the company lead on. According to a GLBenchmark, the company is preparing a device, currently codenamed Bender, that could come equipped with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (what? No Jelly Bean?).…
By Todd Haselton |
Oh HP, you really are a silly company to watch sometimes. If you remember, HP bought Palm and then famously killed all of its Pre devices running the webOS operating system. Now, HP says it has to get back into the smartphone game. CEO Meg…
By Todd Haselton |
HP originally said that it plans to cut 27,000 jobs during the next few years as part of an effort to save $3.5 billion. Now, the PC maker has increased that figure to 29,000, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
By Brandon Russell |
Windows 8 isn’t expected to drop until the end of 2012, but HP may already be preparing to shop around one tablet equipped with Microsoft’s upcoming OS. An internal slide — cleverly titled “The Right Business Touch” — acquired by Neowin — reveals what appears…
By Brandon Russell |
After failing to find a buyer for Palm’s assets, HP begrudgingly announced that webOS would be an open affair. With the dust finally settled, HP CEO Meg Whitman saw fit to reveal details about her feelings towards webOS’ future, explaining how HP has a clear…
By Sean P. Aune |
After what seemed like an endless stream of delays, HP has finally decided the fate of the webOS platform. While we had many promised decision dates on the Palm-developed operating system, newly installed HP CEO Meg Whitman announced today via press release that the company…
By Brandon Russell |
It looks like HP is holding round two of its $99 TouchPad fire sale starting Sunday, December 11 at 6:00 pm CST. Cue “The Final Countdown” by Europe, because these may be the last batch we’ll ever see. The sale will be held through HP’s eBay store…
By Noah Kravitz |
HP CEO Meg Whitman said earlier this week she needs another two weeks to figure out what to do with webOS, the reigning “I coulda been a contender!” of the mobile computing world. In the short span of a year HP went from investing billions…
By Killian Bell |
Still wondering what’s going to happen with HP’s webOS operating system? Yeah, so are we. Fortunately we don’t have long to wait now before the company officially announces its decision on the future of the mobile platform. HP’s recently appointed CEO Meg Whitman revealed in…
By Sean P. Aune |
While this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to anyone, it appears that HP is potentially weighing its options in regards to selling off webOS. In a report from Reuters, it is said that HP is working with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to see if…
By Brandon Russell |
Loyal HP followers can rest easy: After a painstaking evaluation, and a look into alternatives, HP announced today that it plans to keep its Personal Systems Group (PSG) as part of the company. CEO Meg Whitman abandoned the proposal made by HP’s former CEO Leo…
By Killian Bell |
Dell’s founder and CEO, Michael Dell, took another swipe at HP during his speech at Oracle Open World in San Francisco this week. Dell once again made it clear that his company had absolutely no intentions of abandoning the PC business, and said HP shouldn’t…
By Killian Bell |
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…
By Noah Kravitz |
Hewlett-Packard might just be the tech world’s equivalent of Housewives of New Jersey. Not that I’ve ever watched Housewives, but the comparison just feels right: Drama, drama, sex scandals and more drama. And so it goes with today’s news: Meg Whitman is the new President…
By Sean P. Aune |
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…
By Noah Kravitz |
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…
