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HP Envy eclipses the Apple MacBook

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:00 +0000

The Hewlett-Packard Envy 13 moves past the Apple MacBook Air in some important respects, but the price tag is a problem.

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HP Envy eclipses the Apple MacBook

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:00 +0000

The Hewlett-Packard Envy 13 moves past the Apple MacBook Air in some important respects, but the price tag is a problem. Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

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7 Hot Black Friday Laptop and Netbook Deals

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:31:00 +0000

Get your shopping list and keyboard ready: laptops from HP, Acer, Dell and others highlight the early bargins for the holiday shopping season.

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Europe Jumps Into HPC Fray With Aurora

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:32:12 +0000

A company known for wearable PCs comes out with its own supercomputer design. What does it have that IBM and HP doesn't?

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HP Picks Worst Name Ever For New Smartphone

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:46 +0000

Hewlett Packard has occasionally tossed a new iPAQ-branded smartphone into the market more as proof that it can still make them than to scare up any real sales. Its latest smartphone is perhaps one of the best-looking it has ever crafted, but HP crippled it with a terrible, horrible, no-good name.

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HP revenue boosted by EDS service boom

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:46:00 +0000

HP's acquisition of EDS is beginning to pay dividends with the company growing its services revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 by 8% to $8.9bn.

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HP storage looking limp

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:19:37 +0000

NetApp revenues could overtake it Comment HP's fourth quarter storage results show that NetApp is catching it up on a revenue basis.…

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HP profit up as tech spending rebounds

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s profit jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter, helped by cost cutting and better results from its technology services division. Those factors helped offset the fact that four of HP's major divisions - personal computers, servers,...

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HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:25 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses. HP on Monday reported big revenue declines in four of its main divisions _ PCs, servers, software and printers _ in the...

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HP sees PC sales jump in China

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:47:00 +0000

China was a bright spot for Hewlett-Packard during the company's fiscal fourth quarter, with overall sales in the country up 20 percent over the previous year. But the company's Personal Systems Group, which sells PCs, performed even better.

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Services, Cost Cutting Delivers Solid Quarter for HP

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:52:09 +0000

Services delivered a solid quarter for HP, generating $8.9 billion in revenue. HP CEO Mark Hurd said the integration of EDS into the company was ahead of schedule, and that HP was able to cut 19,000 jobs in the wake of the EDS purchase in 2008, which helped save on the bottom line. Overall, HP generated $2.4 billion in profit on $30.8 billion in revenue. - Hewlett-Packard reported solid quarterly numbers on the strength of its services business and it cost-control efforts, including the elimination of 19,000 jobs in the wake of merging EDS into the company. HP Nov. 23 said revenue for its fiscal year fourth quarter 2009 came in at $30.8 billion, down...

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Update: HP reports solid Q4 on services growth

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:52:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard reported an 18% jump in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks to cost-cutting efforts and the strength of its services business.

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HP reports solid Q4 on services growth

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard reported an 18% jump in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks in large part to the strength of its services business.

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HP profit jumps 14 percent

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:40 +0000

Hewlett-Packard said today its quarterly profit rose 14 percent on the strength of lucrative service contracts, even as sales in its other business divisions showed a decline from the previous year.

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Another (loud, fuzzy) peek at Wired's tablet edition

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:44:38 +0000

What will Conde Nast magazines look like once they show up on tablet computers made by Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and others? This video gives you an idea.

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Google's Million-Dollar Maps API

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:49 +0000

The U.S. government's Apps.gov Web site provides new visibility into what federal agencies pay for cloud-based applications and commercial software, with offerings from vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, Jive, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com. One of the priciest products on the site: Google's Maps API, which lists for nearly a million dollars.

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The Million-Dollar Google Maps API

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:49 +0000

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Dell Upbeat on Q4 Potential, Q3 Profits Fall 54%

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:59:19 +0000

Dell executives say they expect business sales of Windows 7 PCs to boost sales in the company's fiscal fourth quarter, while reporting that third-quarter revenue fell 54 percent from a year ago. However, one analyst predicts that a PC price war will break out as Dell moves aggressively to take market share away from major competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo. - Dell reported fiscal third-quarter 2010 revenue of $12.9 billion, a slim sequential improvement over second-quarter revenue of $12.8 billion. However, it reported that third-quarter net income was $337 million, a substantial drop from the $727 million it earned in same quarter a year earlier. ...

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On the Call: Dell's CEO Michael Dell

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:10:08 +0000

A key element of Dell Inc.'s turnaround strategy has been a vow not to cut prices as aggressively as rivals just to keep market share. The tactic has allowed competitors such as Acer Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to steal business from Dell, and this fall Dell...

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DWP IT contractors in strike ballot

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:02:02 +0000

Union: 'Tell management that enough is enough' HP contractors working for the Department for Work and Pensions will vote on whether to strike over job losses and pay.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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HP Adds ProCurve One Partners, Apps

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:49:18 +0000

HP expands its app blade switch effort with new partners and programs. And does the fact ONE is Linux-based matter?

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Asus, Toshiba Have Lowest Failure Rates, Says Study

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:18:21 +0000

Laptops from Asus and Toshiba, followed by Sony and Apple, had the lowest failure rates of the nine manufacturers included in a report from Square Trade, a provider of electronics warranties. Hewlett-Packard, which is the worlds largest producer of PCs, came in last. - Asus and Toshiba are the most reliable laptop makers, and netbooks have a 20 percent higher failure rate than laptops, according to a Nov. 17 study from SquareTrade, an electronics warranty provider that analyzed the failure rates of more than 30,000 new laptops covered by its warranty plan. ...

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HP helps users back-up laptop data

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:26:48 +0000

Hewlett-Packard has released a tool designed to simplify the back-up and recovery of data from laptop PCs. With a growing volume of...

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Global CIO: Instead of 'China Out,' 3Com Goes In With HP

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

3Com tried to take on the world from China. Easier said than done. Now it's turning to Hewlett-Packard InformationWeek's RSS Feed is brought to you by NEC Ads by Pheedo

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HP Releases TouchSmart SDK To Lure Developers

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard is already working with companies including Hulu, Netflix and Twitter on touch-enabled applications for Windows 7, but it wants more.

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HP Releases TouchSmart SDK To Lure Developers

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard is already working with companies including Hulu, Netflix and Twitter on touch-enabled applications for Windows 7, but it wants more.

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US regulators eyeing insider trading in HPCom deal

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:02:02 +0000

Suspicious premature jump in 3Com trades A spike in 3Com options trading just hours before HP's $2.7bn cash takeover bid has caught the eye of US regulators, according to reports.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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HP pushes thin clients with new hardware, tools

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard is trying to tackle concerns about the cost and complexity of thin-client computing with new products and tools announced Tuesday.

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Lawsuit claims HP PCs suffer constant lockups, crashes

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:29:00 +0000

A Colorado man has sued Hewlett-Packard, saying that its Pavilion Elite desktop computers are "inherently defective," and constantly lock up within 10-20 minutes of use.

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Storage As A Virtual Machine Part Two - Details

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:15:00 +0000

As we dive deeper into the storage as a virtual machine concept we went back and re-interviewed some of the players in the storage as a virtual machine market, focusing specifically on what they provide. The first two conversations were with DataCore and HP . We will cover more suppliers as the series unfolds.

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HP unveils new scale-out servers

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:52:00 +0000

Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced a pair of servers aimed at companies that want to build large-scale computing clusters while maximizing data center space.

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QLogic gets vendor quartet for quad data rate gear

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:25:35 +0000

Dell, HP and others hop the InfiniBand train QLogic has revealed that Dell, HP, IBM and SGI have all signed up to take its quad data rate gear.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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HP double stuffs Nehalem blades

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:02:01 +0000

Skinless Opteron iron for HPC SC09 Hewlett-Packard may not dominate the HPC headlines, but it does serve up a lot of iron that runs HPC applications. And today, at the SC09 supercomputing show in Portland, Oregon, HP is adding two new servers to its ProLiant portfolio aimed specifically at the cluster crowd.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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