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Hewlett Packard's Corporate Global Vision

Hewlett Packard’s Catalyst Initiative is helping kids across the world learn how to solve some of the seemingly most intractable global challenges. Catalyst also demonstrates the problem-solving capabilities of HP technology; expands markets by increasing education rates and wealth; and builds relationships and goodwill with customers. READ»

Palm Reveals TouchPad, a 10-Inch iPad Lookalike Running WebOS

Palm has been reborn: Its new owner HP has just revealed a new Palm-designed webOS device. Meet the TouchPad, Palm's modern-generation tablet PC and the newest challenger to the iPad's tablet throne. The company also introduced two webOS smartphones. READ»

Deconfusinator: HP Spending $10 Billion on its Own Shares

HP's board has just okayed $10 billion on share purchasing ... but it's not an M&A move: It's to buy shares in HP. What gives? Is HP desperately narcissistic or in deep and confusing financial trouble?READ»

Management, Leadership, and Mark Hurd: Why Top Teams Are More Important Than Individual CEOs

A fascinating editorial by Joe Nocera in "The New York Times" about the Mark Hurd story makes the argument that perhaps HP wanted to get rid of Hurd for other reasons, and used sex/misuse of funds scandal as an excuse.READ»

YouTube and Guggenheim Hook Up on Biennale Video Art

In the world of strange bedfellows, YouTube and the Guggenheim would surely be the couple most likely to take the cake. Yet the museum has turned to the video-hosting site to source its creative talent for ¡ts forthcoming biennale of ...READ»

iFive: UN and Iran, Women Rock Primaries, Rockers Need Sleep, Le Goog Est Vendu--EVO Aussi, China Workers Revolting

While you were sleeping--and Meg and Carly were toasting their respective victories with something fizzy and intoxicating--the rest of the world was busy at work. Here's what's been going on overnight.1. It's sanction time at the ...READ»

Deconfusinator: How HP Laying Off 9,000 Staff Is Actually a Good Thing

HP's just sent shivers through the tech media by announcing 9,000 layoffs in its IT servicing business. Aren't we just clear of the recession, and didn't HP just fork over lots of cash for smartphone maker Palm? Let's try to ...READ»

HP Sees Big Revenue Gains, More Palm-Like Acquisitions in the Future

HP revealed its first quarter results this week, reporting 13% revenue growth. And with its planned acquisition of Palm underway, the computer giant is clearly doing something right.READ»

Palm WebOS Sold $1.2 Billion Hewlett Parkard

Hewlett-Packard Co. signed an agreement to buy struggling smart phone maker Palm Inc. for a reported $1 billion in cash. HP pay $5.70 for every Palm common share. Palm had closed trading Wednesday at ...READ»

Underage, Underpaid Workers, Sexually Predatory Security Guards at Troubled Chinese Microsoft Supplier

Underage, underpaid workers working 15-hour shifts, sexually predatory security guards, hourly pay of just 52 cents per hour after deductions for the canteen food. No talking during work hours, no listening to music, no bathroom ...READ»

HP Acquires 3Com for $2.7 Billion, Brings Fight to Cisco

The news that Hewlett Packard has just slapped down $2.7 billion to acquire 3Com looks like a move that will be good for the two firms. Both companies' respective products will dovetail nicely to turn HP into what could easily be ...READ»

HP DreamScreen: Absolutely Not an Apple Tablet Rival

There's a lot of hype on your favorite interwebs this morning about HP's new DreamScreen digital picture frame. Some people are spinning the device as beating Apple's iTablet to market. This couldn't be farther from the ...READ»

Backlash Mounts Against China's Mandated Web Censorship Software

China’s announcement Monday that all computers sold in that country must include state-approved software to filter out pornography has drawn a good deal of commentary this week, none of it good. PC makers, civil liberties groups, ...READ»

Does Android on an HP Netbook Signal Trouble For Microsoft?

Google's Android may soon move beyond the limiting confines of the G1 smartphone and onto a much roomier machine: the netbook. Hewlett Packard is experimenting with the OS in an attempt to gauge how useful it might be on those tiny ...READ»

What the Wall Street Crisis Means for Big Tech

A slowdown, not a meltdown say analysts.READ»

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