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U-turn for HP: Printers and PCs to pair up again?
News HP is considering a reorganisation that would see the company's printer unit combined with its personal computer business, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday. HP representatives... [01 Oct 2009]
Dell ditches the wires with Latitude Z for business
News HP came out with its own interface on Touchsmart PCs last year that allows for quick sorting between photos, email, and web browsing on a few models. Dell has announced its Latitude Z laptop aimed at business customer. [29 Sep 2009]
Xerox snaps up ACS in $6.4bn deal
News Xerox, which is in a dogfight with HP for print managed services, is apparently looking for more foot soldiers to cross sell everything from process overhauls to document management programs. After all,... [28 Sep 2009]
HP video conferencing and collaboration tools reach for the sky
News Looking to take advantage of tightened corporate travel budgets, HP has showed off the latest tech to come out of its labs, called Skyroom. HP CEO Mark Hurd hinted at the product when he spoke at... [23 Sep 2009]
HP welcomes Marc Andreessen to board
News Two years after selling his software company to HP, Marc Andreessen has joined the PC giant's board of directors. HP announced the appointment, effective immediately, on Thursday. In a statement,... [18 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun steaming ahead with joint plans despite EU probe
News As Illuminata analyst Jonathan Eunice observes, Oracle is trying to counteract IBM and HP plans to steal away Sun customers who might be hesitating over Sun's current limbo and its inevitable future changes. [15 Sep 2009]
Cisco and EMC planning to partner up and go after large datacentres
News Traditionally, Cisco has relied on partners such as HP and IBM to provide these services and help sell its gear to customers. Networking giant Cisco Systems and storage area networking company EMC may be teaming up to... [04 Sep 2009]
Microsoft makes 'emergency' appeal to halt Word injunction
News Unless Microsoft is able to redesign Word and push that redesigned version through its entire distribution network by October 10th.Microsoft and its distributors (which include retailers such as Best Buy and OEMs such as... [19 Aug 2009]
Apple still satisfaction king despite budget PC makers' gains
News Compaq's score of 74 represented an increase of 5.7 per cent, the largest gain among computer makers in the last year, and equalling the highest customer satisfaction ranking for the brand - owned by HP - since 1996. [18 Aug 2009]
Windows 7: It's time for you to embrace 64-bit
News Currently, if you buy a computer from Dell or HP or any other vendors and choose to have 4GB of RAM or more, the computer will come with Windows Vista 64-bit. Consumers have had the option of 64-bit Windows computing... [11 Aug 2009]
Mahindra Satyam's new CEO on the road ahead for the outsourcing giant
News We lost a fair amount of business and it had to go to someone - in certain cases it went to Wipro or IBM or TCS or HP, you name it," said Gurnani, who took over as CEO six weeks ago after moving from his post as... [10 Aug 2009]
UK business PC sales drop by 25 per cent
News The top three PC manufacturers in the UK during the second quarter were, in descending order, Dell, Acer and HP. Acer saw 32.6 per cent year-on-year growth but Dell's sales fell by six per cent over the same period, and... [07 Aug 2009]
Acer cooling off on Android netbook?
News Google also said it is already working with PC makers like Asus, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba and Acer, so it would make sense that Acer could be focusing its attention away from Android. Is Acer backing off the idea of an... [29 Jul 2009]
Get ready to doodle all over your videoconferences
News HP plans in coming months to introduce an electronic collaboration tool that combines video conferencing with electronic whiteboarding, CEO Mark Hurd said on Friday. Hurd was asked about the economy but said there wasn't... [27 Jul 2009]
Want to keep eavesdroppers out? HP researchers think they have the answer
News Two researchers for HP have created a browser-based darknet, an idea that could make it easier for businesses to keep eavesdroppers from finding out confidential corporate information. However, HP... [27 Jul 2009]