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Palm designer hunted by Nokia for MeeGo

Published on: 17th September, 2010

A LinkedIn profile has confirmed that Nokia had recruited Peter Skillman from Palm to fulfil a specific role in its MeeGo operating system project. Skillman has been a Handspring and Palm design-related executive for about eleven years. He has been known as having jumped ship but there is now his own confirmation as the vice [...]

Hewlett Packard deeply investigated over alleged bribes

Published on: 13th September, 2010

An investigation has been started by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, related to alleged kickbacks to Russian rules makers dating as far as 2000. This follows a similar investigation made by the Department of Justice and having the same subject. It is believed that HP affiliates in Russia have paid about $11 million [...]

Hewlett Packard hopes to come to terms with ORACLE

Published on: 13th September, 2010

Temporary CEO of Hewlett Packard, Cathie Lesjak, said at a Citigroup conference that she was optimistic with regard to getting back on more friendly terms once the lawsuit against Mark Hurd finished. She also said that business would inevitably prevail and both HP and Oracle, the new employer of Hurd, needed each other. The company [...]

Apple, Adobe, Hewlett Packard and other companies sued by Ganas

Published on: 27th August, 2010

Adobe, Apple, Hewlett Packard, Tivo and Xerox are among the 23 companies sued by Allen, Texas business, Ganas, in a patent infringement lawsuit. There are four patents at stake but 7,136,913 is the key one. It describes a system used for communication over the Internet through a firewall that utilizes a single protocol of communication. [...]

WebOS tablet confirmed by Hewlett Packard for 2011

Published on: 24th August, 2010

During a conference call in which the latest fiscal results were discussed, Hewlett Packard confirmed to have moved its webOS tablet to 2011. Personal Systems Group Vice President Todd Bradley answered a question regarding the so-called weakness of the company in the notebook area due mainly to the iPad and said that the new device, [...]

Gartner Research shows Mac sales at 24 percent in US, more than industry average

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

A report recently published by Gartner Research says that US Mac sales in the second quarter have reached 24 percent, which means 1.7 million units. This is outpacing the average of the industry. Gartner analysis places the domestic market share of Apple at 9.8 percent, which is higher than the 8.8 percent estimated by IDC. [...]

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will keynote CES 2011 in spite of failed releases

Published on: 14th July, 2010

According to sources from the Consumer Electronics Association, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will continue what is already a tradition and will keynote CES for next year. His presentation on the 5th of January will continue the series of openings made by Microsoft CEOs but this time will come after a few promises that failed to [...]

Palm to slash jobs after HP deal

Published on: 6th July, 2010

New stories from within Palm have showed that the company is dismissing employees through low-key means, as a consequence of the acquisition by HP. One of the recently laid off staffer has declared that Palm has given “welcome to HP” letters to employees it will keep. Palm said that it will make a decision concerning [...]

Hewlett Packard is still planning webOS phones

Published on: 6th June, 2010

A brief update released by Hewlett Packard has put to rest customers’ fears that the company would drop the manufacturing of webOS-based phones. HP promised to keep making smartphones for Palm as they are part of a much larger strategy including new and unusual devices like printers and tablets. According to HP, the market includes [...]

HP accused of violating customs law, $323 million evasion

Published on: 16th May, 2010

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has accused Hewlett Packard of violating Indian customs laws. It claims the company has underpriced imports and has evaded about $323 million in customs duties. The federal agency says that HP did not disclose the pricing mechanism of its imports. This discrepancy is supposed to have allowed the company to [...]

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