Leo Out, Meg (Yes, eBay Meg) in as HP CEO?
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...
View ArticleMeg Whitman Named as CEO of HP (DEVELOPING)
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...
View ArticleBuy it Now: Will Meg Whitman Prosper as HP CEO?
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...
View ArticleHP Promises to Decide Fate of its PC Business by November
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,...
View ArticleDell CEO Says HP Should Not Give Up On Its PC Business
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...
View ArticlePC Division to Stay With HP, No Decision on webOS
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...
View ArticleAmazon & Intel Emerge as Possible Suitors for webOS?
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...
View ArticleHP To Announce Its Decision On The Future Of WebOS In ‘The Next Two Weeks’
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...
View ArticleWhat would YOU do with webOS?
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...
View ArticleHP is Having Another $99 TouchPad Fire Sale
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....
View ArticleHP Decides to Make webOS an Open Source Project
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...
View ArticleHP CEO: webOS Will Have Huge Advantages Over iOS and Android
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...
View ArticlePresentation Slide Shows Off What Might be HP’s First Windows 8 Tablet
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...
View ArticleHP to Cut 29,000 Jobs Through 2014
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...
View ArticleSeriously? HP CEO Says Company Has “To Ultimately Offer a Smartphone”
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...
View ArticleHP Handset Shows Up in Benchmarks Running Android, Codenamed Bender
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...
View ArticleHP CEO: No New Smartphone Coming in 2013
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...
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