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HP Takes $8.8 Billion Write Down Due to Losses from Autonomy Acquisition
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS NEWS
HP today reports that they have found accounting irregularities that completely threw off their earnings for the entire quarter and by extension, year.
On 11/20/2012 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Scanstick, Small Handheld Mobile Scanner Packs A Big Punch
HARDWARE REVIEWS
Scanstik is a pen sized hand held scanning device. You can carry it everywhere, in its own leather pouch, in purse, or clipped to your belt like first generation geeks used to carry their slide rules.
On 7/25/2012 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

Gaming, Nostalgia, and Computer Pioneers
HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, ANALYSIS
Ask anyone under 30 about Commodore and you’ll probably get a blank look. Do you know about the Commodore PET, the VIC 20, or Jack Tramiel? Gamers might, computer history buffs should.
On 4/11/2012 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
Got Kids? Get Vinci. Develop Apps? Call Vinci.
HARDWARE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
A touch screen, interactive learning tool was demonstrated at CES. It’s called Vinci and was designed to foster children's natural curiosity. It is built to withstand their need to touch and feel, and even throw, everything.
On 2/3/2012 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

AT&T / T-Mobile Deal Fails: BSN* Prediction Comes True
ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS NEWS
Late Wednesday, AT&T said that it will take a $4 billion charge against earnings because its purchase of T-Mobile USA was a failed idea from day one.
On 11/24/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Meg Whitman Says: HP to Keep the PC Business Unit
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Meg Whitman, the new CEO of HP announced that the company will keep its PC unit. Probably the biggest winner of today is Mr. Todd Bradley, who lead the group in the past.
On 10/27/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

HP Is Spinning About Making Decisions
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS NEWS
While changing of its CEO, HP is also changing its mind. On Friday, DigiTimes shared a rumor that Hewlett-Packard's decision to spin off their PSG (Personal Systems Group) unit will wait until the end of 2011.
On 10/3/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
HP Sacks Léo Apotheker, Meg Whitman New CEO
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS NEWS
It is now official, Meg Whitman will replace Leo Apotheker as Hewlett-Packard’s CEO. The HP Board of Directors has been called dysfunctional by nearly all of Silicon Valley because this is their seventh CEO choice since 1999.
On 9/22/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

HP Spinoff: Announcement in Weeks, Transition in 12-18 Months
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
We spoke with several sources close to the action and learned interested news about the fate of HP PSG. The future of the company is looking better than HP's, we might add.
On 9/7/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
HP Will License WebOS to Other Companies
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
At Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD conference, HP CEO Leo Apotheker said, "I happen to believe that WebOS is a uniquely outstanding operating system. It's not correct to believe that it should only be on HP devices."
On 6/2/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

The Lion King Leaves Apple
APPLE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Bertrand Serlet’s, VP in charge of Mac software engineering since 2003 is walking away from Apple. The guy who is credited with giving birth to the Mac OS X is leaving just as the next version, 10.7 Lion, is scheduled for release.
On 3/25/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
Oracle ditches "Itanic", Starts War of Words with Intel and HP
ENTERPRISE, SECURITY NEWS
It is no secret that Intel Itanic fail to lit the high end market. Thus, we were not surprised to see Oracle releasing a rather short press release stating that they are done with developing for Intels Itanium CPU architecture.
On 3/24/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

24 Hours After Its Debut, Mac App Store Tops a Million Downloads
APPLE, SOFTWARE NEWS
It's been a day since Apple's new digital software store opened for business and people have already downloaded over one million Mac applications.
On 1/7/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
Mac App Store Opens for Business With Thousand Apps, Children Run Scared
APPLE, SOFTWARE NEWS
Apple's new Mac app bazaar just went live with a thousand apps. It aims to simplify desktop software management while the influx of iOS developers creating Mac apps should hopefully lower the cost of desktop apps as well.
On 1/6/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

How to Run Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Sandy Bridge
APPLE, HARDWARE NEWS
A hack gone right has paved the way for Mac OS X Snow Leopard to run on a plain vanilla Sandy Bridge PC. If you own such a system and are willing to experiment, here's how to do it.
On 1/5/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
Mark Hurd’s HP Seat Occupied by Leo Apotheker
ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS NEWS
Musical chairs continue. Mark Hurd left HP and landed in the co-President seat at Oracle. A previous Oracle President and COO just took over Hurd’s seat at HP. Léo Apotheker was named CEO and President of HP.
On 10/1/2010 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

HP and Hynix Team on Universal Memory?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
HP Labs and Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a joint development agreement with the intent of bringing Memristor technology to market as a viable commercial memory product. 
On 9/1/2010 by Gil Russell... Comments (0) Read more
Cell phones OK in little red schoolhouse
HARDWARE, BLOGS
Instead of banning cell phones from the classroom, teachers are incorporating them into lesson plans. Guess the centuries old adage, "If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em," is paying off in education.
On 12/9/2009 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

Esquire: racy men’s mag ventures into Augmented Reality
GRAPHICS, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Esquire magazine has jumped on the augmented reality bandwagon. David Granger, Editor, introduces Esquire’s first augmented reality issue, and Robert Downey, Jr. of Iron Man fame welcomes you via an AR segment.
On 11/14/2009 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
AMD’s new look
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
AMD Financial Analyst Day 2009 During recent AMD event in Sunnyvale, California the company presented a new look - new executives, new approach, new logo, new technology.
On 11/13/2009 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

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