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HP gets activist on board

Nov 21, 2011
HP has announced activist shareholder Ralph Whitworth is taking a seat on its board. It’s proof that CEO Meg Whitman wasn’t kidding when she said she would make big changes at the tech firm.

HP's new 3D PC

Nov 7, 2011
Or, if you like, Hewlett-Packard's new three dimensional personal computer....

HP TouchPad returns to Best Buy

Nov 2, 2011
I think I'll start calling the TouchPad "Rasputin" for its eerie refusal to die. Best Buy is now offering the 32GB Rasputin for $149 when you also...

HP keeps the PC and will bring out a Windows tablet

Oct 28, 2011
New HP CEO Meg Whitman says the company will not spin off the PC business as previously speculated. Lots of reasons for this, including not wanting...

HP might not spinoff PC unit

Oct 12, 2011
Yeah, about those plans to dump home PCs. Those plans announced in August by HP's then-CEO Leo Apotheker. Well, he's gone now, Meg Whitman is in...

Amazon to grab WebOS?

Sep 30, 2011
Today's big rumor is that Amazon is in serious talks to buy the whole Palm brand and attendant technologies off of HP. In fact, Venture Beat says...

For public good, not for profit.

HP not setting webOS on fire yet

Sep 7, 2011
After HP announced it would get rid of its hardware devices - the HP TouchPad and its mobile devices, Ars Technica reports the company is splitting...

HP wants to spin off PC business

Aug 30, 2011
Look inside your PC. See any money in there? Neither does HP. That's why the company wants to spin the PC business off into its own company as...

Samsung to buy WebOS?

Aug 29, 2011
There were rumors floating around a while ago that Samsung had its eye on HP's PC business were HP to sell it off. But the latest rumor, from...