Hewlett Packard News Archives

Get the Flash Player to see this player. While energy pipelines get all the headlines, it is information pipelines that will ultimately power the Canadian economy of the future.

In this Feb. 27, 2008 file photo, Julian Andino, left, and Chrisellda Arellano examine Dell computers at Best Buy in the Atwater Village section of Los Angeles.

Hoping to expand its newly confirmed lead in the commercial server market, Hewlett-Packard plans to unveil a new blade server today that the company says will save space and energy by combining two servers in ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 27, 2008 – According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew 3.5% year over year to $13.0 billion in the first quarter of ...

Hewlett-Packard , the world's biggest maker of PCs and printers, sees sales growth at its imaging and printing unit stable or slightly lower this year as it focuses on its digital graphics business.

By DAVID KOENIG Thursday, May 29, 2008 Dell Inc. said Thursday that its profit and sales grew in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street expectations and signaling that the computer maker's turnaround ...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced a $600,000 settlement with several of the private investigators involved in a 2006 Hewlett-Packard spying case.

Hewlett-Packard may not be the first name that comes to mind when the conversation turns to application security, but since its acquisition of SPI Dynamics last year, HP has increased its investment in ...

A U.S. judge ordered a Florida business connected to the 2006 Hewlett-Packard spying scandal to halt the sale of personal telephone records and ordered defendants in the case to pay more than US$605,000 after a ...

Germany was engulfed in a national furor over threats to privacy on Monday, after an admission by Deutsche Telekom that it had surreptitiously tracked thousands of phone calls to identify the source of leaks to ...

Hewlett-Packard will spotlight its greener side, announcing today that it's adding a new Eco Highlights label to three new printers and other products.

News By Peter Sayer May 26, 2008 Deutsche Telekom has asked the public prosecutor in Bonn to investigate allegations that its security staff misused call data records on a number of occasions in order to track ...

Ahead of IBM and Dell in Q1 The boom in demand for big, fat data centres built to churn out web-based apps helped plump up worldwide server revenue to more than $13bn in the first quarter of 2008.

For Jaguar, it's ta-ta to Ford and hello to Tata. In a deal scheduled to close in June, India's Tata Motors is purchasing one of the most prestigious names in autodom - occasionally marred over the years by ...

Avnet has announced it reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ontrack Solutions of India in a bid to leverage Ontrack's existing footprint and capabilities to build a value-added solutions distribution ...

Hewlett-Packard has set ambitious goals to improve the energy efficiency of its printers and use more recycled materials in their manufacture -- and it intends to draw buyers' attention to the features with a ...

Hewlett-Packard on Thursday unveiled a plan to help its customers make environmentally friendly choices for their imaging and printing needs.

News SMB - Vendor Goes After SMBs with BSM Offering By Chris Kanaracus Startup BSM vendor FireScope this week launched a low-priced product aimed at providing small and medium-size businesses with easier entry ...

Mark V. Hurd - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President Catherine A. Lesjak - HP Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Analysts Richard Gardner - Citigroup Benjamin Reitzes - ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a 16% increase in its fiscal second-quarter earnings Tuesday, results that matched preliminary figures it reported a week ago.

Mississauga computer maker Hewlett Packard announced today that it has produced one million desktop personal computers at its CanBuild facility that opened here in 2003.

Janitors chant as they walk the picket line in front of Cisco Systems, Inc. on May 20, 2008 in San Jose.

Hewlett-Packard Co. cashed in on rising international demand again in its second quarter, but that performance may not be enough to ease worries about the company's exposure to the ailing U.S. economy as it ...

Testimonials Tai Adelaja/MT Matviyenko speaking to reporters Friday. She said she was "lobbying frantically" to lower duties on imported parts.

“The combination of HP and EDS will create a leading force in global IT services”

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Tuesday it had reached agreement to purchase technology service company EDS of Plano, Texas, for $13.9 billion. via Daily India

How many heads will roll at EDS? That's the obvious question, now that Hewlett-Packard is buying the company. via ComputerWorld

“Russian demand for the latest PC technology is developing quickly and HP sees increasing interest from consumer and commercial customers”

Hewlett-Packard and Foxconn International Holdings started building a factory near St. via San Jose Mercury News

“If you look at it in that context, Itanium is doing fine. If you look at it in the context of taking over the world, it's not doing so fine.”

Intel will start shipping a quad-core version of its Itanium processor to system vendors in about six months, with the first servers based on the chip due in early 2009, Intel said Monday. via Infoworld

“We've used this teen council to help us with everything from the design of the products, the user interface and the box design, even including how the Web site will look”

Hewlett-Packard wants to get hip to teens. At an event here this week focused on teenagers and technology , Ameer Karim, director of HP's future and innovations group for consumer PCs, said that it plans to ... via CNET News.com

“If a partner registers a relationship with us, we won't go out and try to sell that customer directly. We will, however, allow partners to sell our managed services to those customers.”

By ANDREW D. SMITH / The Dallas Morning News asmith@dallasnews.com As investors focus on Hewlett-Packard's $13.9 billion bid for Electronic Data Systems, H-P's longtime rival Dell Inc. via WFAA

“We have to automate more things”

Mark Hurd , the CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., likes automation, not people. Offshore labor will reduce costs, but automating things "eliminates costs," he has said. via ComputerWorld

“Microsoft is currently putting in place a filter on Windows Update for Windows XP Service Pack 3 computers that will experience this issue”

An endless reboot problem associated with Windows service pack installations is back, but this time it is vexing some users who installed Windows XP Service Pack 3 . Moreover, the problem mostly affects PCs ... via Application Development Trends

“Russian demand for the latest PC technology is developing quickly, and HP sees increasing interest from consumer and commercial customers”

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Foxconn RUS said Friday they'll build a roughly 350,000-square-feet facility in Russia to make personal computers. via The Business Journal of Portland

“HP and its employees have a long history of supporting those in need”

The Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation today announced that it has committed $500,000 to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund in partnership with the Red Cross Society of China for aid in the ... via Happy News

In this Jan. 12, 2008 file photo, former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina, right, campaigns with Republican presidential candidate Sen. via The Washington Post

“Just like with any lawsuit, there was extensive mediation. From Hewlett Packard's standpoint, we felt it was best to reach a settlement, although we obviously did not admit any liability or wrongdoing”

THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT NORMAN, Okla. - A judge has approved a $640 million settlement stemming from allegations Compaq and Hewlett-Packard sold computers with a defective part that could corrupt data. via Allied News

“Russian demand for the latest PC technology is developing quickly, and HP sees increasing interest from consumer and commercial customers”

BERLIN &#151 Hewlett Packard and Foxconn broke ground in St. Petersburg, Russia for the construction of a 32,000-square-meter manufacturing facility intended for the production of HP PCs in Russia. via EETimes.eu

“If it is, it will offer you an option to disable it”

A former Microsoft security manager has published a tool designed to detect and fix PCs that may be susceptible to "endless reboots" if updated to Windows XP Service Pack 3 . Jesper Johansson, once a program ... via Computerworld

“This deal could possibly see HP coming out with an open offer for MphasiS shareholders. But we will have to wait and watch. However, we cannot deny the fact that the situation is quite positive for MphasiS”

Mumbai, May 13 : The acquisition of Electronics Data Systems Corp by Hewlett-Packard for $12.6 billion is likely to benefit MphasiS, in which EDS has a 60.9 per cent stake, as HP may outsource more work to the ... via The Telegraph

It's good to be on top of something The top 3 technology vendors among software, hardware, and service providers are Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, reports the Aberdeen Group's Annual State of the Market Report, ... via MarketingVOX

“This merger, if it happens, will only make situation worse for them by potentially creating a third competitor”

Reuters Posted online: Tuesday , May 13, 2008 at 1604 hrs IST Bangalore, May 13: Hewlett-Packard's move on Electronic Data Systems Corp is likely to spark a round of consolidation in the technology outsourcing ... via Express India

“We think it's OK. Orders haven't fallen”

Asus plans to be the No. 3 laptop maker in the world in six years. Pretty ambitious, considering that many Americans probably have never heard of the Taipei, Taiwan-based company. via USA Today

Daniel Shen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 14 May 2008] Microsoft expects sales of its Windows Mobile platform products will account for 40% of the global smartphone market in fiscal 2012 , according ... via DigiTimes

Dell today announced aggressive plans to further reduce the energy consumption of its products, avoid millions of tons of CO2 emissions worldwide and drive unprecedented customer value. via Earth Times

“Second, I like Mark Hurd personally. I think he's a real professional, and I think our skills are complementary in a lot of ways.”

Even though Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp., EDS isn't going to disappear in a $13.9 billion puff of smoke. via WFAA

Stocks slipped modestly Tuesday morning as investors weighed Hewlett-Packard's nearly $14 billion acquisition of EDS, Wal-Mart's better earnings and tepid forecast and another record for gas prices. via CNN

The new face of Dell gaming. The Wall Street Journal reported this morning on Dell's plan to stop competing with itself. via CNET News.com

“The whole issue of takeover speculation is pretty hot again”

Stock index futures eased on Tuesday, pointing to a weaker start on Wall Street with merger and acquisition activity in focus as Hewlett-Packard engages in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems. via Reuters

“We think the deal makes sense”

Computer giant Hewlett-Packard is 'engaged in advanced discussions' with consulting firm Electronic Data Systems about a 'possible business combination involving the two companies,' HP said yesterday. via The Honolulu Advertiser

LONDON : BT Group is in talks to sell its British data centres to the U.S. computer firm Hewlett-Packard for 1.5 billion pounds, the Sunday Times reported. via International Herald Tribune

System crashes, endless reboots and other problems have been reported with Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3. The problems with SP3 seem to especially affect systems with AMD chips, and a blogger says ... via NewsFactor Network

Hewlett-Packard is negotiating to buy Plano-based information technology services provider Electronic Data Systems in a deal that would expand the world's largest personal computer maker's reach in the corporate consulting market.

Palo Alto-based HP confirmed the discussions Monday after The Wall Street Journal's Web site reported a deal is in the works. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, The Journal said the sales price is expected to range between $12 billion and $13 billion. Read more

“Props to your QA guys, they certainly have done their job.”

Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum. via Freerepublic.com

“The digital media sector is a major priority for the Irish economy -- that's why our government and others are pouring resources into this rapidly growing sector which needs highly skilled graduates to develop its creative indigenous companies”

NEWS IN BRIEF For the record 6 May Hewlett-Packard signs EUR5 million to deliver e-Schools Project Challenge Science road show gets underway Hewlett-Packard has signed a five-year contract, worth EUR5 million, ... via ElectricNews.net

The most advanced corporate server microprocessor, as well as processors for video game machines, have up to eight cores. via NewsFactor Network

“That could be possible, but there are no numbers available to support that”

Computerworld newsletters! Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed to retain many customers in the face of repeated delays of ... via Computerworld

“Connecting to your Customer with JDF”

The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress organization today announced details for the JDF Experience program at the drupa Innovation Parc powered by ... via Printing Equipment Guide

“I just installed Windows XP SP3 and after completing the processes and when the system reboots, the system cannot proceed to load the Windows. It just displays the flash screen of Windows then after it reboots again.”

AWAITED and much-delayed update to Windows XP, Service Pack 3, is giving owners of machines with AMD hardware headaches aplenty it seems. via The INQUIRER

“It is essential that UNIDO assists developing countries in Africa in educating their young generation in information technology and creating achievable prospects”

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization and Hewlett-Packard have joined forces to help young unemployed people across Africa build their entrepreneurial and information technology skills, it was ... via Scoop

“I am really trying to get the best minds in the world”

Trying to boost the output of its research labs, Hewlett-Packard Co. wants to get more help from scientists in universities. via KLEW-TV Lewiston

“We will be raising prices for the first time”

Retail prices for laptop computers are set to rise as contract manufacturers move to raise prices for the first time in the face of soaring raw material and assembly costs. via FT.com

Hewlett-Packard plans to eliminate another 300 to 400 jobs at its Corvallis campus, a newspaper reports. via NWCN.com

“Our physics model tells us that the memristive state should last for years”

SET IT AND FORGET IT: A new device called a memristor "remembers" whether it's on or off whether or not it has power. via Scientific American

Lenovo Chairman Yang Yuanqing says the world's No. 4 ranked PC manufacturer is still looking to make acquisitions as part of a strategy to build worldwide market share. via Local Tech Wire

Of all the products in your home, one of the most likely to give you trouble is your computer, according to Consumer Reports. via Tampabays10.com

“With technology changing so rapidly, it's nice to see our district keep on up on that”

MENASHA - With two children attending Menasha High School, Joan Marmer appreciates the benefits of the school district's cutting-edge technology. via WisInfo

“We set the bar high so only the very best partners achieve the Office Printing Solutions partner status”

Marimon, Inc., a Houston, TX based document solutions company recently achieved Office Printing Solutions partner status, Hewlett-Packard's highest level of partnership. via Printing News

“The bulk of our 45-nanometer output starts out in servers, moves to mobile, then moves to desktop”

Quad-core processors boasting lower power and packing more transistors are arriving at mass-market retail. via CNET News.com

April 28th, 2008 by Edwin in Software , PC Gadgets It goes to say a whole lot when even PC makers themselves want to extend Microsoft Windows XP's shelf life beyond what the software giant themselves want. via Coolest Gadgets

In the computer world's equivalent of "The Amazing Race," three rival teams of computer researchers are working on new types of software needed to better use computer chips that can process many tasks at the ... via Express India