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Chromebooks Are Now Available In Six More Countries

Chromebooks Are Now Available In Six More Countries

By Zach Walton March 19, 2013

Chromebooks are slowly making their way around the world as Google introduces more consumers to its idea of what personal computing should look like. Now consumers, schools and businesses in six more countries can take advantage of the affordable computing …

HP Enters Chromebook Market With The Pavilion 14 HP Enters Chromebook Market With The Pavilion 14

It may have taken a few years, but Google’s Chromebook is finally taking off as a valid alternative to the traditional Windows laptop and MacBook. That means more OEMs are starting to make them with HP being the latest to …

Google Wants You To Break Chrome OS Google Wants You To Break Chrome OS

Pwnium is the annual hacker competition where Google invites coders from around the world to find security holes in Google Chrome. That changes this year as Google wants hackers to break both of its Chromium projects. Google announced today that …

HP Rebuffs Offers For Autonomy, EDS HP Rebuffs Offers For Autonomy, EDS

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that HP has received offers to buy both Autonomy and EDS. The companies have lost much of their value since being acquired by HP, forcing around 16 billion in write-downs during HP’s last two …

PC Sales Declined During Last Year’s Holiday Season PC Sales Declined During Last Year’s Holiday Season

A new report issued this week by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that worldwide PC shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012 actually declined, down 6.4% from 2011. The 89.8 million units were less than even the predicted decline of …

HP Could Sell Off Divisions to Shore-Up Revenue HP Could Sell Off Divisions to Shore-Up Revenue

2012 was certainly a bad year for HP. The company saw its revenues fall and its stock price followed. Tens of thousands of planned layoffs have been announced, and ts last two quarterly reports have included write-downs of more than …

Can HP Survive the Post-PC Revolution? Can HP Survive the Post-PC Revolution?
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On November 20, 2012, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced its second quarterly write-down of over $8 billion dollars in a row. That in itself is cause for alarm, but the fact that HP blamed the write-downs on two of its largest recent …

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HP Announces New EVP of Enterprise Services HP Announces New EVP of Enterprise Services

Back in August, HP announced a huge $8 billion write-down stemming from the loss of value seen in Electronic Data Systems (EDS). HP bought the company in 2008 for $13.9 billion. As part of the announcement, the company sacked John …

Autonomy Founder Website Combats Fraud Allegations Autonomy Founder Website Combats Fraud Allegations

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has been outspoken since HP leveled accounting fraud allegations against his former company. The executive, who left Autonomy earlier this year, has denied any wrongdoing and has shot back at HP, stating that mismanagement and infighting …

Shareholders Sue Everyone Over HP/Autonomy Deal Shareholders Sue Everyone Over HP/Autonomy Deal

When HP announced last week that it was taking an $8.8 billion impairment charge, and that $5 billion it is related to “serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentation, and disclosure failures” at Autonomy before HP acquired the firm, it was clear that …

Autonomy Founder Issues Open Letter to HP Autonomy Founder Issues Open Letter to HP

Ever since HP’s announcement that it will take an $8.8 billion impairment charge, mostly due to what it calls “serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentations, and disclosure failures” at Autonomy prior to its 2011 acquisition by HP, Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has …

Autonomy Founder Blames HP For Lost Billions Autonomy Founder Blames HP For Lost Billions

HP is seeing some massive blowback from its announcement that it has taken an $8.8 billion impairment charge, and that around $5 billion of it is due to ” serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentations, and disclosure failures” at Autonomy. HP purchased …

Autonomy Auditor Denies Knowledge of Fraud Claims Autonomy Auditor Denies Knowledge of Fraud Claims

The fallout from HP‘s allegations of massive accounting fraud at Autonomy continue to grow. Today, an account auditing firm that audited Autonomy’s financials before the company was purchase by HP has denied any knowledge of the accounting improprieties HP alleges. …

Autonomy Founder Fires Back at HP Amid Fraud Claims Autonomy Founder Fires Back at HP Amid Fraud Claims

The founder of enterprise search and knowledge management service company Autonomy is firing back at HP amid allegations that his company used sketchy accounting practices to inflate its value prior to its sale to HP in August 2011. In an …

HP Logs $8.8 Bil. Charge For Fraudulent Accounting HP Logs $8.8 Bil. Charge For Fraudulent Accounting

Just over one year ago, HP bought Autonomy, an enterprise search and knowledge management service company for $10.2 billion. Today, HP announced it would be taking an $8.8 billion impairment charge due to what it calls “serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentations, …

HP ElitePad Chosen to Fly on Emirates Airlines HP ElitePad Chosen to Fly on Emirates Airlines

HP and Emirates Airlines announced today that HP’s new Windows 8 tablet, the ElitePad 900, has been chosed at the “primary interface” for the airline’s flight crews. As part of Emirates’ new Knowledge-driven Inflight Service (KIS), the tablets will be …

Cybercrime is on the Rise, HP-Sponsored Study Finds Cybercrime is on the Rise, HP-Sponsored Study Finds

HP and the Ponemon Institute today unveiled a new security study that shows the cost and frequency of cybercrime has risen for the third year in a row. The 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute …