Tablets, HP, TouchPad
It was a few months ago when we got word of HP’s plans to release something called a “Community Edition” as an added part to webOS 3.0.5. Now, webOS Community Edition has been released for use on legacy TouchPad tablets. Users will be able to learn how the TouchPad works, make modifications and then...

Desktop Computers, HP
HP and RED have have teamed up to create a custom version of the HP Z820 Workstation, HP's high-end tower PC. The HP 820 Tower (RED edition) will come with dual REDMag readers, which sit at the front of the tower, and can be pre-configured with multiple RED Rocket video accelerators. RED also says that...

HP
HP and Oracle made opening statements yesterday in a trial that could see Oracle paying out billions for what HP claims is a clear breach of contract.

HP says Oracle violated a contract between the two companies when Oracle decided to discontinue development of its database software for HP's Itanium-based...

Tablets, HP, TouchPad
As you know the TouchPad didn’t exactly sell as planned, mostly due to what many viewed as an unjustifiably high price tag on an OS that just didn’t catch fire. It did however skyrocket into fame once firesales began to burn through inventory and it was found that Android could be installed on the tablet....

HP, Google
HP may have hit the skids, but Google has swooped in and rescued one of its projects.

Google has hired the team working on the webOS Enyo HTML5 development project. About half a dozen people will move from HP to Google, and will start next month.

Enyo is an HTML5 framework for making apps....

HP
HP has announced new plans for some major restructuring that would see an 8 percent reduction in its worldwide staff by the end of 2014. That means of its 350,000 employees, a total of 27,000 will be gone within the next two years with the first batch of 9,000 employees to be cut by the end of October....

HP
HP CEO Meg Whitman is supposed to announce a new restructuring plan next week. The announcement is supposed to include the cut of about 30,000 jobs. HP has about 320,000 employees. The cuts are supposed to be carried out over a period of a year.

Operating Systems, Microsoft, HP, Windows 8
Hewlett-Packard will start making tablets again, and the first new HP tablets will run on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 platform. HP is coming fresh right after it kicked its webOS-based TouchPad tablet into the gutter over poor sales. Now, the company comes back with renewed hopes for Windows 8 tablets.
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HP
By now, the polarizing tenure of Léo Apotheker and HP's fumbled acquisition of Palm have both been well documented, but James Bandler and Doris Burke delve even deeper into the company's history in a lengthy piece for Fortune. The Compaq merger, HP's oft-dysfunctional board of directors, the rise and...

Desktop Computers, HP
We've already seen a number of laptops from HP sporting Intel's 22nm micro architecture, most commonly known as Ivy Bridge, but now the company is giving its desktop lineup a similar refresh with six quad-core models that'll be available directly from the manufacturer on April 29th. Of the group, three...

Notebooks, HP
We've been keeping a close eye on HP's new Envy 4 and Envy 6 ultrabooks since the company first listed them on its support page, and now we know both what the new laptops will look like, and what they have under the hood. A copy of the user manual posted in the Notebook Review forums contains a number...

Desktop Computers, HP
If you’re a fan of the all-in-one design and aren’t up for Lenovo’s unconventional A720, then there’s good news: HP’s mid-range, big-screen Omni 27 will soon get an Ivy Bridge option. The third-generation Intel Core processors will be offered with new Omni 27 units soon. Though HP’s website is still...

Desktop Computers, HP, Z1
HP today announced that the HP Z1 Workstation is now available worldwide for a starting price of $1,899 through global resellers and retailers, including CDW, MelroseMAC and PC Mall. The world's first all-in-one workstation with a 27-inch diagonal display was unveiled in Las Vegas on Feb. 14 at the HP...

Operating Systems, Microsoft, Dell, ASUS, HP, Windows 8
A number of manufacturers have been tipped as Windows 8 tablet makers eyeing an October release date, including HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asus.

The word comes by way of Digitimes and its supply chain contacts, who also finger Sony, Toshiba, Samsung, and Lenovo as working on Windows 8 tablets for...

Notebooks, Desktop Computers, Imaging Devices, HP
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports of a major reorganization within the company. The firm plans to merge its Personal Systems Group, responsible for PCs, with its Imaging and Printing Group. Current boss of the company’s printer division Vyomesh Joshi will retire after 31 years at...