HP to hold on to PC division – but sources say it will finally kill webOS
Internal review decides not to spin off world’s largest PC maker, but operating system developed for short-lived TouchPad to be closed along with 500 jobs.
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HP offers printer spam
Condé Nast, everyone’s favorite magazine producer that is fading into irrelevancy, is teaming up with HP to push magazine content to your printer whenever the publisher darn well feels like it.
Why HP should sell its business to save it?
Hewlett-Packard’s CEO Meg Whitman said last week that she wants to make a decision on the fate of HP’s personal systems division by the end of the month.
Whitman seen as problem solver for Hewlett-Packard
“Now, I know that HP has disappointed investors in recent quarters, and we’re not happy about it,” Whitman said on a conference call with reporters.
HP shows off tablet device for printer
Hewlett-Packard showed off a tablet computer that serves as a control panel for its new printer. The tablet browses the Web and can be used as an e-reader.
5 Things You Need to Know About Tablets
They’ve been tried before. Now, Apple’s iPad is bringing tablet computers back into the limelight. But will these devices fulfill your needs? Here’s what you need to know about this emerging platform.
They’re not mini-laptops. Tablets are handheld devices with touch screens ranging in size from five to 10 inches. Also called “slates” by PC makers, they include touch interfaces that allow users to surf the Web, play games, view movies and read e-books. One celebrated example is Apple’s iPad, which was announced in January and goes on sale this month. Makers expected to start shipping devices later this year include Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
They fill a gap. The rapid growth of mobile Internet and touch screens has created a new class of computing devices for consumers, says Phil McKinney, Hewlett-Packard’s CTO. Tablets enable mobile access to online content like newspapers, movies and games. Apple CEO Steve Jobs surfed the Internet and watched a movie on the iPad while sitting on a couch at that tablet’s unveiling. He said the iPad is meant to fill the void between the iPhone and the MacBook laptop.
IBM Rolls Out Power7 As Rivals Converge
Call it Stack Wars. While competitors play tag-team, IBM on Monday reminded the market that it’s been delivering tightly bundled systems on its own for years and introduced its latest weapon in the race toward fully integrated business engines—Power7-based servers.
“This is not a chip announcement,” insisted Rodney Adkins, senior VP for IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, at a press conference at Manhattan’s opulent Mandarin Oriental hotel.
Adkins said the Power7 processor is just one part, though a key one, of a new family of IBM servers designed for a world where everything from toasters to 747s are computerized and online—and businesses will have to deal with all that data.
“Computing is becoming a lot more pervasive,” said Adkins, noting IBM expects there’ll be a trillion connected objects on the planet by next year. Financial institutions, healthcare providers, and other organizations will have to handle and make sense of the resulting information tsunami and will “require a new type of performance” from there hardware to do so, said Adkins.
Google trades energy on wholesale market
With opportunities abounding in renewable power and energy efficiency, traditional IT companies are making some rather aggressive moves into this market. This week, Google announced that it will launch its own utility, while Yahoo has found a source of funds for a new data center: the Department of Energy.
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