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HP Settles Bribery Case for $16.25 Million

November 11, 2010
HP Settles Bribery Case for $16.25 Million

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has agreed to cut a check for $16.25 million to settle allegations that it bribed Texas school officials with expensive gifts in exchange for federally funded contracts that pay for Internet connections for schools and libraries, t…

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HP Drops Dr. Dre Endorsed "Solo" Headphones from Envy 14 Beats Edition

November 1, 2010
HP Drops Dr. Dre Endorsed "Solo" Headphones from Envy 14 Beats Edition

One of the selling points of HP’s Envy 14 Beats Edition laptop has been the Monster Beats Solo headphones you saw Dr. Dre sporting in the television advert. Due to “supply constraints,” HP is no longer bundling the cans, Engadget reports.
As for pricin…

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HP’s Slate 500 Business Tablet Makes Retail Debut

October 22, 2010
HP’s Slate 500 Business Tablet Makes Retail Debut

When Hewlett-Packard bought Palm earlier this year, it looked like the final nail in the coffin of the Windows 7 tablet it had trotted out in January.  The company was now on the horns of a dilemma, torn between WebOS and Windows 7. The world

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HP Readies Android-based Zeen Tablet Overseas

October 12, 2010
HP Readies Android-based Zeen Tablet Overseas

Forget about Windows 7 and webOS for a moment — Hewlett Packard is tapping into Google’s Android platform for its first tablet, the Zeen.
HP’s Zeen isn’t meant to take on the iPad, as it’s a more specialized device. It will be sold bundled with the co…

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HP Announces USB 3.0 Portable HDD

October 11, 2010
HP Announces USB 3.0 Portable HDD

USB 3.0 product announcements are coming thick and fast these days. The latest is brought to you by the world’s largest PC maker Hewlett-Packard, which has announced a pocket-size USB 3.0 external HDD that promises to outstrip USB 2.0 drives with a t…

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Notebook Makers Reportedly Giving HP the Cold Shoulder on Small Orders

October 5, 2010
Notebook Makers Reportedly Giving HP the Cold Shoulder on Small Orders

Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, and Wistron all have a message for Hewlett-Packard (HP): Big orders or bust. According to a report in Chinese-language Commercial Times, all three Taiwan-based notebook makers are refusing to accept low-gross margin…

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HP Says No to Android, Windows Phone 7

September 28, 2010
HP Says No to Android, Windows Phone 7

It’s no secret that Hewlett-Packard plans to vindicate its decision to buy Palm by using the concomitant IP, especially webOS, to plot its success in a range of web-connected device segments, including tablets, smartphones and printers. It has now f…

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HP Slate Prototype Shows Up in YouTube Video

September 23, 2010

A YouTube user who goes by the name “x313xkillax” posted what may end up being the first hands-on look at HP’s upcoming Windows 7-based Slate in prototype form.
Naturally there’s some chatter that the video could be fake, and we can’t say that it isn’t…

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