HP to spin off its PC business, shut down its webOS device operation [Updated]
[Note: HP confirms it's looking at breaking off the Personal Systems Group. It's also shutting down the webOS operation that makes the just-released TouchPad. See the update below.] Hewlett-Packard...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.20.2012
• HP says acquired company lied about finances – HP says there were “serious accounting improprieties” in Autonomy, a British company it acquired last year. HP’s taking an $8.8 billion write-down as a...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.21.2012
• Hewlett-Packard’s Explanation Just Makes No Sense – HP claims $5 billion of its $8.8 billion writedown on Autonomy comes from accounting improprieties, but in June of 2011 Autonomy had only $3.5...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.22.2012
• The Red Flags That Were Obvious — To Some — In the HP-Autonomy Deal – Why didn’t HP’s due diligence uncover these issues? And H.P.’s Misstep Shows the Risk in Big Ideas • Artists Being Asked to...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.26.2012
• Japan’s Masayoshi Son Picks a Fight With U.S. Phone Giants – If his purchase of 70 percent of Sprint is approved by regulators, the Japanese telecom magnate plans to go after Verizon and AT&T...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.28.2012
• Microsoft: We’ve sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses to date – That’s in the first month. By comparison, Windows 7 sold 60 million licenses in its first two months. • Microsoft sells 750,000 Xbox...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.1.2012
• Microsoft launches web-based Windows 8 app creator – Create Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 apps right in your browser. Also 8 Ways To Design A Beautiful, Useful App, From The Co-Founder Of Instagram •...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.10.2012
• Australian Police Warn Against Use of Apple Maps Due to Safety Concerns and Police concerned with Apple iOS 6 mapping system – Australian police say the maps in iOS 6 are leading people into unsafe...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.28.2012
[Note: I'm on vacation, so Linkposts will appear sporadically until after New Year's Day. Thanks to Jim Thompson for helping out with them earlier! – D.S.] • One In Four Americans Owns A Tablet,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.22.2013
• Announcing the Firefox OS Developer Preview Phone! – Developers can purchase an early smartphone that uses the new, open-source mobile OS developed by Mozilla. It relies on HTML5 for its apps....
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