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Twitter on the New HP TouchPad: Looks Like an iPad to Me

It's been a big day for tablet computers. Just hours after The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had begun manufacturing the iPad 2, Hewlett-Packard unveiled the long anticipated TouchPad from its webOS event in San Francisco. Billed as an iPad competitor, the TouchPad tablet PC features 9.7-inch display, 32GB of...

4 HP Directors Step Down in Wake of Hurd Fiasco

SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is trying to put a fresh face on its scandal-scarred board, swapping out four directors in an extreme leadership makeover at the troubled technology icon. The shake-up announced Thursday comes as HP's new leadership tries to dampen shareholder anger over the handling of CEO Mark Hurd's...

Oracle Hires Mark Hurd as a Co-President

(Sept. 6) -- Oracle's Larry Ellison is standing by his man, ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd. Ellison, who was highly critical of HP's board of directors for showing Hurd the door over a seemingly minor expense-report infraction -- which came to light after a sexual-harassment charge that was later dropped -- has hired...

Jodie Fisher's Most Important Movie: 'Night Nurses From Jersey'

(Aug. 10) -- By now you've probably heard about Jodie Fisher, the actress and marketing contractor whose sexual harassment claim against Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd ended up bringing about Hurd's resignation last week. It's one of those stories with something for everyone. There's an IT giant for the tech types; market...

Woman in HP Scandal Appeared in Steamy Movies

(Aug. 9) -- Jodie Fisher, the woman who brought down Hewlett-Packard's CEO, has worked in commercial real estate, appeared in steamy R-rated movies, competed on a reality-TV show and even worked on a U.S. House committee on drug abuse. Fisher, 50, is also "a single mom focused on raising her young son," according to her...

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Hewlett-Packard Company () or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States.

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