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Foxconn Caves to Pressure, Ups Wages

Apple supplier works to improve conditions following consumer outcry

(Newser) - Foxconn will bump workers' salaries by as much as 25% while decreasing the amount of overtime demanded of them, the company announced this weekend, in a bid to stem the tide of outrage against it and high-profile customers such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell. The move is a victory for...

Letter Detailing Sex Claims Against Mark Hurd Released

Gloria Allred outlined Jodie Fisher's allegations in June 24, 2010, letter

(Newser) - There's no statute of limitations on juicy details, as evidenced by the amount of media attention a June 24, 2010, letter is getting. AllThingsD yesterday posted the letter, written by infamous celeb attorney Gloria Allred to Mark Hurd, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. He stepped down last year in...

Millions of Printers in Danger of Being Hacked

Researchers call it a major vulnerability: MSNBC

(Newser) - Even if your computer is as secure as you can make it, you may still be offering hackers entry to your network—through your printer. Columbia University researchers warn that millions of printers belonging to consumers, businesses, and government agencies could be vulnerable to attack. Among other dangers, hackers may...

HP Will Stick With Computers After All

But what about TouchPad and Web-OS? Stay tuned

(Newser) - The world's biggest PC maker has decided to keep making PCs. New Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announced today that the company is backtracking from her ousted predecessor's strategy to spin off the $41 billion computer division and, in the words of Gizmodo , "turn HP into the next...

Amazon in Talks with HP to Buy Palm
 Amazon in Talks 
 to Buy Palm 
Sep 30, 2011 11:03 AM CDT

Amazon in Talks to Buy Palm

Purchase would allow Internet giant to expand with webOS

(Newser) - Hot on the heels of its Kindle Fire announcement , Amazon may be about to make a big acquisition: The company is in talks to buy Palm, an insider tells VentureBeat . Palm is currently owned by HP, but the tech firm wants to dump it, and Amazon is first in line...

Hewlett-Packard Names Meg Whitman CEO

Leo Apotheker is out at struggling company

(Newser) - Score one for the rumor mill : Hewlett-Packard waited for the markets to close, then named Meg Whitman its new CEO, effective immediately, reports Bloomberg . The former eBay exec, recently off a failed bid to be California governor, will take over for Leo Apotheker, who resigned under pressure after 11 lackluster...

Meg Whitman to Take Over at Hewlett-Packard?

Insiders say strugging company may dump CEO Leo Apotheker

(Newser) - Meg Whitman may have lost out on her bid to be governor of California, but she might soon be back in a high-profile business post, reports Bloomberg . It quotes anonymous sources who say Hewlett-Packard's board may fire CEO Leo Apotheker and replace him with Whitman on an interim basis....

HP Brings Back Tablet, at $99
 HP Brings Back Tablet, at $99 
Aug 31, 2011 12:11 PM CDT

HP Brings Back Tablet, at $99

Even though it's losing money on every sale

(Newser) - HP has analysts shaking their heads yet again. The company has announced that it’ll be producing one last round of its TouchPad tablet—even though it’ll be losing $207 on every one it produces. When HP announced that it was killing off its tablet , it dropped the price...

HP Kills TouchPad, May Spin Off PCs

Also ends smartphones; part of shift toward business customers

(Newser) - In a dramatic reshuffling, Hewlett-Packard said today it will discontinue its tablet computer and smartphone products and may sell or spin off its PC division, bowing out of the consumer businesses. The most apparent result for consumers will be the end of HP's TouchPad tablet and HP-branded smartphones. By...

Suicide-Plagued Foxconn to Swap People for Robots

In 3 years, it could use as many as 1M robots

(Newser) - Foxconn, the suicide-plagued maker of millions of Apple products in China, plans to use as many as one million robots on its assembly line within three years—compared to just 10,000 today, a Chinese report says. Increasing labor costs is a major driver behind the move, reports Reuters . "...

Ousted HP CEO Accused of Leaking $14B Deal

Woman who charged harassment says he told her of plan

(Newser) - Messy new details are emerging in the scandal that led to the ouster of Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, courtesy of a Wall Street Journal investigation. The most damning is that he reportedly told Jodie Fisher—the woman who accused him of sexual harassment—of HP's $14 billion plan to buy...

HP Launches Windows 7 Slate for $800

It's not aimed at casual consumers

(Newser) - HP's touchscreen tablet is finally here, but it shares very little in common with Apple's iPad or even the new wave of Android tablets. The HP Slate 500 runs Windows 7, has a 9-inch screen, and is aimed at business and industrial users, rather than mainstream consumers, reports CNET .

HP's New CEO Pick Is Absolutely Bananas

Why would you pick an unemployed failed exec?

(Newser) - HP could have picked someone with a proven record to be its next CEO. It could have picked someone who knew its business, maybe an internal candidate, or a rising star at a rival company. “It could have found someone with a job,” suggests Adam Lashinsky of Fortune...

Leak: HP's iPad Challenger Coming in October

Device apparently runs on Windows

(Newser) - According to a tipster who provided hands-on photos, HP's "Slate 500" tablet is coming at the end of October, writes Dan Ackerman at CNET . This potential iPad rival surprisingly runs Windows 7, instead of Android or Palm's WebOS. On the heels of Samsung's Galaxy Tab and BlackBerry's PlayBook, the...

HP Sues Mark Hurd Over Trade Secrets

Execs don't want him to take job at Oracle

(Newser) - The happy little split between between Mark Hurd and Hewlett-Packard takes another turn. HP today sued its newly ousted CEO to prevent him from assuming a top job at rival Oracle. "Mark Hurd agreed to and signed agreements designed to protect HP's trade secrets and confidential information," declares...

Mark Hurd: He's Back, Definitely
Mark Hurd:
He's Back, Definitely
Sep 7, 2010 5:48 AM CDT

Mark Hurd: He's Back, Definitely

Ex-HP CEO signs on with Oracle

(Newser) - The rumors are true —former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd is joining Oracle as co-president, replacing Charles Phillips. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison expressed his pleasure, saying, “Mark did a brilliant job at HP and I expect he’ll do even better at Oracle,” And, of course, analysts are...

Mark Hurd: He's Back, Maybe
Mark Hurd:
He's Back, Maybe
Sep 6, 2010 9:56 AM CDT

Mark Hurd: He's Back, Maybe

Disgraced HP chief eyes new gig at Oracle

(Newser) - You would think that ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd would quietly lick his wounds and live comfortably off of his $28 million severance. But no: Hurd is rumored to be in talks with friend, admirer, and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison about taking a senior position there, reports the New York Times...

HP CEO Stopped Hiring Me When I Turned Down Sex: Fisher

Details emerge in sexual harassment suit

(Newser) - In her lawsuit, actress-turned-event planner Jodie Fisher alleged that HP stopped hiring her after she refused to have sex with CEO Mark Hurd, the AP reveals, in the first public airing of the substance of the suit that got Hurd fired. From 2007 to 2009, Fisher planned networking events for...

Angry HP Board Says Hurd Deal Undermined Probe

Sex harass deal impeded talks

(Newser) - The Hewlett-Packard board ousted former CEO Mark Hurd not because of sexual harassment charges against him, but because the board felt he went behind its back to settle with the woman who made the charges. Board members thought Hurd's deal with former actress and HP management consultant Jodie Fisher botched...

Real Reason HP CEO Was Fired: Everyone Hated Him

(Newser) - In a fascinating column in the New York Times, Joe Nocera reveals the real reason Hewlett-Packard's ex-CEO Mark Hurd was fired. It had nothing to do with sex or expense account abuse. He was, according to Nocera, distrusted by the Board and widely hated not just by rank and file...

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