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HP CEO Mark Hurd Sees ‘Challenging` PC Market in 2009 — Hewlett-Packard, the worlds largest PC vendor, officially released its fourth quarter earnings, which showed that whiles HPs revenue increased, the companys net earnings slipped. HP CEO Mark Hurd said the company would face a “challenging” market for PCs in 2009. Hurd added that HP would also look to cut spending in 2009 as HP adjusts to the strains of the ongoing financial crisis. - Despite posting an upbeat fourth-quarter financial report, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd warned that company would face a “challenging” PC market in 2009, leaving the door open for more cost cutting in the coming year. HP, the... [Tags: ceo mark, fi, financial crisis, fourth quarter earnings, hewlett packard]

Unsealed court filing: HP’s Hurd had Vista concerns — HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP’s call centers were “being overrun” by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. Aside from a single quote - “I’m [...]... [Tags: call centers, ceo mark, ceo steve ballmer, e mail, hp]

HP CEO e-mailed Ballmer about Vista Capable — In the latest filing to be unsealed in the "Vista Capable" case, plaintiffs' lawyers detail why they want to depose Steve Ballmer and thoughtfully suggest that they would like to make it easy for the Microsoft CEO to fit the three-hour interview into his schedule.... [Tags: hp, hp ceo, lawyers, microsoft, microsoft ceo]

Everyone's Pick For Yahoo CEO — Read up on what everyone is saying about who should or inevitibly will be Yahoo's next CEO. Then go vote for your choice or write-in a name in the comments. Writes BoomTown's Kara Swisher: "Obviously, the dream CEO for Yahoo is News Corp. President and COO Peter Chernin. Chernin has the right resume: Experienced at running large and complex organizations; savvier than most in media about the Internet; able to make the kinds of dramatic decisions needed; and, perhaps best of all, signaling-via the Los Angeles Times-just this past week that he was open to leaving the powerful media and... [Tags: adam moss, asian holdings, ceo mark, clay felker, core competencies]

Tech Employees' Political Contributions Dramatically Favor Obama — That the San Francisco Bay Area, surrounding Silicon Valley, is left-leaning is no surprise. With rare exceptions, including eBay's Meg Whitman and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, the majority of tech titans have traditionally leaned in favor of the Democratic Party. Recently, you also saw Google join the fray, joining Democrats in standing against Proposition 8, the California proposition that would restrict marriage to heterosexual couples. This comes despite Republicans' traditional strength in more affluent communities, which certainly describes parts of Silicon Valley. Looking a level deeper, by searching public political donation records, the gap between donations to Republican candidates... [Tags: affluent communities, amazon, blog, carly fiorina, ceo carly fiorina]

Oracle launches 'world's fastest database machine' — HP CEO Mark Hurd joins Oracle CEO Larry Ellison via videoconference to show a new hardware solution developed by the two companies... [Tags: ceo larry ellison, ceo mark, database machine, hardware solution, hp]

IBM targets HP’s server beachhead — In its latest volley in a tug-of-war between two tech giants, IBM said Monday that it will offer services free of charge to migrate HP server customers to its System z mainframes. The effort, announced just as HP CEO Mark Hurd was to kick off his analyst meeting, is called Migration Factory. If HP is targeting [...]... [Tags: beachhead, ceo mark, giants, hp, hp ceo]

MSNBC.com catches crucial footage of dancing Republicans [Politics] — While waiting for former HP CEO Carly Fiorina to follow former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's speech with her own, MSNBC's Internet-only live video feed of the Republican National Convention caught this footage of Republican square-staters grooving to 1990s retro-pop hit "This Cat’s On A Hot Tin Roof" by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The clip says more about what Obama supporters actually understand to be "change" than anything the candidate would ever dare articulate. Lost? Here's a hint: When Obama says he's "post-partisan, " supporters a decade or more short of AARP membership clearly hear "post-boomers."... [Tags: 1990s, boomers, brian setzer orchestra, carly fiorina, ceo carly fiorina]

MSNBC.com catches rare footage of dancing Republicans [Politics] — While waiting for former HP CEO Carly Fiorina to follow former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's speech with her own, MSNBC's Internet-only live video feed of the Republican National Convention caught this footage of Republican square-staters grooving to 1982's rockabilly hit, "Rock This Town," by The Stray Cats. The clip has a cautionary message for Obama's Facebook-generation supporters: When their candidate says he's "postpartisan," potential voters closing in on AARP membership clearly hear "postboomers."... [Tags: carly fiorina, cautionary message, ceo carly fiorina, ebay, facebook]

Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina to speak at convention tonight [Politics] — A consolation prize for raising millions of dollars from their Fortune 500 rolodexes: Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina will speak at the Republican National Convention tonight. Both also made Republican presidential candidate John McCain's list of 20 potential vice presidential candidates, aides told the New York Times. Like McCain's real first choice, Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman, neither Whitman nor Fiorina would have satisfied the conservative Christian base quite like McCain's eventual choice, the pro-life, pro-guns governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Also, neither looks quite so much like the adorable Liz Lemon, am I right?... [Tags: arnold schwarzenegger, cabinet post, campaign strategist, carly fiorina, connecticut senator]

MSNBC catches dancing Republicans indulging in sensuality online [Politics] — While waiting for former HP CEO Carly Fiorina to follow former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's speech with her own, MSNBC's Internet-only live video feed of the Republican National Convention caught this footage of Republican square-staters grooving to 1990s retro-pop hit "This Cat’s On A Hot Tin Roof" by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The clip says more about what Obama supporters actually understand to be "change" than anything the candidate would ever dare articulate. Lost? Here's a hint: When Obama says he's "post-partisan, " supporters a decade or more short of AARP membership clearly hear "post-boomers."... [Tags: 1990s, boomers, brian setzer orchestra, carly fiorina, ceo carly fiorina]

HP buys EDS- Now What? — HP closes EDS purchase; Outlines services exec line-up | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com HP on Tuesday said it completed its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS and announced its management team for its services unit.With the EDS purchase, HP’s services business will have annual revenue of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees. Now the integration begins. HP CEO Mark Hurd has given some hints about consolidating EDS data centers and has noted that his company has the infrastructure on hand to run his newly acquired prize. This works well since HP was trying to "bolster" it's tech support solutions.... [Tags: acquisition, ceo mark, eds, exec line, hp]

HP closes EDS purchase; Outlines services exec line-up — HP on Tuesday said it completed its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS and announced its management team for its services unit. With the EDS purchase, HP’s services business will have annual revenue of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees. Now the integration begins. HP CEO Mark Hurd has given some hints about consolidating EDS data [...]... [Tags: acquisition, ceo mark, eds, exec line, hp]