When HP named Leo Apotheker as the company’s new CEO a scant 11 months ago, hopes were high that the software-focused former SAP honcho would be able to overhaul the company and help rake in tons of dough. Well, they got it half right; since his appointment, Apotheker has sure shaken things up, but not in a good way; the company’s recent sweeping changes didn’t sit well with the public, and partially as a result, HP’s stock has dropped 47 percent on Leo’s watch. Now, his job may be on the line.
Hewlett Packard wants to rid itself of its pesky PC business so it can focus all of its efforts on 
It was only a matter of time before Hewlett Packard slashed staff as a result of dumping its webOS hardware business, and that time is now. Several hundred employees in HP's Palm division are on the chopping block, many of which will be dismissed of their duties starting this week.
HP was due to release a 7-inch tablet to go along with the now cancelled TouchPad. The smaller slate, codenamed Opal and later dubbed TouchPad Go, was reportedly just two weeks away from release when HP killed webOS. Well, a poster in a Chinese forum has posted images and details of the device, which he claims to have been using for three months.
HP announced several weeks ago that it would 
We're not aware of rumors suggesting Intel has any intention of going after Hewlett Packard's PC business, but just in case, the world's largest chip maker came out and set the record straight at its Intel Developer Forum. Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini views such a move as competing with his customers, and that's not something Intel wants to do.
Think that HP’s going to throw in the towel now that they’ve blown up the PC world and announced plans to spin-off or sell their personal computer group? Think again. The company just pulled the curtain off of its new HP TopShot Laserjet Pro M275 – a scanner that can scan 3D images rather than just plain-jane 2D papers. It’s not anywhere near as cool as those 3D printers you’ve seen on YouTube, but still kind of nifty.
There's been plenty of discussion and speculation revolving around Hewlett-Packard's recent surprise announcement that it wants to spin off its PC business, ditch webOS hardware, and focus its efforts primarily on the software side of things. There's also been a lot of questions, such as what is HP thinking, what will happen to product warranties, why abandon the TouchPad and webOS phones so quickly, and more. In a new article on its SMB website, HP attempts to "set the record straight" on these queries and more.
Put your Sunday suit back in the closet, there won't be any funeral services held today for Hewlett-Packard's PC business. Even when/if HP spins off its PC division, the company expects it to remain No. 1 in the world. Until then, HP is carrying on like it's business as usual, which includes announcing an updated and redesigned Pavilion dm1 notebook.
By this time next year, Hewlett-Packard hopes to have spun off or sold its PC business as it restructures into a printer, software, and cloud oriented outfit. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. In the here and now, HP is still making PCs, and almost as if trying to prove that point, the OEM just revealed its largest investment in the all-in-one (AIO) desktop PC market to date by announcing over half a dozen models aimed every which way.
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