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Emirates adopts HP ElitePad 900 Windows 8 tablets for flight crew

, Nov 19th 2012 Discuss [4]

Windows 8 might not see a lot of adoption from businesses, but Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, has announced that it plans to equip its flight crew with 1,000 HP ElitePad 900 tablets running Windows 8, and the company has developed a Windows 8-based app for the HP tablet to help its crews provide better in-flight service. Read The Full Story

HP PC chief: “Kludgey” Microsoft Surface is “hardly competition”

, Nov 15th 2012 Discuss [85]

HP's PC chief has dismissed Microsoft's Surface tablet as "slow and a little kludgey" and blamed the tech press for over-hyping what he would "hardly call ... competition" to HP's own products. "Holistically, the press has made a bigger deal out of Surface than what the world has chosen to believe" Todd Bradley told CITEworld, going on to say that HP's initial focus with Windows tablets is the enterprise, with consumer-centric models not expected until 2013. Read The Full Story

Department of Veterans Affairs signs $36m cloud-computing deal

, Nov 13th 2012 Discuss [2]

The Department of Veterans Affairs has signed a $36 million deal with HP and Microsoft that will result in 600,000 users being migrated to Microsoft's cloud email and collaboration services. The contract is for 5 years, and involves an initial amount of 15,000 employees being transitioned to Office 365 for Government. The rest of the staff will be transitioned over the rest of the contract's duration. Read The Full Story

HP pays $500,000 for Linux Foundation Platinum membership

, Nov 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

HP has become a platinum member of the The Linux Foundation, part of what is described as the PC manufacturers "prioritizing" of the open-source OS for future devices. HP, who was previously a gold member of the Foundation, now joins Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung, and others as a platinum sponsor, and in return gains a seat on the board of directors and more input into group activities. Read The Full Story

LG Open webOS smart TV planned for CES 2013 as Google TV sidelined

, Oct 25th 2012 Discuss [1]

LG is tipped to be developing a webOS-based smart TV, using the open source platform in favor of Google TV, after concerns about the Android-base OS' momentum. The deal has seen LG dispatch engineers and prototype hardware to HP's Sunnyvale Gram facility, webOS Nation's source claims, with the goal of showcasing the first models at CES 2013 in January. Read The Full Story

HP unveils lineup of Windows 8 PCs and tablet

, Oct 24th 2012 Discuss [1]

Today, HP announced the pricing and availability of a large portfolio of various Windows 8 PCs, as well as a tablet. Some of these products have previously been available with Windows 7, and have been relaunched for the latest upcoming Windows operating system. The devices utilize HP's TouchSmart technology, and offer features such as Snapfish and HP Connected Music. Now, in a press release, HP has announced the devices' pricing and availability. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 HP PCs pop up at Best Buy stores

, Oct 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've heard a lot about Windows 8 today - Netflix pushed a Windows 8 update earlier today, we learned a little more about the Windows 8 marketing campaign, and - most importantly - the new OS officially went up for pre-order. With that mind, Best Buy has wasted no time putting Windows 8 PCs on display in some of its stores. WinSource reports that at least one Best Buy store is showing off a number of HP Windows 8 notebooks, ultrabooks, and all-in-one PCs to get customers excited about the release of the latest Windows installment. Read The Full Story

Lenovo trumps HP to take top slot in the PC market

, Oct 10th 2012 Discuss [3]

According to a study released today by the research firm Gartner, Lenovo has overtaken HP (Hewlett-Packard) as the number one seller of PCs worldwide. This move comes at a time when overall PC sales have faltered due to the economy and competition from mobile gadgets. Still, Lenovo managed to grow during this downturn, increasing its sales by nearly 10%. Read The Full Story

Tech giants launch Web Platform Docs for web standardization

, Oct 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

A handful of web browser developers and other leading tech companies have launched what's called Web Platform Docs, which aims to create “a new, authoritative open web standards documentation site,” and addresses the issue of finding a single source of accurate and quality information on all web standards that are scattered around the internet. Read The Full Story

HP ENVY Spectre XT Ultrabook Review

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [2]

Ultrabooks, whether you like them or not, are here in full force. Manufacturers left and right are releasing ultrabook after ultrabook, so now the question isn’t “who can make the fastest ultrabook?” but rather “who can make the best looking ultrabook?” Ultrabooks invite style – the entire idea behind them is to give consumers an incredibly portable and speedy laptop, after all. You don’t want your super fast ultrabook to looking boring and plain, right? Of course you don’t. You want your ultrabook to be sleek and well-designed. HP knows this, introducing us to ENVY Spectre XT, and it’s certainly easy on the eyes. But does the Spectre XT have what’s required on the inside, or will it be doomed to using its good looks to get by? Read on to find out.


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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 5, 2012

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've arrived at another Friday evening, which means that the weekend lies ahead. Today, as many of you probably already know, was the one-year anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs. Apple paid tribute to Jobs in a new video released today, and it was announced that three modified MacBook Pros will be auctioned off in memory of Jobs. On the lighter side of things, Lenovo is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ThinkPad with a look back through time, and Samsung's profits for Q3 2013 managed to break company records (not an easy thing to do, considering how popular Samsung is). Read The Full Story

HP analyst says stock should be worth negative $2

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [8]

HP obviously has seen better days, and the company's CEO even said herself that 2013 would be a tough year for the company. So it may not come as a surprise that analysts are kind of going nuts over the company -- in a negative way, that is. Specifically, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said that HP's stock should be worth negative $2. Read The Full Story
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