Despite the poor sales of Microsoft's Windows Phone devices, Verizon seems to have more confidence in the platform than RIM's BlackBerry. During the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam expressed his opinion on which platform would emerge as the third major mobile operating system and he believed that Windows Phone would overtake BlackBerry.
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HP officially names Meg Whitman as new President and CEO
It's official. All the rumblings yesterday afternoon and this morning about the ousting of HP CEO Leo Apotheker are now confirmed. HP has just issued a press release announcing the appointment of former EBay CEO Meg Whitman as its new president and CEO. Apotheker, after only less than 11 short months leading HP, will now have to resign from his position and as a director of the company.
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HP’s board was a dysfunctional mess when they hired Apotheker
According to the NY Times, who spoke with several of HP's current and former directors, when current and soon-to-be-ousted CEO Leo Apotheker was hired last year almost no board member even bothered to meet him. Apparently, HP's board was one big dysfunctional mess and in the words of a former HP director Tom Perkins: "It has got to be the worst board in the history of business."
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Ex-eBay Meg Whitman shoe-in for HP CEO role tip insiders
HP is indeed set to replace CEO Leo Apotheker with former eBay chief Meg Whitman, according to new leaks, with the stumbling computer manufacturer apparently waiting until the close of markets to spring the change. Although initially billed as a potential interim CEO, Whitman will in fact be HP's permanent choice AllThingsD's sources reckon; "Meg is not someone who wants to be a steward of a process to find another CEO for HP," one of the insiders is quoted as saying. Instead, "she wants to run the company and be a strong leader for what she considers an important tech powerhouse."
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HP board considering to oust CEO Leo Apotheker
According to Bloomberg, HP's board is now mulling over whether to fire its CEO, Leo Apotheker, after barely 11 months in the position. Apotheker became HP's CEO in November of last year, following a scandal that saw the departure of former HP CEO Mark Hurd. Reportedly, the board is now considering former EBay CEO Meg Whitman as an interim replacement.
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Apple keeps 8 year lead in US satisfaction rankings
Apple has again scooped top spot in the American Customer Satisfaction Index 2011, maintaining a now eight year lead ahead of its computing rivals. The Cupertino firm climbed a single point from its 2010 score, to 87, and finished nine points ahead of its closest rival, HP. The ACSI credits Apple’s “winning combination of innovation and product diversification” for its success.
HP ad for Ultrabook computer surfaces, HP thinness inbound?
There was a lot of belly aching with computer makers surrounding the Ultrabook platform from Intel. The source of the bother for the computer makers was that Intel promised the Ultrabook would come in at under $1,000. The problem was that major computer makers claimed that there was no way to build the machine and make money at that sales price thanks to the cost of the hardware.
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HP TouchPad Android port gets 3D gaming support [Video]
Efforts to get Android running properly on the HP TouchPad continue, with both cores of the tablet's 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor now usable and hardware graphics acceleration supported. The handiwork of the Cyanogenmod team, the new video demo - which you can see after the cut - shows a modified TouchPad running various 3D games as well as playing 720p HD local video and HQ YouTube clips.
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HP confirms webOS staff slash: 500+ could go
HP is shedding as many as 525 people from its webOS team, with the staff cull expected to begin sometime this week. The company confirmed to AllThingsD that the job cuts were taking place - though refused to specify an actual number or any other details of the losses - though reiterated its intent to explore "ways to leverage webOS software."
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HP 7-inch Opal TouchPad prototype leaks
HP's 7-inch TouchPad, codenamed "Opal", has leaked into the wild, despite HP itself having cancelled the webOS project. Originally intended to be the follow-up to the existing TouchPad, the 7-inch version has made an appearance in prototype form on the Chinese ZooPDA forums, running a 1.5GHz Snapdragon APQ8060 processor and a 4:3 aspect, 1024 x 768 touchscreen.
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HP unveils eight new displays, four IPS panels with one sub-$200
HP unveiled eight new displays today, including four from its HP ZR-series that use IPS panels, of which one is touted as the industry's first sub-$200 display to feature IPS technology. The other four displays include one affordable HP Compaq model for business and three digital signage models.
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IDC: Tablets beat estimates, Android down, iOS up, Amazon’s tablet is actually an e-reader
Research firm IDC released some interesting data this morning regarding tablet shipments for Q2 of 2011 as well as predictions for the second half of the year. Beating estimates, tablet shipments are now expected to reach 62.5 million in 2011, up from the original forecast of 53.5 million units. Apple's iPad 2 shipments continue to surge as Android slips and RIM enters. WebOS share will disappear by Q1 of 2011 and the much anticipated Amazon tablet is actually an e-reader.
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