And as Jobs soaks up more market share, he'll start to make Hurd's life--and HP's steady march forward--just a touch less predictable.
So it looks like whatever spat was going on between HP and Apple over HP's line of HP-branded iPods is over, because they're apparently slated to release a whole new mess of iPods in the next few weeks.
The differences between the HP Envy 14 Beats Edition and the plain ol' Envy 14 have been primarily aesthetic -- it's got a black Beats branded lid and red backlit keyboard -- but HP's also included that set of Monster Beats Solo headphones you see up there.
Including Fiorina, each of HP's 15 highest-ranking executives (10 from HP, 5 from Compaq) is a seller as well as a manager, calling on 7 to 15 accounts.
Created in 1999 by a programmer at Nullsoft, Gnutella is an information-sharing technology more freewheeling than HP's e-speak.
The litany of alleged abuse brought no corroborators out of the wings, even though the bullied big shots--HP's Carleton Fiorina, Compaq's Capellas and Gateway's Theodore Waitt--have little to lose from snitching.
All of this means that Dell's rivals--from HP to Apple--may wind up being the next ones restructuring.
This scanner also comes with the obligatory one-year warranty and Internet-based help via HP's Web site and e-mail service.
Built from HP's industry-leading server intellectual property (IP) and 10 years of extensive research from HP Labs, the company's central research arm, HP Moonshot delivers a significant improvement in energy, space, cost and simplicity.
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The computer was hand-assembled by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who, according to legend, financed the device's construction by selling his HP-65 calculator (co-founder Steve Jobs also sold his VW campervan).
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If you're looking for a CD-RW drive to share with others, check out the external version of this drive, HP's CD-Writer Plus 7200e.
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It's all part of her vision of HP's leading a commerce-rich "Chapter 2 of the Internet, " (skipping past its absence from Chapter 1).
The downside is a finicky touchpad -- HP's machine is clearly superior in that regard.
The rx3415 - HP's third Mobile Media Companion, the rx3400 is similar to the rx3700, just with less memory and a 300MHz processor.
The new HP Moonshot system is the second-generation server from HP's Project Moonshot.
ENGADGET: HP Moonshot server class leaves concept, to power commercial-grade internet of the future
But if Dell's impending retail push is bad news for HP, it's no slam-dunk for Dell either.
Call us wimps, but we like the extra bite at the front of a 450-plus-hp 911 Turbo, given the car's tremendous rear-weight bias.
HP's multibillion-dollar scale haunts Hurd, for even minor inefficiencies can cost the company billions of dollars.
But if Indigo flops, he may well feel vindicated about HP's cross-company marketing strategy.
HP's PIII-550 machine held its own during tasks like playing a presentation in PowerPoint 97 or a clip using Macromedia Director.
Unlike previous EliteBooks, though, it sports soft, rubbery surfaces instead of the brushed metal we've come to expect from HP's high-end business machines.
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Those who bought and held HP's fast-climbing stock did quite well.
And the 400-hp Karma's sporting character is altogether whelming.
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On the software side, meanwhile, HP's pre-installing a few board games like EA Monopoly, and there's a physical key you can use to flip the screen orientation when it's another player's turn.
Now, Fazzino and HP's six-person government affairs outpost in Washington hope that momentum on innovation will carry along two other top priorities: patent reform and an extension of the research and development tax credit.
Former Hewlett-Packard employees say that managers with the software company have been quizzing them on HP's 2002 acquisition of Compaq--a deal that centered on slashing costs and ditching redundant products in a hurry--rather than any grand strategic vision.
The sales-minded executive Tuesday announced he was dissolving an HP group responsible for sales to small- and medium-sized businesses to give HP's salespeople more direct customer contact, and stressed that HP would work only with partners that made it a point to champion HP products.
HP's premier America's client event, HP Discover takes place June 11-13 in Las Vegas.
ENGADGET: HP Moonshot server class leaves concept, to power commercial-grade internet of the future
That's 55 percent below its price in August 2010 before HP's board parted ways with then-CEO Mark Hurd in a dispute over his expense reports and his relationship with a company contractor.
In five and a half years at HP she shook up the company's calcified and self-satisfied style of business, known as "the HP Way, " and replaced complacency with urgency.
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