UK tech titan Mike Lynch's US fraud trial begins today 13-year saga continues as jury set to hear claims on both sides of HP's Autonomy acquisition disaster Applications18 Mar 2024 | 6
HP print rental service seeks more users to become subscription addicts 13M Instant Ink customers signed up and now a new plan is after millions more Personal Tech07 Mar 2024 | 94
Hold up world, HP's all-in-one print subscription's about to land, and don't forget AI PCs Too late to prevent Q1 from being 7th straight decline for US titan Personal Tech29 Feb 2024 | 51
HP CEO pay for 2023 = 270,315 printer cartridges Reg metrics show Enrique Lores is worth a lot of ink Personal Tech15 Feb 2024 | 32
Miscreants turn to ad tech to measure malware metrics Now that's what you call dual-use tech Research15 Feb 2024 | 4
HP's CEO spells it out: You're a 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies Malware threat from third-party cartridges nothing compared to threat to HP's bottom line Personal Tech19 Jan 2024 | 168
HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges Personal Tech09 Jan 2024 | 154
Microsoft prescribes command-line surgery for HP Smart app malady Printer names messed up? Debug It Yourself OSes20 Dec 2023 | 15
Messed up metadata could be to blame for Microsoft's Windows printer woes It looks like everything is coming up HP. Do you want some help with that? OSes08 Dec 2023 | 25
HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated' Apparently they're being serious Bootnotes07 Dec 2023 | 94
Microsoft confirms Smart App issue renaming everyone's printers to HP Not only turning up uninvited, but telling folks they suddenly have a LaserJet OSes05 Dec 2023 | 56
HP exec says quiet part out loud when it comes to locking in print customers Funny how marketing messages change depending on the audience Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 148
HP printer software turns up uninvited on Windows systems No escape from bloat, even without relevant hardware attached OSes30 Nov 2023 | 59
HP chief throws about AI fairy dust in hopes of reviving slumbering PC giant What is double of 15% sales shrinkage? Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 6
HP sued over use of forfeited 401(k) retirement contributions If IT giant loses this lawsuit, it might just upset every plan in America On-Prem16 Nov 2023 | 46
It took seven years but over-40s fired by HP win $18m settlement Minimum of $15,000 per plaintiff, after lawyers' fees. Justice is done! Legal27 Oct 2023 | 38
IDC: AI is a solution for a PC industry with a sales problem Articulating use cases? Erm, yes but customers are captivated Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 13
When is a PC an AI PC? Nobody seems to know or wants to tell Canalys EMEA Forum HP and Lenovo developing machines with LLMs – maybe it'll be in the price? AI + ML05 Oct 2023 | 36
HP reveals bonkers $5k foldable tablet/laptop/desktop There’s a weird one-and-a-half screen laptop mode, too Personal Tech15 Sep 2023 | 27
HP blames discounted PCs and China chill for Q3 revenue drop At least the cost-cutting scissors are still sharp Personal Tech30 Aug 2023 | 3
Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers Personal Tech11 Aug 2023 | 102
Should leaders place bets on new PCs or generative AI? Here's a hint: Leaders are putting laptop orders on ice Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 17
Aggressive PC discounts might not be here for long, says HP After challenging Q2, CEO reckons channel inventory starting to finally clear Personal Tech31 May 2023 | 12
Autonomy's Mike Lynch loses battle against extradition to the US on fraud charges Next stop, Euro human rights court? Software21 Apr 2023 | 25
Acer pedals into e-cycle market with AI and big data in its basket Still tumbleweed for PC industry right now, but maybe folks will buy computers-on-bikes? Offbeat21 Mar 2023 | 17
How many premium portable sales = HP CEO's 2022 compensation? 977 EliteBook x360 830 G6 Notebooks makes one Enrique Lores Personal Tech02 Mar 2023 | 5
PC price promos, flaky economy halve HP profits Job cutting plan expected to ease pressures later this year Personal Tech01 Mar 2023 |
Heads to roll at Lenovo amid 'severe downturn' in PC sales World's largest PC maker aims for $150m in cost controls, says never been a worse time to sell smart devices Personal Tech17 Feb 2023 | 34
Debian dev to the rescue after proposal to remove Itanium from Linux kernel Nobody uses it, Linus Torvalds was happy to lose it, but it looks like sticking around Systems16 Feb 2023 | 25
PC sales slump to pre-pandemic level in Q4. 'Boom' is over, says IDC Vendors lower prices to stimulate demand but inflation, fears of recession trump discounts Personal Tech11 Jan 2023 | 8
A dip in Alder Lake with an HP Elitebook is spoiled by avoidable mistakes Desktop Tourism It does most things well, some things right, and a few things bafflingly badly Personal Tech08 Dec 2022 | 34
HP Inc to lay off up to 6,000 staff, cut costs by $1.4 billion ‘Portfolio optimization’ plan aims to cull some PCs, sell more pricey subscriptions Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 41
Warren Buffett buys billions of dollars worth of TSMC stock There's gold in them there chip mountains? World's sixth richest man seems to think so Systems15 Nov 2022 | 6
Tablet, Chromebook shipments come crashing down Device sales hit the floor as vendors look to Windows PCs Personal Tech02 Nov 2022 | 11
Don't believe the hype: HP CEO says 3D printing hasn't met early hopes Canalys Channels Forum Now, who talked up that market to begin with? Personal Tech24 Oct 2022 | 25
Bias toward office staff will cost you: Your WFH crew could walk, say execs Canalys Channels Forum Productivity KPIs need a 21st century makeover, say tech bosses Personal Tech21 Oct 2022 | 57
PC shipments fall at fastest rate ever as businesses slam wallets shut More analysts emerge to talk up hefty double digit shrink in unit volumes Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 25
HP pays $1.3m to settle dispute over printer security chip Euroconsumers hail success, payments capped and only folks in 4 countries eligible so far Personal Tech13 Sep 2022 | 25
One month after Black Hat disclosure, HP's enterprise kit still unpatched What could go wrong with leaving firmware open after world's biggest hacker convention talk? Security13 Sep 2022 | 12
Windows 10 business refresh will revive PC shipments Or so says a hopeful IDC after releasing latest forecast of doom Personal Tech02 Sep 2022 | 22
HP's consumer PC biz shrinks by a fifth as inflation bites The solution? Inventing another 'transformation programme' to transform previous transformation Personal Tech31 Aug 2022 | 8
Ex-HP finance manager jailed after going on $5m spending spree using company plastic Tesla sedan, 46 Chanel bags, 16 Rolexes, and more equals three years behind bars Cyber-crime19 Aug 2022 | 40
Teradici re-emerges as 'HP Anyware' to replace ZCentral Remote Boost Expect it to be bundled into managed desktop services from HP Inc. Virtualization26 Jul 2022 | 2
Microsoft closes off two avenues of attack: Office macros, RDP brute-forcing Blockade against VBA scripts in downloaded files is back on by default CSO22 Jul 2022 | 15
Global PC market falls at fastest rate in 9 years Nothing shiny about US Chromebook sales anymore, plus war in Ukraine and inflation hits EMEA shipments Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 7
PC shipments sink amid steady waves of supply chain, war disruptions 320 million units forecast, still well above pre-pandemic, but boom is over for now Personal Tech09 Jun 2022 | 5
HP pilots paper delivery service for Instant Ink subscribers 'Having to go buy paper is very painful' for customers, says CEO. Let's just say the profit margins aren't Personal Tech09 Jun 2022 | 58
HP turns back on $1b in annual sales by quitting Russia and Belarus Revenue hit for HP far larger than many tech providers post-pullout but PC, print giant stays course Systems01 Jun 2022 | 12
It's 2022 and there are still malware-laden PDFs in emails exploiting bugs from 2017 Crafty file names, encrypted malicious code, Office flaws – ah, it's like the Before Times Research24 May 2022 | 23
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys 11.4% stake in HP Even notoriously tech averse stock market gambler can't resist piece of pandemic-boosted PC extravaganza Systems07 Apr 2022 | 14
HP bets big on future of hybrid work with $3.3bn Poly buy Plantronics and Polycom have a new parent company On-Prem28 Mar 2022 | 12
APAC region's PC market growth flattens out COVID saw sales surge, but there's less reason to buy in the new normal Personal Tech25 Mar 2022 |
HP finance manager went on $5m personal spending spree with company card Tesla, Porche, jewelry, bags, purses... not quite enough for ink, though Security24 Mar 2022 | 47
Prince of Packaging HP Inc snaps up zero-plastic bottle maker Patented plastic-free tech from Choose Packaging Bootnotes02 Feb 2022 | 16
Chromebook sales in recession: Market saturation blamed as shipments collapse more than 63% in Q4 PC makers ditch Google OS portables for higher-margin Windows machines as component shortages linger Personal Tech31 Jan 2022 | 22
Instant Ump: HP Inc's subscription ink services hiking prices from next month Updated Customers in mid-tier band facing up to 50% higher fees... and they're delighted Personal Tech27 Jan 2022 | 50
Canon: Chip supplies are so bad that our ink cartridges will look as though they're fakes Updated The solution? Click the annoying error messages away and keep printing Bootnotes10 Jan 2022 | 122
Ghost of Christmas past haunts Oracle despite impressive revenue growth Payment over Mark Hurd dispute hits figures as Ellison bigs up cloud ERP Databases10 Dec 2021 | 3
Meg Whitman – former HP and eBay CEO – nominated as US ambassador to Kenya Donated $110K to Democrats in recent years Off-Prem09 Dec 2021 | 72
Visiting a booby-trapped webpage could give attackers code execution privileges on HP network printers Patches available for 150 affected products Security30 Nov 2021 | 27
Dell: We and our customers understand the supply constraints now. The 'wildcard is logistics' Over at rival HP, the story is more about building too many Chromebooks and watching demand for them ebb away Personal Tech24 Nov 2021 | 7
HP's solution to running GPU-accelerated Linux apps on high-end Z workstations: Rely on Microsoft's WSL2 Because Windows is what Linux users really want, right? Personal Tech12 Nov 2021 | 32