Meg Whitman isn’t the only former tech CEO running for a government position. Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina announced that she is running for a U.S. Senate seat in California. Fiorina was the CEO of HP from 1999-2005. Before working at HP as the CEO, she was an executive at AT&T. While at AT&T she helped coordinate the spin-off and IPO of Lucent. At HP, she coordinated the merger with Compaq in 2002. Fiorina most recently survived breast cancer.
The iPAQ K3 is a PocketPC made by HP. The PocketPC has GSM and HSPA on 850 and 1900MHz bands. The device also has an AT&T SKU on the available ID label on the device. In the FCC documentation, the device is being referred to as the iPAQ KB1. The PocketPC will be powered by Windows Mobile. No word yet on price or availability.
The state governments of West Virginia, Vermont, Wyoming, and Washington were sent netbooks by HP and Compaq from a mystery buyer. These laptops were sent back to either the manufacturer or local investigators in order to make sure that there aren’t any malicious files on them. About 3-5 machines were sent to each of those states, many of them ordered by fraudulent credit cards. This definitely beats your typical senior high school prank.
Microsoft Corporation has confirmed that Windows 7 will be available for purchase starting on October 22, just in time before the holidays. “The feedback from the release candidate has been good” stated Microsoft SVP Bill Veghte. The nearly final release was available for testing as early as last month.
The beta testing of the operating system will no longer be available starting July 1. The release date matches what Veghte said in the past, the operating system is “tracking well to a Windows 7 holiday.”
Hewlett Packard CTO Phil McKinney said that he is looking forward to the new operating system. “We’re locked and loaded for the launch,” stated McKinney. “The quality of code is just absolutely stellar.”
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) is rumored to be considering building a netbook with the Google Android operating system built-in. If proved to be successful, HP could cut costs by not using the Windows operating system in future netbooks.
Currently many netbooks have Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system. Windows 7 may eventually be added to future netbooks as well. The Google Android platform was intended to work better for mobile phones, but people have been debating that it could work well for netbooks as well.
This would be a big win for Google if their open source operating system hits the market. This would open up a new set of opportunities for Google to license a more advanced version of their operating system to major corporations as discounted prices.
Amit Chowdhry | March 30, 2009 | 856 views | Comments Categorized under HP, HP dv6z
HP will soon be unveiling an AMD-based laptop that will serve as an alternative to its Intel-based model. Using the AMD processor, HP is able to knock down the price. The AMD version starting cost will be about $599.99 and will be even further reduced by $30 using a coupon. A free HP DeskJet printer will be available with this purchase and a mail-in rebate. The colors will be available in Espresso Black and Moonlight White.
“Every Dell machine we buy at home that comes with the Google toolbar, it’s not a good day in my family when that happens,” stated Steve Ballmer at a Microsoft gathering on May 1.
A couple decades ago, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) signed a deal with IBM that gave them the leg-up for operating system market-share against Apple Inc. And then in the 90’s, Microsoft developed their own browser called Internet Explorer which became the default with all Windows operating systems giving them the leg-up against Netscape’s browsers.
Today Microsoft signed a deal with Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) to spread Live Search Toolbar which could give take some marketshare away from the Google Toolbar.
Through this deal, HP will install copies of Live Search Toolbar on all Internet Explorer browsers and the toolbar will link to various HP services such as Snapfish, a photo website that HP acquired in 2005.
Google has similar deals with Dell Inc. and the Firefox browser. About 40% of those who surf the web use the browser default search as their primary search choice according Angus Norton, senior director at Microsoft Live Search.
This deal comes shortly after Microsoft pulled away from the negotiation table for acquiring Yahoo!
Information Source:
[1] Associated Press: Microsoft signs search distribution deal with HP by Jessica Mintz
