This past August former HP CEO Mark Hurd stepped down from the company after he was caught sending a sexual harassment letter. Hurd had a personal relationship with contractor Jodie Fisher, who had worked at HP as a greeter and hostess at company events. Hurd currently works at Oracle Corporation as a co-president and Meg Whitman has replaced him at Hewlett Packard. AllThingsD got their hands on the letter that attorney Gloria Allred wrote to Hurd on behalf of Jodie Fisher. I have embedded the letter below.

Most of you may remember how HP made webOS open source, but here is the full story of how they got there. Hewlett Packard acquired Palm for $1.2 billion in April 2010. After an unsuccessful TouchPad launch, the company hired Meg Whitman to decide what to do with Palm. Apparently Whitman considered selling Palm for $1.2 billion before making it open source.

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has decided to make webOS open source. HP plans to continue and will be active in the development of webOS, but the company is hoping that the community will help improve applications and web services for the next generation of devices.

According to PreCentral, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman will be calling an all-hands meeting later today to make a final decision on webOS. There are only about four possible scenarios coming out of this meeting: a.) webOS will be killed off b.) They will keep webOS and focus more on mobile development c.) Try to find another buy for Palm / webOS d.) Postpone the decision again. My guess is that HP spent so much time, energy, and money investing in webOS that they will not just kill it off. My best guess is that they will keep it, but may not focus as much on using webOS technology as they have in the past with the development of the TouchPad. I have a feeling that they will just keep it on the back-burner given that the company’s core business is still PC manufacturing and enterprise IT. [PreCentral]

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has announced that they have started selling four new laptops: The Folio 13 ultrabook, the ENVY 15, the ENVY 17, and the ENVY 17 3D.

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman has done an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro. She said that HP’s decision on what to do with webOS software will be within two weeks.

When Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) acquired Palm in April 2010, the company said that they are planning to “double down” on the webOS operating system. Now that is proving to be a very costly mistake.

It wasn’t too long ago that Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) was considering spinning off their PC unit. Now the company has announced that they have come full-force in the ultrabook market with the launch of the Folio 13. The Folio 13 has a 13.3-inch screen and is less than 0.7 inches thick. The Folio 13 has the longest-lasting battery in its class at 9 hours.