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I don’t think John McCain could run a major corporation. I don’t think Barack Obama could run a major corporation. I don’t think Joe Biden could, either. But it is not the same as being the president...
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John McCain and Barack Obama Talk Tech
In advance of tomorrow’s elections, here’s a pair of videos of the two presidential candidates, Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, talking about tech. While Obama has many...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: Meg and Carly on the Trail
There were a flurry of stories over the weekend about the electoral dreams of former eBay (EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman and former Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Carly Fiorina. Whitman is the current Republican...
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HP Mulls Printer-PC Group Re-Fiorinazation
Four years after separating its PC business from its imaging and printing group, Hewlett-Packard is planning to merge them, undoing one of Mark Hurd’s first big moves as CEO. “People familiar with the...
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Fiorina's First Act as Senator: Merge California and Nevada
“I don’t think John McCain could run a major corporation. I don’t think Barack Obama could run a major corporation. I don’t think Joe Biden could, either. But it is not the same as being the president...
View ArticleThe Fleeting Fickleness of IT.
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a...
View ArticleCisco Ends Reseller Agreement with H-P
Cisco Systems (CSCO) on Thursday said it was dropping H-P (HPQ) from its reseller program, capping off a year in which the two tech giants have increasingly encroached on one another’s turf. The...
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Welcome Back, Steve: Apple CEO Jobs to Appear Onstage at D8
Apple (AAPL) CEO and Co-founder Steve Jobs will appear at the eighth D: All Things Digital, in an interview on the opening night, kicking off our tech and media conference that will also include famed...
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Can Two Tech Exec Candidates in California Compute With Voters?
While there have been politicians running for office in California before who have worked in the tech sector, there’s no doubt that the prospects for two of Silicon Valley’s more prominent execs–Carly...
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What eBay-Rich Meg Whitman Really Wants to Do Is Direct!
It’s worth checking out an article in the New York Times today that points to a very questionable, but–as it turned out–politically savvy angel investment made by former eBay CEO and now Republican...
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The HP Wink-Wink Nudge-Nudge Scandal's Real Victims: The Shareholders
Of course, because Silicon Valley is possibly the least sexy of places, any whiff of a scandal involving a powerful CEO and a blond model/actress/cougar/contractor is going to get the lion’s share of...
View ArticleChanges at HP Under Hurd's Hatchet Were Not All Great
The drama and mystery surrounding Mark Hurd’s abrupt departure as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) have shined an unflattering light on the company as we learn how he really changed HP....
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HP's Own CEO Candidates Unlikely to Seek Freedom After Passover
Hewlett-Packard’s decision to name Léo Apotheker as its new CEO hasn’t gone over particularly well with investors, who dragged the company’s stock into the mud this morning. At $40.50, HP shares are...
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California Not So Golden for Silicon Valley Techie GOP Candidates Whitman and...
After all Meg Whitman’s moneybagging and all those demon sheep thrown by Carly Fiorina, polls right now are showing that it is unlikely either of them is going to emerge victorious in tomorrow’s...
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Is This the HP Board That Will Allow Us to Stop Thinking About HP’s Board?
On any other day, so significant a shake-up on the board of directors of a Silicon Valley company as eminent as Hewlett-Packard would easily have been the lead story. That it took a management shift at...
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HP's New CEO Has a Big Day Planned, and a Bigger Job Ahead
Hewlett-Packard’s new CEO Léo Apotheker is going to have his big debut today at an event in San Francisco before assembled media and analysts. It will be his first big public speaking engagement since...
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Video: Former CEO Carly Fiorina Gives Tentative Thumbs-Up to HP Shake-Up
It didn’t take long for commentators watching last week’s dramatic turn of events at Hewlett-Packard to hearken back to another equally dramatic shift at that company, under another controversial CEO:...
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Investors Punish Hewlett-Packard Over Shake-Up
Shares in Hewlett-Packard fell more than two percent in the wake of a sweeping reorganization that re-combined its market-leading printer and PC business units into a single business group. HP Shares...
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The Aircraft Carrier Hewlett-Packard Begins Its Turn (Video)
Shares of Hewlett-Packard are heading up this morning on the heels of yesterday’s chock-full report, which included earnings that beat expectations and details of a restructuring plan that will see the...
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Ousted Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci Cleaned Up on His Way Out
Acer’s leadership shake-up last year cost the company dearly — its status as the world’s second-biggest PC company, a potentially strong position in tablet and smartphone markets and a behemoth...
View ArticleWill HP Bottom Out Any Time Soon?
A lot of tech investors are watching Hewlett-Packard Co. closely, waiting for it to bottom out. The question is whether it ever recovers once it hits bottom. I was a big fan of until Carly Fiorina...
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Some of Our Fave D Conference Videos Before AllThingsD Signs Off in 3 … 2 … 1 …
Before we end our reign of terror, oops, tech at AllThingsD, I wanted to post a few of my favorite videos from D: All Things Digital conferences that we have done since 2003. While we are proud of all...
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