Hewlett-Packard is in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems, HP confirmed Monday. An agreement between the world’s largest computer maker and the IT services provider could come as early as Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Prices named are between $12 and $13 billion. Shares of HP were down 6 percent after the story [...]

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We understand that researchers at HP Labs claim to have built a once-theoretical basic component for electrical engineering. Known as a memory resistor, or ‘memristor’, the tiny device has the ability to retain the amount of electrical charge which flows through it. The concept was first suggested in 1971 by University of California researcher Leon [...]

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Hewlett Packard has unveiled a new HP DreamColor display that can display a billion colours at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas. The technology, which will probably end up in movie production, has been developed by HP and DreamWorks Animation and will mean that colours used in movies are dependable. DreamColor is [...]

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Hewlett-Packard unveiled its Compaq 2133 ultraportable laptop, which uses a C7-M microprocessor from Taiwan’s Via Technologies instead of a chip from Intel. HP says it chose the chip because it met the thermal requirements needed for the Compaq 2133 laptop – and because it was ready. This is a noteworthy victory for Via, a company [...]

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Hewlett-Packard has just officially announced the release of HP Upline, a consumer online storage service that can be used for both backup and file sharing purposes. Upline follows Dropbox and Sigarsync as an online storage space provider. These services are ideal for those consumers who want a convenient place to store their data online and [...]

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It is reported that HP is planning to introduce desktop and laptop computers that come with Novell’s Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop operating system preinstalled. The computers are scheduled to start shipping worldwide in select countries in the second quarter of this year, according to a source familiar with the matter. The two vendors will jointly [...]

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