Former HP CEO resigns after sexual harassment investigation; but not without pressure from HP and an estimated $40 million severance package.
Worried that former HP CEO Mark Hurd might not know what to do with himself after getting caught falsifying expense reports to hide girl #2 and being forced to resign? Don’t be: ol’ Mark’s getting a $12,224,693 severance payment in exchange for agreeing not to sue HP. Yep, Mark Hurd just got $12 million in [...]
HP Slate en-route to a store near you?
The Windows 7 HP Slate 500 has been listed on the company’s site, however HP confirms that the slate is still in the works. An HP spokesperson has mentioned the device is currently “in customer evaluations now and will make a determination soon on to the next steps.” Not much information is being shared at [...]
HP debuts new Pavilion Elite m9600 series desktops
For middle-of-the-high-road types, HP just debuted its new Pavilion Elite m9600 series of Core i7 excitement. Things don’t get quite as wild as Dell’s new 24GB monsters, but HP packs in a respectable amount of power for the price. The base configuration includes a Core i7 920 2.66Ghz processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, [...]
Recession antidote: win a HP Pavilion Laptop
This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget [...]
