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CEO Meg Whitman Says HP Should “Offer A Smartphone”, Forgets Past

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:33:10 +0000

HP’s dumping of my favorite mobile operating system may have been over a year ago, but I’m still getting over it. Pitiful, yes, but that’s part of what makes me who I am. I’ve gotten better though. I managed to resist writing an article about the release of the code for Open webOS earlier this […]

HP Announces Fate Of webOS, Gives Techcitement Co-Founder Tachycardia

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:09:42 +0000

When I read the finally-announced fate of webOS, I got so excited that my congenital heart condition flared up. It’s not often that I read something so exciting that I need to sit down and breath deep. Many at the the announcement were expecting a total shelving, others a sale or a license. What few […]

HP Holds Meeting To Discuss Future Of WebOS, Schedules Another Meeting

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:45:14 +0000

It’s easy to sit here and make lots of jokes about HP and their recent drama. The musical CEOs, the abortive interest in selling off their hardware division, and especially their roller coaster ride with webOS. It’s also easy to be upset about their constant failure to make a go of a solid, well-respected operating […]

Multiple Women Named As New CEOs; Woo For Executive Ladies!

Kacey Samiee — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:20:57 +0000

I’m sure you know the details, but I’ll briefly go over them just in case you don’t. IBM recently named Virginia Rometty as their new CEO. She’s been with the company since 1981 when she was hired as an engineer. For the last 30 years, she’s been using that big beautiful brain of hers, her […]

Does Even HP Understand HP?

Yoni Gross — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:00:26 +0000

Hewlett Packard has taken us on a wild ride this last year or so. It got especially exciting late in the summer, when former CEO Leo Apotheker announced the company would be eliminating a few small parts of their operation. You know, like WebOS hardware, after spending $1.2 billion to purchase Palm and more on […]

HP Board Fires CEO, Finds New One via eBay

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:42:13 +0000

Rumors have been flying around for a few days that computer giant HP was looking to shed their CEO Léo Apotheker. Here at Techcitement, we try to avoid rumors, but the impact of this one was enough to cause HP’s floundering stock to spike up. That was not a good sign for Apotheker. Low and […]