Neowin News Feed for: Hewlett

HP aims to take on MacBook Air with "Envy"

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:46:30 +0000

Hewlett Packard showed off several new products today, including its new "Envy" sub-brand which will be competing with Apple's MacBook Air and Dell's Adamo. Starting at $1699 - nearly $200 more than both the MacBook... Read more...

Hewlett Board Authorizes $1 Billion More for Buyback

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:11:20 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's No. 2 computer maker and largest maker of computer printers, on Friday said its board authorized an additional $1 billion toward the repurchase of its shares. The Palo Alto,... Read more...

Hewlett-Packard Throws Walter Hewlett Off Board

Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:53:35 +0000

Walter Hewlett, the son of one of the founders of Hewlett-Packard Co. lost his seat on the company's board of directors on Friday after shareholders approved a new slate that deliberately excluded him because of... Read more...

Walter Hewlett Confident HP-Compaq Deal to Fall

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:01:09 +0000

Walter Hewlett, the Hewlett-Packard Co shareholder who is waging a proxy battle to stop HP from buying Compaq Computer Corp, said on Sunday that he was confident the deal would be defeated. ... Read more...

HP lashes back at Walter Hewlett

Tue, 08 Jan 2002 04:12:36 +0000

In a harsh letter to fellow board member Walter Hewlett, directors of Hewlett-Packard upbraided him for statements made in his recent proxy on the pending megamerger between HP and Compaq Computer. According to... Read more...

Hewlett Launches $1,000 Home Digital Music Player

Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:36:03 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. HWP.N took aim at consumers' living rooms with the launch on Wednesday of an Internet-ready home digital music center that it hopes will build a market where... Read more...