Post-elections, biz confidence pushes up PC sales by 5.8%: IDC

Last Updated: Monday, December 8, 2014, 21:31

Helped by improved business sentiment after general elections, PC shipments in the country grew by 5.8 percent to about 2.67 million units during the quarter ended September 30, compared to the previous three months, research firm IDC said.

Google announces whopping $2.71 million reward for hacking Chrome OS!

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:00

Get ready for Google`s challenge and hold your breaths! Google has reportedly announced a whopping 2.7 million dollars bounty if security experts are able to hack its Chrome browser-based OS at the Pwnium 4 hacking contest.

Lenovo to buy IBM`s low-end server business for $2.3 bn

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 15:44

Chinese computer giant Lenovo will buy IBM`s low-end server business for USD 2.3 billion, it said Thursday, giving it a platform to compete in that sector with US giants Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

HP confirms Slate VoiceTab to be launched in India

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 05:34

Hewlett-Packard has re-entered the burgeoning market by announcing on Wednesday that it was launching a line of "voice tablets," or outsized smartphones, for consumers in India.

HP, Google select Altair's chip for LTE-only Chromebook

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 19:29

Israel`s Altair Semiconductor, a developer of chips for fourth- generation (4G) mobile technology known as LTE, said its chips will connect the new Hewlett Packard Chromebook to Verizon Wireless` LTE network.

Cold intensifies in HP; Avalanche alert in high altitude areas

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 21:30

Avalanche threat loomed large over high altitude tribal areas and people have been advised to stay indoors as biting cold wave conditions prevailed in Himachal Pradesh in spite of marginal rise in temperature.

HP may cut 34,000 jobs by Oct this year

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 20:52

However, details on which locations would be impacted by the decision were not disclosed.

BJP demands CBI probe against HP CM, calls it `test` for Rahul

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 21:17

BJP on Monday alleged that Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh took "bribe" from a private power firm for granting it extension for a project.

HC`s go ahead to HP govt for blanket ban on junk food

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 00:58

Himachal Pradesh High Court vacated its stay on a state government order and directed it to ban the storage, supply, sale and entry of junk food packages.

HP planning to launch 6, 7-inch phablets

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 14:07

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is reportedly planning to launch 6 and 7-inch 'phablets' aimed at emerging markets.

HP India launches new converged systems, storage solutions

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 22:53

The new HP ConvergedSystem is a family of integrated IT systems built for key workloads such as virtualisation, big data and hosted desktops, HP India Director, Storage, Barun Lala told reporters here.

Tech Mahindra launches Global Center of Excellence with HP

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 18:35

"At the CoE we are in the process of creating innovative service offerings in areas such as tools consulting and implementations to an integrated managed services delivery platform," it said.