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The hits keep on coming for disgraced and ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd. After being outed from the company last week after a sexual harassment investigation uncovered alleged expense report fraud – Hurd is now being named in a shareholder lawsuit. The lawsuit also named the HP Board (who fired [...]

Oracle CEO and Founder Larry Ellison is one of the more colorful characters in the tech space, what with the rumors about him flying F-4 fighter jets under the Golden Gate bridge and what not – but because he sells database software and not iPods, most of the tech blog [...]

When it comes to pretty much any technology niche there is a fierce sense of competition between hardware manufacturers. The mobile handset industry, in particular, is a prime example with various manufacturers cramming as many technologically advanced features into these devices in an attempt to outshine on another. The e-Reader [...]

While HP has really been known to be one of the world’s premiere printer manufacturers they have broken into new markets as of late. One highly sought after HP device that may come to mind is the HP Slate – a Windows  7 powered tablet that was once set to [...]

Mark Hurd is out as CEO of Hewlett-Packard after four years. During his tenure, HP rose up, passing Dell and numerous Asian firms to become the #1 computer manufacturer in the world, where it currently stands. Hurd is stepping down after some false sexual harassment claims unveiled some questionable conduct [...]

The Techonomy conference was held the past few days out in Lake Tahoe, California. It sounds like they mainly discussed the future of technology, but to close out the show, they invited the one and only Bill Gates up to take the stage. Gates was interviewed by Brent Schiender and [...]

The powers that be have announced that Verizon Communications’ CEO Ivan Seidenberg will be giving the CES 2011 opening keynote this year. For many, many years, this keynote was given by Bill Gates, and most recently had been given by Steve Ballmer. But, now it’s going to Verizon’s CEO.

And once again, we’ve made it to that grand and glorious time of year known only as Shark Week, the week that makes us all happy to be paying perfectly extortionate prices for cable or satellite so that we can watch hour upon hour of beautifully-filmed underwater footage of sharks, [...]

Those in Seattle who purchase a lot of things over the internet and are trying to live a greener lifestyle now have a new option for home delivery. Amazon will now hand-deliver your orders to your home, in a reusable tote bag, then pick it up next time they come [...]

With popular coverage, you may have heard of the so-called “conflict diamonds” in Africa. You may also be aware of alleged human rights issues in high-tech plants in China. But are you aware that your gadget may also be made from “conflict materials”? A new US law requires technology manufacturers [...]