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Remember a few years back when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stood on stage and held up a HP tablet that was going to compete with the iPad? Do then you’d also remember that HP’s tablet offerings completely failed. While last time it was a Windows 7-based tablet, this time round the outcome may be very different. Armed with a touch-first...

Image credit: liza.id.au Last week HP announced they were discontinuing their failed tablet, the TouchPad. Exclusive Australian retailer Harvey Norman immediately pulled it from shelves and their website. As other countries slashed TouchPad price to run out existing stock, Australian’s began to question why the same wasn’t being done here. This afternoon at 2pm, Harvey Norman did just...

Image credit: Flickr This morning started by rumors that HP, number 1 PC manufacturer in the world, was getting out of the business and moving to enterprise. As the real details emerged the timeframe for ‘evaluating’ the future of the business was said to be 12-18 months. As the day progressed things turned sour. Harvey Norman,...

HP have just dropped a bombshell, they are pivoting the company in a big way. During their quarterly earnings call, HP said “These are tough decisions. There are four elements to the path." "First, sector trends impacting PSG as consumers change habits. The tablet effect is real, and sales of the TouchPad are not meeting expectations." ...