Zack Whittaker was the security editor for ZDNet.
The board of the world's number one supplier of PCs by shipment is reportedly looking at options to "obtain maximum value for shareholders." One of those options is splitting up the technology giant into smaller companies.
How much does $3.5 billion mean to ailing PC maker HP? Quite a lot, considering it made just half that figure during its second-quarter earnings, down year-over-year.
The world's number one PC maker by shipments is to close a site in Germany, laying off more than 8 percent of the country's workforce.
After months of pre-trial spats, document release smear efforts and attempts to see the case dismissed, Oracle and HP have kicked off their dispute over Intel's Itanium chip in court.
The company's president and chief executive now has another feather in her corporate hat, as the chair of the computer giant's board.
Within hours of Oracle releasing a cache of HP documents seen during litigation between the two companies, HP fired back with a release of its own.
A source speaking to ZDNet confirms HP, the world's number one PC maker by shipments, is developing at least one Android tablet. But the computer maker will not be ditching Windows 8, or its relationship with Microsoft, any time soon.
The computer and server maker is working hard on a fix to a security flaw in one of its enterprise systems, which could allow unauthorized access to corporate data.
Despite accountancy "improprieties" and apparent financial conflicts between the teams, HP's Meg Whitman is batting away requests to buy two of its business units.
The computing giant plows ahead with its plan to cut more than 29,000 jobs globally as it aims to reinvest into the company, and cut overall costs.