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HP Leasing Promotions Bolster Instant-On Enterprise Program
Technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced two leasing promotions designed to help businesses deploy the company’s technology while saving money for other purposes. The “1-2-3” and “90 Day” deferral programs are offered to qualifying businesses in the United States and Canada through HP Financial Services, the company’s leasing and asset management subsidiary, and are designed to help…
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Security Risks Rise due to Mismanaged User Access: HP
Increased threats to sensitive and confidential workplace data are being created by a lack of control and oversight of privileged users, including database administrators, network engineers and IT security practitioners, according to a new report, entitled “The Insecurity of Privileged Users.” The study, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, revealed that 52…
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HP WebOS Tablets Still a Possibility: Whitman
Hewlett-Packard may have dumped the TouchPad in history s dustbin of new tech, but the company apparently hasn t abandoned the idea of producing tablets loaded with the webOS operating system. That news comes from HP CEO Meg Whitman, who, when asked by The Verge whether HP planned to manufacture more hardware running webOS, replied,…
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Microsoft Releases Silverlight 5
Microsoft has released Silverlight 5, the latest version of its tool for creating and delivering rich Internet applications and media experiences on the Web. Microsoft made the less than 7MB Silverlight 5 plug-in available on Dec. 9. The software can be downloaded here. Microsoft delivered a release candidate of Silverlight 5 on Sept. 1 and…
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HP Made the Right Move on webOS, but What’s Next?
Off the top, the open-source community appears to be happy that Hewlett-Packard has decided to save at least a modicum of face and release its Palm Inc.-developed webOS mobile-device operating system to the community at large. (Please note: HP will retain control of the patents, just to make sure nobody runs rogue and creates some…