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HP launches ‘Moonshot’ energy- and space-efficient servers
Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched a Moonshot system that uses smartphone-style chips to power compact, efficient data center servers. The California-based computer maker said Moonshot systems take up a fifth of the space of traditional computer servers and can cut energy use by as much as 89 percent while costing about…
Meg Whitman and 74 top Republicans urge Supreme Court to back marriage equality
Meg Whitman and 74 other top Republican lawmakers and thinkers have signed a legal brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that there is a constitutional right to same sex marriage. The brief will be submitted this week to the Supreme Court before the court hears arguments next month…
Hewlett-Packard to slash 27,000 jobs by 2014
SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it plans to cut 27,000 jobs, or eight percent of its global workforce, by 2014 in a major restructuring effort for the computer giant. The world’s biggest personal computer maker said the move was part of “a multi-year productivity initiative designed to simplify business…
IBM names first female chief executive
NEW YORK — IBM on Tuesday named Virginia Rometty, the head of sales, marketing and strategy, to take over as chief executive on January 1, making her the first woman to lead the US computer giant. The 54-year-old, who is also a senior vice president at IBM, succeeds current president…
HP names Meg Whitman as CEO
NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard said Thursday it had named Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief, as president and chief executive officer, replacing Leo Apotheker at the world’s biggest computer maker. “We are fortunate to have someone of Meg Whitman’s caliber and experience step up to lead HP,” said Ray Lane,…
The top 5 Republican hypocrites on immigration
With the 2012 election on the horizon and Republicans scrambling to prove their conservative credentials, it can’t be long until at least one of them jumps on immigration as the hot, new issue to capture right-wing voters. But for some top Republicans, tackling immigration has a downside: their own hypocrisy.…
Meghan McCain hits Bristol Palin, says Christine O’Donnell ‘is out of her frickin’ mind’
A winning election night is like Christmas in the McCain household, Meghan McCain told NBC’s Jay Leno Wednesday. And the famous Republican daughter has reason to celebrate. McCain’s father won another term in the Senate and Republicans took back the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterms. “It was a big…
Election Day unkind to many wealthy candidates
Majority of wealthy candidates funding their campaigns end up making losing bet Dipping into their personal fortunes to finance a political campaign turned out to be a losing investment for several candidates trying to break into political office. Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman took the biggest gamble, spending $142…
Whitman blames opponent for housekeeper scandal
GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman accused Democratic rival Jerry Brown on Saturday of orchestrating a scandal over her former illegal immigrant housekeeper, a charge that prompted Brown to fire back and say Whitman won’t take responsibility and is not fit to be governor. The issue dominated the candidates’ second debate,…
2003 letter suggests Whitman knew housekeeper was undocumented
LOS ANGELES — Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief running to become governor of California, lashed back Wednesday at a charge she knowingly employed an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper. But a lawyer for the housekeeper countered by publicly releasing a letter to Republican candidate Meg Whitman from US social…
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