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Advertising FUBAR of the year

Surferbill — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:44:00 +0000

HP pays Gary Glitter £100,000 to use his track Do You Wanna Touch Me.

Someone at the ad agency should be given a sound kicking for this, and HP needs to add another step to the ad review process.

HP plans 1,400 job cuts in Germany

Surferbill — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:03:00 +0000

HP plans 1,400 job cuts in Germany

“Some 1,150 of the cuts are expected at the subsidiary Electronic Data Systems, while 250 jobs will likely come from the main company, said spokesman Norbert Gelse.

HP, whose German base is near Stuttgart in Boeblingen, will work out a plan for the cuts with labor representatives over the coming weeks, Gelse said.”

HP To Cut 24,600 Jobs

Surferbill — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:06:00 +0000

HP To Cut 24,600 Jobs: “Hewlett-Packard said the vast majority of the cuts would focus on eliminating overlapping jobs at EDS in corporate functions such as legal, accounting, information technology and human resources”.

HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion

Surferbill — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:00 +0000

HP Press Release: HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion

HP and EDS today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase EDS at a price of $25.00 per share, or an enterprise value of approximately $13.9 billion. The terms of the transaction have been unanimously approved by the HP and EDS boards of directors.

HP to stop building digital cameras News

Surferbill — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:53:00 +0000

HP to stop building digital cameras News – PC Advisor: “HP yesterday announced that it is to stop manufacturing, distributing and designing digital cameras, in order to concentrate more on its home photo printing and online photo services.”

Remembering the HP Way

Surferbill — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:05:00 +0000

An interesting read about the potential revival of The HP Way. There’s hope for the company yet!

The New HP Printer

Surferbill — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:02:00 +0000

Xerox parody advertisement about the HP color/colour laserjet 2500 printer, featuring Carly Fiorina and VJ. Source unknown (contact me if you know who made this).