Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumped $400 million of HP stock in...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made another cut to its HP position this week. Buffett's company has now sold more than 12% of its stake for about $400 million this month. HP stock hit a record high after Berkshire revealed its stake, but has tanked nearly 40% since then. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing…
HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of...
HP has used its "Dynamic Security" firmware updates to "create a monopoly" of replacement printer ink cartridges, a lawsuit filed against the company on January 5 claims. The lawsuit, which is seeking class-action certification, represents yet another form of litigation against HP for bricking printers when they try to use ink that doesn't bear an…
HP breaks its own printers (again) with firmware update
HP's OfficeJet Pro 9025e printer is affected. A firmware update has rendered several models of HP OfficeJet printers useless for weeks. As reported by Bleeping Computer on Saturday, a recent firmware update inadvertently left many users with devices that won't print and will only display a dreaded blue screen. HP's support forums are currently littered with…
HP CEO evokes James Bond-style hack via ink cartridges
Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company's controversial practice of bricking printers when users load them with third-party ink. Speaking to CNBC Television, he said, "We have seen that you can embed viruses in the cartridges. Through the cartridge, [the virus can] go to the printer, [and then] from the printer, go to…
HP wins huge fraud case against Autonomy founder and CEO Mike...
Enlarge / Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer of Autonomy Corp., departs from his extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, UK., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images After years of wrangling, HP has won its civil fraud case against Autonomy founder and chief executive Mike Lynch. The ruling, the biggest…
HP updates Elite Dragonfly laptop with 10th-gen Intel processors, Tile integration
The updated HP Elite Dragonfly (left) next to the updated HP Spectre x360 15 (right). Valentina Palladino It now has a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio and an optional low-power 4K display panel. Valentina Palladino Models with the new 4K panel could get up to 17 hours of battery life. Valentina Palladino Revamped internal thermals let…
HP Elitebook x3601040 G5 evaluation: A bit larger, a bit much...
Enlarge / Wow, many book, so elite. Valentina Palladino The battle of the business notebooks is in full swing as HP tries to one-up Lenovo—and itself—all in one go. HP scored a winner with an updated 13-inch Elitebook x360 it released last year. Now it's full-speed ahead with the new Elitebook x360 1040 G5, the newest version…
Noobs Should Embrace This New PlayStation ‘Gamer Dictionary’
Photo: Roman Kosolapov (Shutterstock)I strongly believe console and PC gaming is for everyone, but let’s be honest: the jargony way people talk about video games can make it difficult to get into the hobby.Unless you’re enmeshed in the video game world, a sentence like “the latest patch nerfed HP scaling on end-game mobs but made…
HP Spectre 15 x3602019 evaluation: Sculpting a specific niche in a...
Enlarge / The unusual, gemstone-inspired edges are designed to make this laptop stand out. Samuel Axon The HP Spectre 15 x360 is a good laptop, but it seemed we always found one or two things to quibble with. With the 2017 model, we liked some key design decisions but felt let down by the performance…
