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Business

HP Buys 3Com But Won’t Be Called 3CHOMP

8:53AM Jason Chen | It would be better if they were. Or if not that, then POMCH3. I’m sure they could spare some of the $US2.7 billion value of the acquisition into coming up with a name. [Business Insider]
Gadgets

Weekend Gadgets: HP Mediasmart Server

5:30PM Nick Broughall | This weekend, I’ve got a hot date with HP’s new EX490 MediaSmart Home Server. I’m hoping she outputs. More »
Software

Acer’s Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes To Boot Time

5:49AM Adam Frucci | PC Pro looked into the bloatware included on new laptops by major manufacturers, measuring how memory, HDD space and boot times are negatively effected. And good lord, it’s worse than you thought. More »
Computers

HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review

2:00AM Jason Chen | The HP MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 are the new top-of-the-line Windows Home Servers from HP, which are good enough to pretty much be the de-facto Windows Home Servers on the market now. These new units keep up the tradition. More »
Screens

HP Compaq’s 21-inch Multitouch L2105tm Screen Costs $US300

12:32AM Mark Wilson | Chalk up two major manufacturers who have multitouch displays on the market. HP Compaq’s L2105tm, which we previewed a while back, goes on sale today for $US300. More »
Business

Acer Leapfrogs Dell To #2 Globally, But Dell And HP Still Rule The US

12:59AM Danny Allen | Acer rightly cops a lot of stick about build quality, but as predicted, they’ve passed Dell to second spot in worldwide sales. Separate research from Gartner and IDC also ranks Acer third in the US, ahead of Apple in fourth place. More »
Business

HP Ranked #1 Green Company (What!?)

4:40PM Don Nguyen | Newsweek’s latest Green Rankings gave Hewlett Packard the top position, establishing the firm as the greenest Fortune 500 company this year — a far cry from Greenpeace’s #14 ranking. So what gives? More »
Computers

HP Launches a Bazillion New Laptops… Here’s The Rundown

10:30AM Nick Broughall | So not only have HP decided to launch their Home Server to Australia, but they’ve also decided to drop about a million new laptops onto Aussie store shelves. We’ve seen most of them from the US, but here’s a rundown of them anyway, including local pricing: More »
Computers

Australia Finally Getting An HP MediaSmart Home Server (Or Two)

9:30AM Nick Broughall | For too long have we had to sit idly by, reading all about our US cousins playing with HP’s line of Windows Home Server machines (and enjoying them). Well no more! Today we rise up against the powers that be and demand that we… Wait. What’s that? HP have just announced that they’re releasing the LX197 and EX490 Home Servers in Australia? Well then, I guess we should probably just focus on the release, rather than calling for revolution. Hmm. More »
Computers

Massive Core i7 HP Pavilion Dv8 Ready To Fill Shelves

5:08AM Sean Fallon | It wasn’t a surprise exactly, but HP has officially unveiled the 18.4-inch, Core i7-powered Pavilion dv8 with full 1080p resolution, 4GB-8GB of RAM, dual 320GB HDDs, NVIDIA GeForce GT230 graphics, a TV tuner, Blu-ray and a long Life battery. More »