Intel Courted HP Executive

Intel Corp., which long has chosen internal candidates for most of its top management jobs, recently negotiated with a prominent Hewlett-Packard Co. executive about taking a senior position at the chip maker, people familiar with the matter said. The executive–Todd Bradley, who heads HP’s personal-computer business–decided earlier this month to remain with the company, the people said.

How to Liven Up an EMC Product Launch? Stuff a Mini Cooper, Naturally. (Video)

EMC launched 41 products at an event in New York yesterday, the theme for which was “record breakers.” So the company decided to break a world record onstage while demonstrating “simple and efficient storage.”

Why Pat Gelsinger Will Be MIA From IDF

Next week, hundreds of high-tech’s most geekiest participants will flock to San Francisco for the Intel Developer Forum, better known as IDF. But one of their most prominent cheerleaders will not be there. Patrick Gelsinger, a senior vice president who also served in the past as Intel’s chief technology officer, says he will then be in Hopkinton, Mass., starting his new job at data storage giant EMC.