Personal Systems Group

Phil McKinney, CTO of HP’s PC Unit, Heads for the Exit

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 31, 2011 at 4:05 pm PT

McKinney, who oversaw the launch of several high-end PCs, is leaving to promote a book he’s just published and “to help innovators get better at innovating.”

Whitman Talks to ATD About New Job at HP: “This Is an Icon”

Kara Swisher in News on September 22, 2011 at 2:21 pm PT

Meg and Ray — HP’s new tag team — speak!

An Oracle Takeover of HP? Maybe in Ellison’s Dreams.

John Paczkowski in News on September 9, 2011 at 2:41 pm PT

As entertaining as it might be to watch Oracle take a run at Hewlett-Packard, that’s a high drama that we’re not likely to ever see played out.

History Repeats Itself at Hewlett-Packard webOS Unit

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 6, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Leaked internal memos elucidate Hewlett-Packard’s plans for the future — such as it is — for the different pieces of its webOS business.

HP Chairman Ray Lane Talks About PC Business Spinoff, TouchPad’s Last Hurrah

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 2, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

HP chairman says the company’s intention has always been to spin off — not sell — its PC business. Also: The last manufacturing run of the money-losing TouchPad tablet.

Samsung: We Really, Really, Really Don’t Want HP’s PC Unit

John Paczkowski in News on August 25, 2011 at 9:46 am PT

Samsung says buying HP’s PC business is a bad idea.

HP’s Todd Bradley Talks About PC Unit’s Future, and His Own (Video)

Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 24, 2011 at 10:12 am PT

Todd Bradley, the head of HP’s Personal Systems Group and its likely CEO if it’s ultimately spun out, answers several questions about its future, but dodges the best ones.

With HP’s Raising of the World’s Biggest White Flag, Will Jon Rubinstein and Todd Bradley Surrender Too?

Kara Swisher in News on August 19, 2011 at 9:08 am PT

Key webOS execs Todd Bradley and Jon Rubinstein were left out of the loop on HP’s dramatic departure from the consumer space this week. So, will they stay or will they go now?

Palm Developer Program Leaders Wave Goodbye to HP

John Paczkowski in News on October 22, 2010 at 4:15 pm PT

For Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer, co-directors of Palm’s developer program, Hewlett-Packard was a nice place to visit, but not one in which they particularly wanted to live. And so the two are leaving the company, evidently to start a new software development consultancy, with HP among the first clients.

HP Not Emulating Apple, Though It Really Should

John Paczkowski in News on September 28, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

As Palm slipped deeper into the downward spiral that would ultimately claim its independence, the company considered licensing its webOS operating system as a means of bolstering its lagging finances. It never did, though some argued that it could have been the company’s salvation. And it won’t happen now or ever, according to Todd Bradley, executive VP of Hewlett-Packard’s Personal Systems Group, who says the company has no plans to license the webOS IP it acquired as part of its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm.