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Vermilion man charged in $1 million computer scam The Morning Journal VERMILION -- A Vermilion man has been charged with wire fraud after allegedly swindling nearly $1 million from customers through bogus computer sales, according to the U.S. Attorney's Northern District Office in Cleveland. HP CEO says more cost-cutting ahead at computer, printer maker Corvallis Gazette Times Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. still has more cost-cutting ahead, even after a massive restructuring that has sliced the work force by 10 percent, Chief Executive Mark Hurd told analysts Tuesday. Plus: Remembering a Tech Titan BusinessWeek Bill Gates joins a long line of tech executives who ushered in the age of the personal computer but are now ceding the spotlight Report: HP to cut ties with Sonsini AP via Yahoo! News Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board will drop prominent Silicon Valley lawyer Larry Sonsini as its outside counsel, according to a report published Thursday, marking the latest fallout from a spying scandal that humiliated the computer and printer maker. HP Executive Will Retire -- Wayman Guided Computer Maker Through '05 Turmoil RedNova By Jordan Robertson Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday that Bob Wayman, the company's longtime chief financial officer who briefly served as interim CEO, plans to retire at the end of the year. HP breaks with outside counsel Contra Costa Times Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board will drop prominent Silicon Valley lawyer Larry Sonsini as its outside counsel, according to a report published Thursday, marking the latest fallout from a spying scandal that humiliated the computer- and printermaker. Invincible machines slap mankind in the face Pravda Deep Fritz, a multi-processor version of the computer chess engine Fritz, beat World Champion Vladimir Kramnik on December 12, 2006. The final match score: Kramnik 2 – Deep Fritz 4. Kramnik got $500,000, half of the prize money, for his participation in the match. HP promises free Vista upgrades ZDNet India HP is aiming to give Microsoft Vista a boost in the consumer market by offering a free upgrade to the new operating system to all customers who buy a new PC. The offer has a few strings attached but if you have a new HP computer or buy one soon, you get Windows Vista for free. HP board distances itself from longtime counsel Financial Times Hewlett-Packard’s board is moving to distance itself from Larry Sonsini, the Silicon Valley lawyer who has served as an outside adviser to the computer group since the mid-1990s. HP, Cingular to Offer Global Mobile Notebook TechNewsWorld.com HP has partnered with Cingular to develop a new notebook computer with built-in global mobile broadband capabilities. The HP Compaq nc6400 Notebook PC with integrated Cingular Wireless UMTS/HSDPA-based technology aims to let business professionals connect to corporate networks at broadband speeds in more areas -- without being tied to a wireless hot spot.
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