http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Wed, 22 May 2013 22:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hp-slatebook-x2-an-android-notebook-with-sweet-tegra-4-guts/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hp-slatebook-x2-an-android-notebook-with-sweet-tegra-4-guts/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:21 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165936 On the heels of its very first Android tablet after a long affair with webOS, HP’s just announced its second device running the Google operating system, and it’s ushering in that Android notebook fad we’ve all heard whispers about. Enter the SlateBook x2, the first Tegra 4-powered, 10-inch Android convertible. We only got to spend [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hp-slatebook-x2-an-android-notebook-with-sweet-tegra-4-guts/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-sleek-webos-smartphone-that-never-was/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-sleek-webos-smartphone-that-never-was/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:00:06 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=160865 You’re not looking at a new phone headed to stores any time soon — in fact, you’re looking at the surprisingly sleek, all-touch webOS smartphone developed by HP which (sadly?) never was. Unearthed by webOS Nation, this phone — codenamed WindsorNot — had similar innards to the Pre 3, but focussed on an all-touch, 4-inch, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-sleek-webos-smartphone-that-never-was/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-gesture-control-of-the-future-will-be-in-hp-computers-this-summer/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-gesture-control-of-the-future-will-be-in-hp-computers-this-summer/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:30:11 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=158513 Leap Motion isn’t just going to be a stand-alone product. The motion-control brand just announced a partnership with HP, meaning that, sometime this summer, you’ll be seeing several HP devices with Leap Motion technology bundled right in. The original device was already set for a May launch, but in what’s most likely a bid to [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-gesture-control-of-the-future-will-be-in-hp-computers-this-summer/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/lg-has-acquired-webos-from-hp-to-power-smart-tvs/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/lg-has-acquired-webos-from-hp-to-power-smart-tvs/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:00:10 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=145718 LG has just announced that it has acquired the much-troubled webOS from HP. But instead of using it to power smartphones or tablets, it’s planning to roll out smart TVs which will make use of the OS. The deal will see LG take control of the source code for webOS, along with “related documentation, engineering talent, and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/lg-has-acquired-webos-from-hp-to-power-smart-tvs/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hp-slate-7-hands-on-a-better-way-to-do-android/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hp-slate-7-hands-on-a-better-way-to-do-android/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:45:46 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=145612 This is the good HP. We knew that HP had been planning on making some new Android hardware, but the Slate 7 is still a pleasant surprise. Because it’s good. The Slate 7 is built on almost-stock Android. “Almost” means that a few things are added—Beats audio and, sigh, in-app PRINTING (THANKS HP REALLY WANTED [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hp-slate-7-hands-on-a-better-way-to-do-android/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hp-is-making-a-high-end-android-tablet-and-maybe-a-phone/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hp-is-making-a-high-end-android-tablet-and-maybe-a-phone/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:30:20 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=143025 HP hasn’t had the best go of it the past few years. According to a report from ReadWrite, though, it’s trying to get off the mat with a new premium tablet, powered by Android. The reported tablet would run Nvidia’s new Tegra 4 processor, and has been in development since before Christmas. HP’s business side [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hp-is-making-a-high-end-android-tablet-and-maybe-a-phone/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hps-first-chromebook-big-screen-little-else/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hps-first-chromebook-big-screen-little-else/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:00:25 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=140391 HP has announced its first Chromebook, and it’s notable for the fact that its screen is much larger than models from the likes of Samsung, Acer, and Lenovo. Sadly, there’s not an awful lot else to set it apart. Unlike most Chromebooks, that pack a screen somewhere between 11 and 12 inches, HP’s Pavilion 14 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/hps-first-chromebook-big-screen-little-else/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/need-another-screen-on-your-laptop-hps-got-you-covered/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/need-another-screen-on-your-laptop-hps-got-you-covered/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:30:17 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=132840 Laptops are great, but when you need to get real work done, nothing beats a dual-monitor setup. HP hears you, and has a new U160 USB-powered 15.6-inch portable that you can sling in your bag. Road-warriors and tradeshow-bound bloggers, time to pop the champagne. OK, so it’s not exactly revolutionary, but it’s only 1.5kg, so [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/need-another-screen-on-your-laptop-hps-got-you-covered/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/hps-tiny-pocket-playlist-records-netflix-and-vod-then-shares-it-via-wi-fi/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/hps-tiny-pocket-playlist-records-netflix-and-vod-then-shares-it-via-wi-fi/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:00:18 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=132792 This sleek, simple HP pebble is more powerful than it looks. The Pocket Playlist is a portable storage device which can store and record media from a host of sources, then stream it to five devices over Wi-Fi, no internet connection required. The stick is capable of streaming unencrypted content — movies, music, images, whatever [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/hps-tiny-pocket-playlist-records-netflix-and-vod-then-shares-it-via-wi-fi/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/report-a-huawei-partner-offered-to-sell-a-whole-bunch-of-embargoed-hp-gear-to-iran/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/report-a-huawei-partner-offered-to-sell-a-whole-bunch-of-embargoed-hp-gear-to-iran/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:00:18 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=131054 Huawei is definitely a growing force in the world of mobile, but the United States has always been wary of it, even if the White House says Huawei isn’t spying for China. Now there’s been a bit of funny business. According to Reuters, a close Huawei partner offered millions of dollars worth of embargoed HP [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/report-a-huawei-partner-offered-to-sell-a-whole-bunch-of-embargoed-hp-gear-to-iran/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/the-biggest-tech-screw-ups-of-the-year/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/the-biggest-tech-screw-ups-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:00:58 +0000 Brian Barrett http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=126958 What a year for technology, what with all its tiny tablets and overhauled operating systems. But for every Nexus 7 triumph, a Nexus Q disaster reared its gruesome head. Here are the worst screw-ups the tech industry endured in 2012. Advanced warning: They’re not for the faint of heart. 9. SOPA The only reason SOPA’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/the-biggest-tech-screw-ups-of-the-year/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/autonomy-founder-hps-a-bunch-of-lying-liars/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/autonomy-founder-hps-a-bunch-of-lying-liars/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:00:59 +0000 Brian Barrett http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=121731 The HP-Autonomy multi-billion dollar ticklefight has escalated quickly from buck-passing to finger-pointing; in an interview today with the Wall Street Journal, Autonomy founder Mike Lynch gently explains his considered viewpoint that HP can go shove it. For those just joining us, HP this morning declared a massive $9 billion write-down due to accounting improprieties it [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/autonomy-founder-hps-a-bunch-of-lying-liars/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/guy-responsible-for-hps-humiliating-11-billion-autonomy-purchase-dont-look-at-me/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/guy-responsible-for-hps-humiliating-11-billion-autonomy-purchase-dont-look-at-me/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:00:25 +0000 Brian Barrett http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=121684 The man who engineered HP’s disastrous $11.1 billion purchase of Autonomy — a company whose accounting improprieties just cost the laptop behemoth a whopping $9 billion — is Léo Apotheker. So what does the man who let an acquisition of this size go through without proper due diligence think about the deal after today’s revelations? Totally not [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/guy-responsible-for-hps-humiliating-11-billion-autonomy-purchase-dont-look-at-me/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/company-hp-bought-for-10-billion-just-cost-hp-9-billion/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/company-hp-bought-for-10-billion-just-cost-hp-9-billion/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:45:43 +0000 Mario Aguilar http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=121654 All is not well at Meg Whitman’s HP, we learned during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call this morning. HP just recorded a $9 billion devaluation of its assets stemming from serious accounting tomfoolery at a company that HP bought for $10 billion last year. Ouch. Last August, HP bought the British software company Autonomy for [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/company-hp-bought-for-10-billion-just-cost-hp-9-billion/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/hps-music-streaming-service-will-power-windows-8-computers-good-news-if-you-like-rihanna/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/hps-music-streaming-service-will-power-windows-8-computers-good-news-if-you-like-rihanna/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:30:31 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=118204 HP’s partnership with Universal Music was unveiled several months back, but it’s taken until now for the full bevy of info-children to tumble out: basically, HP Connected Music will be pre-loaded onto all of HP’s Windows 8 computers, offering up free streaming access to Universal (and EMI’s, don’t forget) entire catalogue of music, plus a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/hps-music-streaming-service-will-power-windows-8-computers-good-news-if-you-like-rihanna/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/win-four-tickets-to-travel-to-paris-for-a-no-doubt-gig-next-week-with-hp/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/win-four-tickets-to-travel-to-paris-for-a-no-doubt-gig-next-week-with-hp/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:45:55 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=116923 Late in the day it may be, but if you and three of your friends can get Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th of November off work, then we have a competition that you need to enter, stat. No Doubt’s playing just one European show, and thanks to HP Connected Music, we have Eurostar transport, accommodation, and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/win-four-tickets-to-travel-to-paris-for-a-no-doubt-gig-next-week-with-hp/feed/ 92 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/10/hps-elitepad-is-the-awesome-looking-tablet-hp-should-sell-to-the-masses-but-wont/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/10/hps-elitepad-is-the-awesome-looking-tablet-hp-should-sell-to-the-masses-but-wont/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:00:26 +0000 Adrian Covert http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=106997 Over the past few months, HP quietly teased a tablet in ads and marketing material. It had the appearance of something sleek and premium. As it turns out, that tablet was the ElitePad: a 10-inch, aluminium-cased Windows 8 tablet that has all the makings of something desirable. The ElitePad is everything you’d expect a Windows [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/10/hps-elitepad-is-the-awesome-looking-tablet-hp-should-sell-to-the-masses-but-wont/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/hp-ceo-promises-a-smartphones-coming-because-of-course-it-is/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/hp-ceo-promises-a-smartphones-coming-because-of-course-it-is/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:00:59 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=103020 After purchasing Palm, putting webOS on smartphones and tablets, and then giving up, it seems that HP has finally decided it needs to offer a smartphone. Pressured on the point in an interview with Fox Business, HP’s CEO Meg Whitman said that the company “ultimately has to offer a smartphone.” But when, where, how, and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/hp-ceo-promises-a-smartphones-coming-because-of-course-it-is/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/hp-spectre-one-could-this-be-the-ideal-touch-friendly-all-in-one-pc/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/hp-spectre-one-could-this-be-the-ideal-touch-friendly-all-in-one-pc/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:30:35 +0000 Adrian Covert http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=101319 When HP rolled its first TouchSmart All-In-One back in 2008, the potential of such a machine was evident even if the idea itself wasn’t fully realised. Enter the 23.6-inch HP Spectre One. Gone is the IR-based touch technology used in previous devices. In its place, a capacitive, multitouch panel. And no longer do we have [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/hp-spectre-one-could-this-be-the-ideal-touch-friendly-all-in-one-pc/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/hps-open-source-webos-code-has-arrived-will-anyone-actually-use-it/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/hps-open-source-webos-code-has-arrived-will-anyone-actually-use-it/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:00:50 +0000 Adrian Covert http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=99214 There’s almost no reason for any normal person to get excited about the beta release of open source WebOS, but for those of us who still can’t come to grips with the fact that Palm’s stunted mobile OS was an abject failure, there’s still a faint beacon of light to soothe the soul. So what [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/hps-open-source-webos-code-has-arrived-will-anyone-actually-use-it/feed/ 6