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What should Apple do with its $81bn?

20.10.11
It is hard to find a chink in the armour of Wall Street's technology titans. Apple's figures may have disappointed Wall Street this week, but it is all relative... more

City Spy: Lynch sells his Autonomy for more than he can count

14.09.11
It must be nice to be so wealthy that you don't actually know how rich you really are... more

HP extends Autonomy bid after poor take-up

13.09.11
Technology giant Hewlett-Packard forced to extend its $11.7 billion takeover bid for British internet software group Autonomy by another three weeks... more

Autonomy rockets on bid but elsewhere in the City it's misery

19.08.11
The only investors who really had cause to smile today were those who have shares in Autonomy... more

Hewlett-Packard to break into lucrative 'app' market

21.06.11
Hewlett-Packard says it is trying to persuade more app developers and consumers to get on board its WebOS mobile operating system as it prepares to launch into the booming market dominated by Apple and Google's Android... more

Hewlett-Packard disappoints as Dell shines

18.05.11
Hewlett-Packard slashes its 2011 earnings forecast as it embarks on a spending spree to revamp a troubled division, while long-time foe Dell Inc delivers another blowout profit... more

Seismic shifts that hi-tech needed

31.01.11
Analysis: Silicon Valley experienced a major set earthquakes when three tech giants, Apple, Google and Hewlett-Packard, announced big shake-ups in their leadership... more

We need to grow up where bankers are concerned

13.09.10
What sort of country do we want? We're in danger of destroying the City as we destroyed manufacturing... more

Mark Hurd set for $10m pay deal at Oracle

09.09.10
Oracle has offered its new co-president, former Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, a hiring package with a bonus of up to $10 million and options potentially worth tens of millions more... more

Oracle hires ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd

07.09.10
Silicon Valley technology giant Oracle has hired Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard who resigned amid a scandal, as president... more

Hewlett-Packard hires headhunters to find new boss

19.08.10
Hewlett-Packard hires executive headhunter firm Spencer Stuart to find it a new chief executive to replace Mark Hurd... more

Students' fury at ‘You’ve been accepted’ email from Ucas

19.08.10
University admissions service had to apologise after anxious students across the country received a misleading spam email telling them 'you have been accepted'... more

Hewlett-Packard faces lawsuit over chief’s expenses sacking

13.08.10
Massachusetts pension fund files a lawsuit against the IT giant’s directors... more

Oracle boss Larry Ellison lays into Hewlett-Packard over chief's porn actress dismissal

10.08.10
Oracle boss wades into row over the ousting of Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, who faked expenses to cover up his relationship with a former soft-porn actress... more

City Spy: Bosses beware - you may be banged up for hospitality

10.08.10
The new Bribery Act coming in to force next year means that invitations to the cricket, the football, the Olympics and more could be seen as bribery, say lawyers... more

Hewlett-Packard boss quits after 'porn actress' claim

09.08.10
The former soft-porn actress whose relationship with Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd cost him his job is 'surprised and saddened'... more

Tech Know: product placement wars

26.04.10
The value of product placements and the ongoing battle between Mac and PC is set to be reignited by the unlikeliest of catalysts — Carrie Bradshaw.... more

Web, mobiles and mags step up electronic ads onslaught

19.04.10
In Silicon Valley: Technology-enhanced advertising is about to get a lot more personal thanks to web search giants - but the print dinosaur is roaring as well... more

Hewlett Packard posts a rise in profits despite fall in sales

24.11.09
Hewlett Packard managed to produce a 14% rise in profits in the latest quarter even though its revenues had fallen by 12%... more

Are the social networkers now ruining it for Apple?

31.07.09
Everyone here is expecting Apple to announce at least one new product in the next month or so, just in time for the end-of-year shopping season. ... more

Now is a good time to start a business, institute says

29.07.09
The recession should not damp new business ideas, the Institute of Chartered Accountants said ... more

Why start-up fever will never cool for some of us

19.06.09
Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and his business partner Ben Horowitz have just finished raising a new $300 million (£183 million) early-stage venture fund, further evidence that investors here are still willing to make bets on promising Valley start-ups... more

Heavy mob are jostling for position

24.04.09
While the Valley is home to some of the nimblest new businesses on the planet, it has its fair share of lumbering heavyweights. And in the past few weeks, some of the heaviest have been forced into strategic moves that will be reverberating around here for a while... more

IBM 'in talks to take over Sun Micro at £4.6 billion'

18.03.09
Computing giant IBM is in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems in a cash deal worth $6.5 billion... more

Hewlett fails to key in to its sales targets

19.02.09
Computing: Computer giant Hewlett-Packard has missed sales targets as the global recession hammers sales... more

Downturn? Things are looking up

12.12.08
While the US recession wasn't declared official until the end of November, the Valley's been in lockdown mode for a while now... more

Jobs toll at EDS ‘may pass 3,000’

24.09.08
Technology: Fears are growing that Oyster Cards operator Electronic Data Systems could axe more than 3,000 jobs as part of a cull of 24,600 announced by parent Hewlett-Packard... more

Hewlett’s Oyster firm buy to cost 25,000 jobs

16.09.08
Technology: Computer giant Hewlett-Packard will sack 24,600 people around the world, with a substantial job cull expected in the UK, as it digests services firm Electronic Data Systems, creator of the Oyster card... more

Laptops give HP profits a boost

20.08.08
Printers and computers giant Hewlett-Packard defied harsh trading conditions to deliver a 14% jump in net profit for the third quarter... more

Hewlett-Packard eyes £6.5bn EDS takeover

13.05.08
One of the largest IT employers in the country in talks about takeover by computing giant ... more


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