Microsoft (MSFT) has joined its PC hardware partners to promote Windows 10 computers ahead of the holiday shopping season. But their relations are strained since the software giant unveiled its first notebook computer, the Surface Book, on Oct. 6. Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel (INTC), Lenovo and Microsoft on Thursday launched their first joint advertising campaign to showcase the innovation available in the latest personal computers. The
Polycom (PLCM) stock retreated Friday, a day after activist investor Elliott Management disclosed it had a major stake in the videoconferencing company and called on its board to merge with a wireless telecom provider. Shares of Polycom, whose top rivals include heavyweights Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), were down 4% in early afternoon trading in the stock market today, near 12.80. But this comes after a 17% jump Thursday to a
Hewlett-Packard’s ill-fated 2011 acquisition of software maker Autonomy once again came back to bite the company, with Autonomy’s former CEO reportedly suing HP in Britain. Meanwhile, directors formally approved Hewlett-Packard’s split into two separate companies, one focused on the PC and printer businesses and the other on enterprise services. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) stock was down 1.5% in afternoon trading in the stock market today, after reports