May, 18, 2012: Hewlett-Packard Co. is mulling over bringing down its number of employees by cutting 8 to 10% of workforce. According to the sources, minimum of 25,000 employees may lose their jobs because the new CEO Meg Whitman is striving hard to bring progress to the Silicon Valley institute – Hewlett-Packard.
Sources have revealed that the job cuts including the retirements are under discussion and no final verdict has been made by the company. However, the sources familiar with the matter did not disclose the time frame or other details.
The company may announce the layoffs in the next week at the time of unveiling of quarterly results, according to sources seeking anonymity as the plan has not been made public by the company. Currently, HP employs over 300,000 people across the world.
Some of the analysts have been expecting the job cuts due to Mr. Whitman’s plan to merge the personal computer and printer divisions of the company.
The shares of leading PC maker HP were at $22.08, which is 5% up, in the afternoon trade.
Asus India has launched new notebooks namely multimedia notebook N56VM and gaming notebook G75VW. The latest N series of multimedia notebook N56VM by Asus is priced at Rs.89,999, while its gaming notebook G75VW is available for Rs. 1,39,999.
Google Inc has launched new improved version 19 of its Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. With tab syncing feature, the Chrome 19 will now enable the users to sync all their open tabs across devices like tablets and phones running Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
A Swedish company Doro has introduced its Android phone specially designed for the senior citizens. Named as PhoneEasy 740, the phone will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will have simple UI along with big buttons and simple apps. The touch and type phone will come with 5 megapixel camera, memory card slot and connectivity options.
The latest offering FinePix XP170 by Fujifilm is a strongly built camera with a 14 megapixel CMOS sensor, a 5x optical zoom lens and comes with the option of wireless connectivity. This rugged reality capturing machine is capable of capturing 10 frames per second in burst-mode shooting.
ViewSonic has launched its Android based dual SIM 3G smartphone ViewPhone 3 in India for Rs. 9,990. Powered by 800 MHz Qualcomm processor, the phone comes loaded with 512 MB RAM, 3.5-inches touchscreen, a 5MP autofocus camera and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.
Samsung is all set to buy a mobile cloud based content service provider mSpot. The acquisition will include mSpot’s technology and assets along with human resources under mSpot. Also, Samsung is going to invest $41 billion in 2012.
According to a copy of California court order, Apple has won dismissal of California lawsuit of Proview Electronics that seeks to block Apple from making use of the name iPad. The Taiwan based Proview wanted to block Apple’s iPad tablet shipments in and out of China.
Rumours of Apple planning to replace its glass back with super durable liquidmetal alloy in the next generation iPhone are all around the tech enthusiasts and Apple’s fans, after a report was published on Wednesday by Korea IT News making these claims. However, the chances of iPhone with liquidmetal back are rare.
LG Electronics has launched world’s first and the only touch watch phone featuring 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA compatibility, high-speed data transmission and video calling. This LG watch phone GD910 is priced at Rs. 49,990 in India.
Samsung has launched its much awaited and most anticipated Galaxy S3. The Samsung Galaxy S3 boasts a 4.8 inch touch screen, 8 MP camera, Google’s latest Android OS, Samsung’s quad-core processor and other standard features.
