It has been informed that after working for two years for Hewlett-Packard Co., Jon Rubinstein has taken a back step. During his tenure, he enjoyed the post of Chief Executive at the Palm Inc.

While Hewlett-Packard (HP) is considering spinning off its PC division, rival manufacturer Dell is stressing on economies of scale from manufacturing and selling PCs.

In his keynote at the Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Dell's chief executive Michael Dell said that there were numerous reasons to remain committed to personal computing.

In a Monday announcement, US computer bigwig Hewlett-Packard (HP) revealed that it has completed the $10.4billion (£6.7billion) acquisition of the British software firm Autonomy.

According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, citing unnamed `inside' sources, the Hewlett-Packard (HP) board of directors mulled over the ouster of the company's CEO Leo Apotheker at a recent meeting, but probably have yet to come to a decision about a successor.

In a recent confirmation about the TouchPad and Pre 3 compensation programme, Hewlett-Packard (HP) said that it will refund the difference between the purchase cost of the two webOS devices that have now been discontinued and the heavily-discounted price at which they were subsequently offered.

After having earlier announced its decision to discontinue its TouchPad tablet computer and the Pre 3 handsets, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has now confirmed that it intends offering refunds to buyers who purchased the devices before their prices were slashed.