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• HP acquisition of EDS to be completed by Sept. 30

  Hewlett-Packard Co.'s acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS), is now expected to close sometime between mid-August and the end of September.

• HP latest to offer data centre in-a-box

  Hewlett-Packard became the latest vendor to announce a "mini-data centre" housed in a shipping container, which can provide a way for companies to add compute capacity when power and cooling systems in their existing data centres are maxed out.

• Apple laptop shipments up 61 percent

  A new report from market research firm DisplaySearch shows Apple’s notebook shipments grew 61 percent from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. Shipments rose from almost 900,000 to just over 1.4 million.

• HP Colour LaserJet CM6040f MFP (Q3939A)

  As HP’s top-of-the-line colour laser MFP, the HP Color LaserJet CM6040 MFP series is ideal for performance-oriented enterprise users who want to share high quality colour printing across larger workgroups of up to 20 users. In addition to its

• Microsoft, HP ship tools to protect websites from hackers

  Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday unveiled free tools to help Web developers and site administrators defend against the rapidly growing number of SQL injection attacks that aim to hijack legitimate sites.

• HP reorganises printer division

  Hewlett-Packard will reorganise its printer unit in an effort to more efficiently serve customers, the company said.

• HP's billion-colour monitor gets a price: US$3,499

  Hewlett-Packard Co. has released a monitor aimed at animators, printers, game developers and other professionals who want to know that the colours they see on a screen will be the exact same colours that appear on a printer or movie screen.

• HP launches array of redesigned notebooks, displays

  In one of its largest product releases, HP unveiled a bevy of PCs and displays, zeroing in on key trends such as touch-screen technology and compact laptops for business and consumer users.

• HP-EDS will push Gen-i from top services slot

  The EDS and HP merger will topple Gen-i from its perch as New Zealand’s largest IT services provider, with the merged organisation having a $40-million lead over its nearest rival.

• HP promises patch for XP SP3 endless reboot snafu

  HP has confirmed that some users of its AMD-based desktops have had problems after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), and said it would issue a patch this week to prevent machines from spiraling into endless reboots. HP also told users to delay installing XP SP3 until that patch was released.

• HP buying EDS would create $1 billion local company

  Hewlett-Packard has confirmed it is in talks to acquire IT services company Electronic Data Systems in a deal that would give it more competitive muscle against worldwide services market leader IBM.

• HP Colour LaserJet CP1215 Printer

  With a compact design and packed with innovative print technologies, the HP Color LaserJet CP1215 Printer is HP’s most affordable colour laser printer that delivers brilliant results.

• HP Colour LaserJet CP1510 Printer

  The HP Color LaserJet CP1510 Printer series delivers professional quality documents and more – right from the desktop.

• Green printing credentials promoted by HP

  Toner that melts at a lower temperature, advocating lower paper usage and using LEDs instead of fluorescent tubes on scanners are some of the treasures HP claims to have in its green credentials chest.

• HP launches new printing channel programme

  HP is rolling out a three-tier channel programme to help partners deliver its Print 2.0 strategy to enterprise customers.