Industry News
HP and Foxconn today held a groundbreaking ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia, to celebrate the planned construction of a 32,000-square-meter manufacturing facility intended for the production of HP PCs there. – News Release
Just months after Intel pulled out, Microsoft has joined the One Laptop Per Child organization, making the company’s operating system available on the systems. -- BusinessWeek
From the ‘can’t we all just get along’ department, shareholder activist Carl Icahn notified Yahoo this week that he will lead a revolt to oust the company’s CEO unless negotiations are renewed with Microsoft. – Associated Press, New York Times
The CEO of BMC Software blasted HP’s buyout of EDS saying the company has “declared war” on the ecosystem of data-system suppliers. – The Street