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Whitman, who failed to become Republican Governor of California last year after spending tens of millions of dollars in the campaign, is a highly controversial choice to lead the troubled HP.

Hewlett-Packard elected Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, as CEO

James Cameron and Disney have partnered up to bring fans into world of “Avatar” at Walt Disney World.

Two days of negotiations between the CEOs of Oracle and Google before a federal magistrate appear to have helped Google, court filings indicate.

A multi-state outbreak of food-borne bacteria, listeria, that arose in early September took another life in Maryland after a person died from eating contaminated produce, leaving the death toll at eight.

Former gay porn star beat his ex-girlfriend with a toilet tank lid

Since mid-February, HP stock has lost more than half its value.

September has proved to be a tough month for technology boards of directors who seem to be foundering, and not leading their companies. The result may be that customers wonder who's designing the products.

Decades after he slept under a pinball machine wedged into his cramped apartment, David Silverman will open the America's largest museum dedicated to speeding silver balls and fast-motion flippers.

Some 2,500 nurses and other medical workers walked off the job at Kaiser Permanente facilities in southern California on Wednesday in a three-day planned strike protesting benefit cuts sought by the nonprofit healthcare giant.

Several media reports say that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is considering ousting CEO, Leo Apotheker, only 10 months after he officially took the helm on Nov. 1, 2010.

Researchers have found that geyser-like icy jets released by Saturn's moon, Enceladus, strongly influences the chemical composition of its parent planet.

Nokia said on Thursday it had promoted Henry Tirri to chief technology officer after his predecessor Richard Green left the mobile phone company.

A California couple was fined $300 after the city of San Juan Capistrano said they were violating the city zoning code by having more than 50 people in their home at a time during home Bible studies.

California Nurses Association to strike on Thursday.

Two Fullerton, California, policemen pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the death of a homeless mentally ill man who was beaten and shocked with a Taser during an argument in July.

Jonah Shacknai, pharmaceutical tycoon of Arizona and the founder and the chief executive of Medicis Pharmaceuticals Corp., has mailed a letter to Attorney General of California asking the latter to review the finding of the death of his long-time girlfriend Rebecca Zahau, which was ruled as suicide.

Electronic Arts Inc may never recover its Silicon Valley swagger. But maybe it doesn't have to, its top executive says.

A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit by homeowners who accused eight major homebuilders of causing them to overpay for their homes by marketing nearby houses to high-risk borrowers who later went into foreclosure.

Two police officers in Fullerton, Calif., have been charged in the death of a mentally ill homeless man in California. Manuel Ramos is charged with second-degree murder, and Cpl. Jay Cicinelli is charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony excessive force.

NASA astronomers were able to get a closer look at the inner environment nearing the base of a black hole's jet through infrared observation. By using the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) astronomers captured some rare data of a flaring black hole, illuminating new details about these powerful stellar-mass black holes and their raging jets.