Hewlett-Packard confirmed on Tuesday that it is considering using Google’s Android Operating System in its netbooks, a move that could potentially cut netbook costs as well as challenge the dominant position of Microsoft’s Windows operating system. “We are indeed studying it,” said Marlene Somsak, director, worldwide media relations for Hewlett-Packard’s Personal System Group. “As...
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IBM buying Sun Microsystems
The chief executive of Dell Inc said on Tuesday that talk of IBM possibly buying Sun Microsystems was providing an “enormous opportunity” to the world’s No. 2 PC maker in the corporate server market. Michael Dell said such talk created uncertainty over the future of Sun’s Solaris-based servers and accelerated a customer migration to...
