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Hewlett Packard Enterprise selected to support supercomputer brain simulation

by Alan Boyle on July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 at 5:54 pmComment

Hewlett Packard Enterprise says it’s been selected to build a supercomputer designed to simulate the inner workings of the mouse brain by 2020. The computer, known as Blue Brain 5,… Read More

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SpaceX sends a supercomputer and lots more science experiments to space station

by Alan Boyle on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 at 10:44 amComment

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has sent a robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station with three tons of supplies and scientific experiments, including a supercomputer that could help… Read More

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveils a monster computer that’s made for Mars

by Alan Boyle on May 16, 2017May 15, 2017 at 11:57 pm 3 Comments

What does a prototype computer with 160 terabytes of memory have to do with missions to Mars? The way Kirk Bresniker sees it, a giant leap in computing is required… Read More

HP, Microsoft and others invest $73.5M in Mesosphere cloud computing company

by Madeline Vuong on March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 at 4:38 pm1 Comment

Mesosphere, a Silicon Valley cloud computing startup, announced today that it has raised a $73.5 million Series C funding round. The funding was led by existing strategic investor Hewlett Packard Enterprise with significant… Read More

Tired of dress codes? Work at Betabrand, wear pretty much whatever the heck you want

by Molly Brown on July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 at 10:43 amComment

Hewlett-Packard techies looking for a new gig based on the so-called email that made its way around the Internets banning T-shirts, shorts, jorts, mandals or basically anything else considered non-office… Read More

No T-shirts, no shorts, no mandals? Hewlett-Packard bans sloppy summer fashion for some

by Molly Brown on July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 at 11:21 am 3 Comments

Summer brings out perhaps the worst fashion mistakes when it comes to dressing for work, and Hewlett-Packard has apparently just put the smackdown on T-shirts and shorts at the office.… Read More

Why does this iMac have an HP logo on it?

by Grant Brissey on September 10, 2012September 10, 2012 at 1:23 pm 19 Comments

At midnight last night Hewlett Packard released their new line of all-in-one PCs, including the flagship, called Spectre One — apparently because the designers were haunted by the ghost of… Read More

HP keeps PC business, will it resurrect TouchPad next?

by Todd Bishop on October 27, 2011October 27, 2011 at 1:59 pm 5 Comments

HP, the world’s largest PC maker, won’t be selling its PC business, after all. The company announced the news this afternoon, making its biggest reversal yet under the direction of new CEO Meg… Read More

Practical Nerd: A plea for independence from bad accessory support

by Frank Catalano on July 4, 2011September 25, 2014 at 2:25 pm 13 Comments

Editor’s Note: “Practical Nerd” columnist Frank Catalano spent three hours this Independence Day weekend struggling under the oppression of one technology company’s failed accessory support. The only positive result: This… Read More

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