August 6, 2010 6:07 PM PDT
by Tom Krazit

HP CEO Mark Hurd liked to explain conceptual matters on large sheets of paper. There isn't one big enough to explain his actions over the past two years, which led to his abrupt departure Friday.
(Credit:
Stephen Shankland/CNET)

Mark Hurd shone at Hewlett-Packard because of his reputation [...]

June 7, 2010 5:43 PM PDT
by Ina Fried

IBM plans to announce on Tuesday the opening of a new research facility in Brazil, the first new IBM Research lab in a dozen years.

The facility–IBM’s first in South America–will begin by putting researchers at existing IBM facilities in Sao Paulo and Rio de [...]