On the same day the stock market nose-dived, a major investment bank failed and the financial services industry appeared set to shed jobs by the tens of thousands, Hewlett-Packard Co. contributed to the gloom, saying it would add 24,600 people to the unemployment lines as part of a restructuring in the wake of its acquisition of EDS. More →

HP is selling its Pavilion dv6929 laptop in a messenger bag made of 100% recycled materials, doing away with 97% of its conventional cardboard and plastic packaging. More →