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• HP preps IoT wares to tame energy beasts, like runaway air conditioners

  On a hot day in the future, if you go to work and leave your home air conditioning on full blast, your power company may know you're away and turn it down for you.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, February 25

  Hewlett-Packard lowers outlook as struggles continue ... Visa tech could prep Europe for Apple Pay ... Gemalto says encryption keys are safe ... and more tech news

• HP gives a bleak forecast as split approaches

  Hewlett-Packard has lowered its financial outlook for the year after another quarter of declining sales and profit.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, February 24

  As HP reports numbers, questions will be on its split ... GOPers on FCC want to delay net neutrality vote ... Google deals for Softcard ... and more tech news.

• HP extends R programming language for big data use

  Hewlett-Packard has devised a way to run programs written in the R statistical programming language against data sets that span more than one server, potentially paving the way for large-scale, real-time predictive analytics.

• Pwn2Own hacking contest shrinks exploit prize pool

  Hewlett-Packard's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) today outlined the rules for its annual hacking contest, Pwn2Own, which will run March 18-19 with $465,000 in prize money on the table.

• HP courts enterprise workloads with new Helion private Clouds

  How much cloud computing does your enterprise application need? Hewlett-Packard has some of the guesswork out of Cloud procurement by adding seven new preconfigured options to its Helion set of cloud services.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, February 10

  Qualcomm pays $975 billion fine in China ... HP buys cloud security company ... Now you can set up a drone no-fly zone ... and more news.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, January 27

  Apple's financials on tap ... IBM says it's not laying off a quarter of its workforce ... Microsoft makes numbers but Windows doesn't help much ... and more

• HP bringing augmented reality, 3D printing features to tablets, laptops

  Hewlett-Packard has experimented with augmented reality and 3D image manipulation in recent products, and it intends to bring some of those technologies to tablets and laptops for a more interactive computing experience.

• 'Bingbooks' need free Office to compete with Chromebooks

  Microsoft's strategy in giving away one-year Office 365 subscriptions to many of its tablet- and notebook-making partners is all about matching not just the price but also the functionality of Chromebooks and cheap Android tablets, an analyst said today.

• HP teases wire-free computing with Elite X2 1011 hybrid

  Hewlett-Packard is taking a step to cut the cords from tablets and laptops with its Elite X2 1011 G1, which will be able to connect to displays and send print commands wirelessly.

• HP Pro Slate 12 tablet first with Gorilla Glass 4, Duet Pen tech

  Hewlett-Packard hopes to bring momentum into the faltering market for large-screen Android tablets with the new Pro Slate 12, which stands out with a rugged 12.3-inch display and its ability to digitize notes from regular paper.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, January 20

  State of the Union address will be heavy on tech ... Will IBM's earnings disappoint, again? ... Twitter picks up ZipDial's call ... and more

• UK regulators end fraud probe into HP's Autonomy acquisition

  U.K. regulators have closed their investigation into Hewlett-Packard's botched acquisition of Autonomy, a British software company that HP has accused of inflating its value and of improper accounting.