Stepping out from Hurd's shadow, HP looks to the cloud

15.03.2011

While technology companies such as Google and Apple have seen their profits rise on the basis of their success in the consumer market, HP has been looking for a hit lately. Last month, it announced the HP TouchPad -- a tablet that enters a market dominated by Apple's iPad. Based on the webOS software that HP picked up in its 2009 acquisition of Palm, the TouchPad is expected to debut in June.