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more about #hewlettpackard more comments → Edward's Sisters' Hands: Could've skipped a few frames by using Derek Zoolander. more » Alfisted: I love the musical stylings of Michael Bolton. more » Gators15: Princess Leia? If things go right I might be showing her my O-face. You know? Oh! Oh! more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Nope, baseball bat is the right choice there. [xspblog.com] more » CraigJ: PC Load Letter, what the fuck does that mean? more » craigeryjohn: I love how my HP 6100 AIO with full color screen makes me PRINT a page to see it's mac address. ME: Hi printer, what's your network status right now... more » mikejonas001: Of course, if R2D2 were a Canon droid, it'd refuse to print a black and white diagram because the cyan cartridge was empty. And if it were an Epson d... more » zeroprime: As a comic, that last scene is just missing that je ne sais quoi. It's probably the lack of Geto Boys playing in the background. Who would have thou... more » KyleHuff: Anyone that doesn't get the Office Space references should be permabanned. more » VoidingWarranties: HP didn't always make crappy printers. They used to make "high-quality electronic test and measurement equipment." (wikipedia). They started to make... more » bibble3000: damn it feels good to be a Jedi more » volim: I don't get it. It's not like R2D2 is gonna vomit printouts or something. Didn't all of the StarWars characters understand R2D2's beeping signals, jus... more » x@ck3D: Silly gizmodo poster, lightsabers are for jedis! more » Zoolook: Wouldn't he have said "warming up" for 45 seconds before asking to Load Letter? more » Kaiser-Machead: They even knew how horrible it is to get HP customer service on the subspace communicator. more » -
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What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
Youch. So that's what would happen if HP built astromech droids. Can't say I blame Leia, those error messages make me want to break something, too. Though maybe a lightsaber would've looked more dignified than the baseball bat. [Abstruse Goose] -
#gizmodo79
Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#gizmodo79
When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men
Anyone who knows tech knows certain names—Gates, Jobs, Woz, Kamen, Stringer—but before they became legends, they were busy doing, well, some curious stuff. Here's a glance at their lives circa 1979:
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#advertising
Student HP Ad Shows Beautiful Alternate Universe Where Printers Are Fast, Predictable, Musical
In response to a call from Hewlett Packard for user-made advertisements, two students at London's Kingston University pulled off a mesmerizing synchronized printing routine with a stable of HP printers. More » -
#retromodo
The Birthplace of Silicon Valley Is a Palo Alto Garage
This is the Palo Alto, CA garage where two young Stanford engineering grads named Bill Hewlett and David Packard started building what would one day become the world's largest PC manufacturer. In 2000, HP turned it into a museum. More » -
#rumor
HP to Release Budget Ultrathin Laptops Later This Year
Intel told us to expect cheap, thin, midsized laptops to start showing up in major laptop manufacturers' catalogs this summer, and sure enough, Lenovo announced theirs one week later. Next up, according to Digitimes: Hewlett-Packard. More » -
#laptops
HP Pavilion DV2 Laptop Now Available At A Svelte $749
We spotted HP's sleek, powerful, 12-inch DV2 back at CES, and now it's finally available for sale for only $749. It's packing some pretty impressive specs at that price point. -
#productplacement
A Lesson in Gadget Product Placement, Courtesy of Scooter Smiff
Moderately musical little person Scooter Smiff has helpfully demonstrated, point by point, how not to endorse gadgets in your music video. -
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#cellphones
HP Shows Off Two New iPaq Phones: One Touch, One Not
HP's rumored touchscreen handset has showed up in the for of the iPaq Data Communicator, a pop-out QWERTY Windows Mobile handset, with a solid but predictable spec sheet. You'll find a full range of 3G capabilities, Wi-Fi, a-GPS, a 3.1MP camera with autofocus and flash all behind a 2.8in, 320 x 240 screen, controlled with a 5-way "optical navigation" key. It measures in at the same respectable 1.7cm thickness as the T-Mobile G1 — a little thinner than its clear competitor, the HTC Touch Pro. For the old-fashioned types, you can find most of the same guts in the Voice Communicator, a sleek, half-QWERTY candybar phone More »
