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more about #hp raincoaster: Awesome: in future, all HP monitors will come with vanity lighting. more » Xagest: Reminds me of the "Blink Check" feature on digital cameras these days. The thing is always firing off on my asian family.... more » HallaEks: Well, at least HP knows where the white women at. more » dimsum4u: Hahaha...wow this is hilarious. Where's jesse jackson? Ok he needs to now go get a few different black people and see if what HP is saying is correct ... more » MissNormaDesmond: Meanwhile, this video shows promise as a sense of humor detection tool. more » gaiking: "as soon as my blackness enters the frame"...awesome...just awesome. The guy does have a sense of humor about it. HP.....this is a FAIL for usefulness... more » maven2k: Man that was funny. That guy has a great sense of humor. more » Snes: Damnit! I knew being white would come back to bite me one day, now when HP computers rebel and start killing us, I'll be the first to go cause I'm white. more » fxsoap: Wow, this is hilarious, who did the testing on this? They obviously didn't do any beta testing on this for anyone other than light skinned people. more » helfrez: Sometimes the comments on the site get a bit off color and downright bad, but I am impressed that most people seemed to understand the guy was joking,... more » VonFeldt7: Ha ha, that's kind of funny.... At least the guy was being a good sport about it though. It would be a different story if he was suing them for 3M in... more » grubish1: They should change their name to Veridian Dynamics more » brahmachari99: I love how he was such a good sport about it. Better lighting might have solved the problem though. more » eam_assenav: OMG, its an episode of Better Off Ted!! (Racial Sensitivity [1.04]) Ted: The system doesn't see black people? Veronica: I know. Weird, huh? Ted: Th... more » amscopub-mail: As a minority myself who half-grew up in the US and half-grew up in El Salvador, I find it amusing that other minorities are so sensitive. It's like t... more » aec007: Funny!!!!! LOL. Back to coding HP!.. I wonder if Logitech web cams have the same problem, since the DO face tracking. more » relawson: i learned two things from this post. 1) hp's facial tracking software is bad at contrast in low light conditions 2) a LOT of people here watch some ... more » kabuk1: "Hewlett-Packard computahs are RACIST!" Jesus, what a douchebag idiot. He sounds like the black guy with the chip on his shoulder from The Animal. It... more » Bababoof is amazing: man that dude is funny. i lol'd when he said "negroes" more » dfp3050: hahahahahahaha. That just made my morning. more » -
#webcams
HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
This is awkward. It appears that HP's new webcams, which have facial-tracking software, can't recognize black faces, as evidenced in the above video. HP has responded: -
#netbooks
The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
Yesterday, we saw the best laptops at any price. But what about their little brothers, the netbooks? Quite simply, here are the three best models that you should choose from, provided by Mark Spoonauer from Laptop: More » -
#review
HP Envy (15-inch) Review
I've been avoiding this review for the better part of a month because, with all the hype the Envy line has gotten (some deserved), I took the Envy 15 out of the box and had one thought: "Cheap." More » -
#imagecache
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] -
#blackfriday
Black Friday Deals List Updated
Our Black Friday List is updated with deals from Vizio, WireFly, HP and Amazon, including an entirely new page for Blu-rays and DVDs. That's in addition to Best Buy, Office Depot, Dell, Target, Walmart, K-mart and more. Start saving here. -
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#blackfriday
HP Black Friday Flyer Feels Lacking on Deals
The folks over at Logic Buy got their hands on the HP Home Store Thanksgiving Event flyer. And while some of the deals are decent, nothing really seems to stand out, aside from the mouthful of a sales event name. More » -
#blackfriday
Black Friday Deals: The Only List You Need
Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals—a hefty read—includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be updating it all week. More » -
#bloatware
Acer's Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes to Boot Time, HP, Dell and Sony Not Much Better
PC Pro looked into the bloatware included on new laptops by major manufacturers, measuring how memory, HDD space and boot times are negatively effected. And good lord, it's worse than you thought. More » -
#review
HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review (Better Time Machine Support!)
The HP MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 are the new top-of-the-line Windows Home Servers from HP, which are good enough to pretty much be the de-facto Windows Home Servers on the market now. These new units keep up the tradition. More » -
#monitors
HP Compaq's 21-inch Multitouch L2105tm Screen Costs $300
Chalk up two major manufacturers who have multitouch displays on the market. HP Compaq's L2105tm, which we previewed a while back, goes on sale today for $300. More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft Starts Peddling Other Companies' PCs, Software Online
Sorry Scottsdale, the prize for the first Microsoft store location to open its doors goes to... the internet? Moving beyond their own branded products, Microsoft has started hawking other companies' Windows-friendly wares online, from laptops to Photoshop to PC accessories. More » -
#dealzmodo
Dealzmodo: HP Desktop, Monitor, Laptop, Netbook and Router, all for $1200 (!)
Those looking for new Windows 7 hardware might want to head to Best Buy tomorrow—according to our source, they're set to debut an HP package with a desktop, monitor, laptop, netbook, and router, ridiculously priced at $1200. More » -
#acer
Acer Leapfrogs Dell to Number 2 Globally, But Dell and HP Still Rule the U.S.
Acer rightly cops a lot of stick about build-quality, but as predicted, they've passed Dell to second spot in worldwide sales. Separate research from Gartner and IDC also ranks Acer third in the U.S, ahead of Apple in fourth place. More » -
#hp
HP Ranked #1 Green Company (What!?)
Newsweek's latest Green Rankings gave Hewlett Packard the top position, establishing the firm as the greenest Fortune 500 company this year—a far cry from Greenpeace's #14 ranking. So what gives? More » -
#laptops
Massive Core i7 HP Pavilion dv8 Ready To Take Up Tons of Retail Shelf Space
It wasn't a surprise exactly, but HP has officially unveiled the 18.4-inch, Core i7-powered Pavilion dv8 with full 1080p resolution, 4GB-8GB of RAM, dual 320GB HDDs, NVIDIA GeForce GT230 graphics, a TV tuner, Blu-ray and a Long Life battery. More » -
#review
HP TouchSmart 600 Review: Multitouch Multimedia Mogul
The HP TouchSmart 600 is sort of like a girl I "dated" in fourth grade. I can't say I loved her, but I can say that I really, really liked her a lot. But the TouchSmart never wore braces. More »
