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TV shows like “The Hills” focus on the petty squabbles that go on in the world of spoiled, vapid socialites. I can’t think of a program that gets into the catfights that go on in the IT world, and I don’t know whether there’d really be a huge audience for something like that, but they do happen, and court documents in an ongoing lawsuit have revealed some juicy tidbits. The class-action suit concerns the promises made by some PC makers that their computers — even some really weak-kneed models — could shoulder the weight of Microsoft’s latest operating system, Vista.

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HP’s Wrath, Baidu’s Greed and Other Deadly Sins

HP shares soared 14 percent Tuesday, leading a tech sector rally, after the No. 1 PC maker announced better-than-expected earnings six days early. However, technology analysts warned that the industry still might be slipping into its worst downturn since the dot-com bust of 2001. “Things are tough out there,” says equity analyst Brent Bracelin at Pacific Crest Securities. Cisco, Intel and Sun are among big tech suppliers who have trimmed revenue and earnings projections in anticipation of major cuts in corporate spending on tech infrastructure.

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Tech Firms and the Economic Storm: Nowhere to Hide

Hewlett-Packard surprised Wall Street on Tuesday by saying its earnings will be slightly above analysts’ expectations, going against the grain as other technology bellwethers have slashed forecasts and posted weak results in the sagging economy. Its shares climbed more than 12 percent in morning trading. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker expects earnings of 84 cents per share and adjusted earnings of $1.03 per share for the three months ended in October.

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HP’s Q4 Earnings to Top Analyst Expectations

Court documents in a class action lawsuit over Microsoft’s “Windows Vista Capable” logo show intense dissatisfaction by top executives at HP, one of the software giant’s largest PC partners. “You have demonstrated a complete lack of commitment to HP as a strategic partner and cost us a lot of money in the process,” HP executive Richard Walker wrote in an e-mail to Jim Allchin, who was Microsoft’s ranking Windows executive at the time. “Your credibility is severely damaged in my organization.”

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Court Docs Reveal Fury of a PC Maker Scorned

Over the last several days I’ve attended two conferences that are focused on predicting and changing the future of technology and technology companies. The first was put on by Digital River, a firm that specializes in setting up or improving profitable online stores like Apple and Dell have, and we were focused on strategies for increasing company revenues and profits in these troubling times. The second was the Phoenix Technology Strategy 2009 conference, and there the focus was on what major changes we would likely see in technology over the next several years.

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Tech Forest Will Be Stronger After the Fire