Robert Mullins

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn made a brief court appearance Thursday in Santa Clara County, California, to face four state felony charges in the HP boardroom scandal. Superior Court Judge Alfonso Fernandez scheduled her arraignment for Nov. 17, at which she will enter a plea to charges in the case.

IBM Corp. is embarking on a five-year campaign to promote mainframe computers by making the systems easier to configure and operate, and to promote them as an alternative to server network computing.

Ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn, a former company lawyer, and three outside investigators were charged Wednesday in California on felony charges related to the conduct of an investigation to track down news leaks from the HP board that allegedly broke state law.

Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. have both introduced data tape encryption technology, protecting against a security breach that can endanger or embarrass an enterprise.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Hurd, and former board chairman Patricia Dunn will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee probing the pretexting case today. The probe panel has also issued five more subpoenas to compel witness testimony.

Hackers are intensifying their attacks on Internet Explorer users, increasing the chances that Microsoft Corp. will patch a critical flaw in the software ahead of its regularly scheduled Oct. 10 security update.

Hewlett-Packard Co. has entered into mutual agreements with two former directors caught up in the board spying scandal not to file lawsuits over the dispute.

Embattled Hewlett-Packard Co. chairman Patricia Dunn told an appreciative audience in San Francisco Wednesday night that she looks forward to the opportunity to "set the record straight" regarding allegations that she oversaw an internal investigation of the company which may have broken the law.