Watchdog slams some rather poor government decisions

India’s Comptroller and Auditor General has published a performance audit of the nation’s Unique Identification Authority and found big IT problems.

Looks like there might be gold in that printer ink

Maker of expensive printer ink HP saw its share prices rise after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced it had taken an 11.4 per cent stake valued at about $4.2 billion.

Lists it with the upcoming Envy 34 AiO PC

HP might have jumped the gun with Nvidia's rumored RTX 30 series refresh and has listed the RTX 3080 Super as an option with its upcoming Envy 34 All-in-One PC.

First gaming notebooks coming this month

During its Computex 2021 event, AMD has announced its new Advantage design framework initiative, a program that will help notebook makers to create the best possible gaming notebooks.

Still beat Wall Street 

Dell and HP reported quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street estimates but both warned that chip shortages could cause them problems. 

For a cool $425 million

In a rather surprising move, Kingston has announced that it has sold its HyperX, gaming-oriented peripherals division, to HP. The $425 million deal, which should be finalized in Q2 2021, will give HP the division as well as the brand.

With Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU

HP has completely overhauled the Pavilion 14 with an 11th Gen Intel Core processor and an optional Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU.

Trade wars move to patent wars

Looks like Huawei is going to fight back against the US for the sanctions it has imposed on the company using the US patent system.

Plans kung flued

Copier maker Xerox has given up on its $35 billion hostile cash-and-stock bid for the maker of very expensive printer ink HP and blamed the pesky coronavirus for interfering with its plans.

More VR headsets

HP is teasing a Reverb G2 VR headset developed in tandem with Microsoft and Valve that should be "more immersive, comfortable and compatible" than previous-generation hardware.