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Rumor: Is HP Shutting Down VoodooPC?
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Rumors Fly of HP Axing Voodoo
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... to be culled is unclear. However, VoodooPC itself wouldn't have that many employees to begin with, so any layoffs could be a sign of what's to come.
The article also noted that VoodooPC was returning product, such as power supplies to their suppliers.
Now, unlike Dell and Alienware, HP and VoodooPC never seemed to be a good match. However, dumping a premier brand such as VoodooPC just doesn't seem like a smart move.
Crave managed to pry information out of HP, receiving the following:
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... Buzz buzz buzz "HP Shutting Down Voodoo!" was the headline burning across the net this week (power supplies being returned are apparently indicative of armageddon these days). As the whole story got shaken down, it turns out all the noise was most likely instigated as employees started getting layed off from Voodoo's Calgary facility, which is probably the forerunner of that location getting severely downsized or even shut down completely. What does it all mean? Phil McKinney, HP's CTO, explained that it's the start of Voodoo's "integration ...
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