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Rahul Sood says HP not closing down VoodooPC
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... by press indicating that Voodoo were returning parts to its suppliers as well as noting staff layoffs. Voodoo founder Rahul Sood and now CTO for HPs global gaming business responded to the rumor over at Gizmodo and had the following to say: HP is working on a plan to better leverage its existing resources to bring Voodoo products to market faster and make them more accessible to consumers. I can assure you that Voodoo employees and champions of the brand will continue to work on the conceptualization, design and development of Voodoo products. While the message doesnt ...
Rumors Fly of HP Axing Voodoo
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... to pry information out of HP, receiving the following:
HP spokeswoman Marlene Somsak said it would be "incorrect" to say HP is shutting down Voodoo, but didn't offer a denial that jobs will be or have been cut.
"We continually assess and rebalance the size of our work force relative to the business environment and market conditions," she said. Beyond that, she said HP had no comment.
At the same time, Gizmodo got the following response, from no less than VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood:
HP is working on a plan to ...
Does System Building Have Anything To Do With Building Systems?
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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 ...
