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HP shutters Voodoo PC

September 23, 2008

HP will be closing Voodoo PCA struggling Hewlett Packard — reeling from massive layoffs — has just announced that it will be shutting down its Voodoo PC division. Voodoo PC was a gamer-focused PC manufacturer that was purchased by HP just two years ago. Its products will now be folded into the faceless mass that is HP. No layoffs have been specifically accounted for, but these would probably have blended in with the 24,600 headcount-reduction that HP just announced

More info: Venture Beat

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  1. September 23 at 12:45 am
    Christy Kane:

    Too bad, they used to make decent machines at what seemed like hefty markups.

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