Hewlett-Packard to exit computing and buy Autonomy

Hewlett-Packard has confirmed plans to stop making PCs, tablets and phones, in order to refocus on software. It has also emerged that the US company has agreed to buy UK software firm Autonomy for £7.1bn ($11.7bn).HP added that it was considering selling its personal systems group, which includes the world's biggest PC-making business, and that it will discontinue its webOS devices.The webOS operating system is used in its tablet computers and smartphones.RefocusThe announcements mark a significant U-turn for the company, which announced in a March strategic review that it would integrate webOS into all of its future hardware.HP had launched its Pre smartphone as a competitor to the iPhone and devices based on Google's Android operating system.However, webOS failed to gain traction with reviewers,...

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GTAV to sell 'at least' 18 million units - Analyst

Wedbush Securities' Michael Pachter estimates Rockstar's still-unannounced game has already cost publisher $80 million to develop, puts Max Payne 3 creation cost on par. Technically, Grand Theft Auto V isn't official yet. Neither Rockstar Games nor parent publisher Take-Two have announced any details concerning a follow-up to 2008's top-rated game. However, that's not stopping one analyst from going on record and prognosticating a rosy sales future for it.Pachter believes GTAV will be a big, big game.Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter today issued an investor note that stated his belief that Grand Theft Auto V will sell "at least 18 million units." The industry diviner also said the game could sell as many as 24 million...

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