In this Aug. 21, 2012 photo, the Hewlett-Packard Co. logo is seen outside the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. HP said Autonomy Corporation PLC, a British company it bought for $10 billion last year, lied about its finances, resulting in a massive write-down of the value of the business. HP’s net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Oct. 31, amounted to $6.85 billion, or $3.49 per share. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
In this Aug. 21, 2012 photo, the Hewlett-Packard Co. logo is seen outside the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. HP said Autonomy Corporation PLC, a British company it bought for $10 billion last year, lied about its finances, resulting in a massive write-down of the value of the business. HP’s net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Oct. 31, amounted to $6.85 billion, or $3.49 per share. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
A Hewlett-Packard worker walk in the main entrance of HP Headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
A Hewlett-Packard worker walk in the main entrance of HP Headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
FILE - In this Sept, 24, 2008 file photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, right, and (then) Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd, on screen, smile during the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. As co-president at Oracle Corp., ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd will have to adapt to a new role playing second fiddle to one of Silicon Valley's most domineering bosses _ Larry Ellison. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
In this file photograph taken Feb. 16, 2010, the exterior of Hewlett Packard headquarters is shown in Palo Alto, Calif. Dell pulled out Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 from a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard Co. for the data storage company 3Par Inc. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 16, 2010, Hewlett-Packard inks are seen on display in Mountain View, Calif. Hewlett-Packard is raising its offer for data-storage maker 3Par to about $1.69 billion. That tops rival Dell Inc.'s offer Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, of $1.52 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman (left), the former chief executive of eBay, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who is challenging Sen. Barbara Boxer, a liberal stalwart reviled by conservatives, are both in dead heats, some polls say.
