[Reuters] HP may drop PCs, to buy Autonomy for $11.7 billion
- 08/19/11 12:16 AM
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co may spin off the world's largest PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market, including killing its new tablet and buying British software company Autonomy Corp for as much as $11.7 billion.