HP read instant messages of reporter

Spying operation included monitoring an employee's IM exchanges with a reporter at The Wall Street Journal.
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$325,641.65 for spying

The amount related to the investigation is astounding - $325,641.65 for services from January to April to DeLia's PI firm! This was no small chunk of change. Patricia Dunn's tactics now are to play the blame game and have selective memories surrounding the event despite the email threads provided to Congress and the media.

Work computers are company property, fine, read company emails, track company IMS -- but planting email viruses... er' tracking to bogus specs showed how much she wanted to secure HP's advantage on the market. What she failed to glean from Tom Perkins was that he understood there were better ways for HP to keep it's business edge http://www.iwantmyess.com/?p=95