HP: Trust me--open this attachment
Harry Fuller Executive editor, CNET News.com
Harry Fuller escaped from television work to be executive editor at CNET News.com.
The irony was immediately apparent to several of my co-workers. They're reporters on the Hewlett-Packard public relations e-mail list. Each got an e-mail from HP at 6:10 PT, Sept. 21, 2006. With a PDF attachment.
special coverage
HP's boardroom drama
HP's boardroom drama
Catch up on the complete coverage, including the latest news on HP's controversial effort to root out media leaks.
This comes after revelations that someone working for HP sent an e-mail attachment to a reporter that investigators believe may have contained a clever tracking mechanism.
So, do you trust HP this time? We did open the attachment, which announced a news conference.
Besides, we have nothing to hide, not even our sense of irony. Everything we know about HP is already online.