The hacker who posted an exploit last week that threatened a large swath of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s laptop lineup followed up Wednesday with new attack code that can “brick” nearly every HP laptop. In a ...

New HP laptops it would seem, the $800 Compaq nx9020, a $1200 nx9020, and a nx9040 with a to-be-announced price. The entire line is aimed at small-business users that need something to perform basic ...