HP workplace-Tablet by year end

PALO ALTO (California): Hewlett-Packard will take another shot at Apple’s iPad with the release late this year of a Tablet computer geared for work instead of play, chief executive Meg Whitman said.

The Tablet will run on Microsoft Windows 8 software and take on iPad in the workplace, where HP will bank on its reputation and its strengths in providing gear and services to businesses, according to Whitman.