HP Puts Its Gaming Hopes in VoodooPC

If you're a computer maker in a funk these days, it looks like the strategy of choice is to go out and buy a gaming PC maker. Back in March, the struggling Dell (DELL) agreed to acquire Alienware, a Miami-based maker of high-end PCs popular with gamers. Then on Sept. 28, the embattled Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) made a surprise acquisition of VoodooPC, a small, privately held Canadian company that also makes gaming-oriented personal computers.