Now that Hewlett-Packard's Patricia Dunn said she'll step down as chairwoman but stay on the board, don't get caught saying "What's Dunn is done." Remember these facts when you chat about HP at the water cooler or conference lobby.

Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn (pictured) announced she will resign (but stay on the board) in January and CEO Mark Hurd will take her place.

• MarketWatch nabbed a memo from Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd (center) to all employees. Keep in mind that Hurd knew this would leak, so this is practically an internal PR message. [MarketWatch]

Unroll your conspiracy theory maps and pull out your markers — here are the Valley bigwigs who met with Tony Blair during the UK Prime Minister's recent visit to Silicon Valley, culled from the SF Chronicle and Mercury News.

Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy (pictured, and doesn't he look cute and comfortable, and completely not posed at ergonomically disastrous angles) wrote an open letter to Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, asking, "Let's converge [HP operating system] HP-UX with [Sun operating system] Solaris 10."