By JORDAN ROBERTSON SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Clara County judge dismissed the remaining charges against three defendants in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying case Thursday, calling their conduct a "betrayal of trust and honor" that nonetheless did not rise to the level of criminal activity.

WASHINGTON _ Lawmakers turned up the heat on Hewlett-Packard Thursday, but the company's CEO and former chairman refused to take personal responsibility for a troubled boardroom leak investigation despite the best efforts of Congress members to get them to do so.

By Jordan Robertson A judge dropped all charges Wednesday against former Hewlett- Packard Co. board Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, who was accused of fraud in the boardroom spying scheme that rocked one of Silicon Valley's most respected companies.

By Jordan Robertson Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A judge dropped all charges against former Hewlett-Packard Co. board Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, who was accused of fraud in the boardroom spying scheme that rocked one of Silicon Valley's most respected companies.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn has been cleared of all charges in the U.S. computer company's boardroom-spying scandal.