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HP's Android TouchPad kernel released, still never existed

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 5:48 pm EST

A few months back, deep in the midst of the TouchPad fire sale, at least a few of HP's webOS tablets shipped out the door and to customers with an unexpected install: Android. While HP never figured out

Whitman receives $16.5 million performance-based package for 2011, one dollar salary

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 5:12 pm EST

HP CEO Meg Whitman isn't making out like a bandit as much as her predecessor, but she still has potential to do pretty well for herself as HP's chief executive. She agreed to a salary of one dollar a year

HP to shuffle webOS group out of Palm campus, sending to Cupertino [exclusive]

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:11 am EST

Over the past several months we've watched HP's webOS work force get chopped in half and suffer some pretty serious attrition, all thanks to HP's former lack-of-a-plan. That's now getting resolved, but


Monday Brief: WP8 Features, Fitness Month, Free PlayBooks, and an iPad 3 Giveaway

By: Ashley Esqueda in: News on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 9:10 am EST

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Whitman thinks webOS "has huge advantages" over iOS and Android

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 9:34 pm EST

Meg Whitman is the fourth CEO of HP since the Silicon Valley giant acquired Palm less than two years ago. Each CEO has sought to leave their mark on the company, some more indelibly than others, and Whitman

WebOS Internals releases Enyo for unloved webOS smartphones

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps, News on: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 7:42 pm EST

Back in October, HP pushed an update to the Maps app that both switched the provider to Microsoft's Bing Maps and installed the Enyo framework onto devices all the way back to the original Pre. There's

Brian Hernacki, Chief Architect of webOS, leaves HP

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 9:55 pm EST

According to a report tonight on The Verge, webOS veteran Brian Hernacki has left HP. Hernacki joined Palm in 2009 as the Chief Security Architect and was promoted to Chief Architect, webOS, in January

Monday Brief: Rubinstein leaves HP, Kevin talks to RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, and more!

By: Ashley Esqueda in: News on: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 9:21 am EST

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Jon Rubinstein, former Palm CEO, leaves HP

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:06 pm EST

Former Palm CEO and Palm Global Business Unit head Jon Rubinstein has left HP effective today, according to a new report from AllThingsD. Rubinstein joined HP as part of the company's purchase of Palm

Refurbished TouchPads land on Woot, asking $169.99 for 16GB and $219.99 for 32GB

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 9:44 am EST

If you have missed one of the multitude of chances to pick up an HP TouchPad, here's one more: HP has put a batch of refurbished TouchPads up on deal-a-day site Woot, though you might find yourself taken