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by Derek Kessler
Jan 17, 2012
Time to learn a new name: Bill Veghte. Before today Mr. Veghte was HP Executive Vice President of HP Software, today he's still that, but he's also HP's new Chief Strategy Officer, replacing the...
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by Derek Kessler
Aug 18, 2011
We’ve been looking for a silver lining in today’s HP squall line. HP’s done making webOS devices, and they might continue working on webOS while exploring their options with what to do with the...
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by Derek Kessler
Aug 15, 2011
Google this morning announced that they are purchasing Motorola Mobility (the recently-spun-off cellular arm of Motorola) to the tune of $12.5 billion. The purchase, expected to close around the...
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by Derek Kessler
Jun 02, 2011
If you’d asked us a few months ago if we saw Microsoft’s flagship Windows desktop operating system as a potential candidate for being in competition with webOS, we’d have laughed. But today we’re...
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by Derek Kessler
May 09, 2011
Right now, there’s only one proper way to do Skype on webOS, and that’s by getting a Palm Pre 2 on Verizon. That particular webOS handset sports Synergy-level integration with the VoIP service,...
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by Derek Kessler
Feb 14, 2011
HP made kind of a big point out of their plans for webOS beyond the smartphone and tablet during last week’s Think Beyond event, but it was rather unclear to us and everybody else sitting in the...
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by Derek Kessler
Feb 14, 2011
You know how sometimes a user interface element is so good it just becomes a standard? Like the mouse cursor from the original Macintosh, or the grid of icons from Palm OS, or the steering wheel (...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 13, 2011
If you haven't heard, Microsoft has filed a complaint against Apple's trademark on the term "App Store," The argument is that the term is too generic to be trademarked. Presumably, that trademark...
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by Dieter Bohn
Dec 22, 2010
We've heard quite a bit from Rahul Sood since HP acquired Palm - from talking up webOS gaming to appearing on the PalmCast to speaking out on the necessity of new hardware to, alas, hearing he's...
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by Derek Kessler
Dec 06, 2010
CES 2011 is just a few weeks away, and we’re all assuming (and hoping) that Palm announces some awesome new devices to replace the aging hardware that’s out there right now. At this point, given the...
