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Rumoured HP 10-inch tablet rocks Tegra 4
Hewlett Packard originally approached the tablet market with caution, but not enough caution it seems, as its first tablet was a complete flop. The WebOS based HP TouchPad launched in 2011 and it was discontinued just 49 days after it was launched. -
LG buys WebOS
HP grabbed the OS when it acquired Palm. Coincidently both HP and Palm believed that the mobile operating system could save their companies. HP released the Pre and the TouchPad tablet before realising that the OS required more work than it could be bothered with. -
HP takes another stab at the tablet market
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP, has announced it is getting back into the tablet market with a $169 tablet powered by Android. -
Rock and Roll's Chubby Checker sues HP for $500 million over obscure webOS penis app
The 1.5MB, $0.99 app, which first appeared on ironically named House of Palm in 2010, promises customers a way to check someone's "chubby" based on their shoe size. -
HP wades into Dell's Dell buyout
In a classic case of pot calling the kettle black, the maker of expensive printer ink, HP has waded into Michael Dell for buying his own company back from shareholders. -
Patent trolling was Steve Jobs' weapon of choice
According to Reuters, a US court was told how Jobs threatened to file a patent lawsuit against Palm if that company's chief executive did not refrain from poaching Apple employees. -
HP, man+boy, expects Microsoft Windows 8 to do well
Windows 8 has features such as an HD camera, long battery life, and its security capabilities would help HP compete in the PC market, he said. Bring back the Palm! -
Leaked report shows Big Content's cunning plans
Apparently Big Content is trawling the App Store and Google Marketplace and have created "quick take down agreements" with Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia and Palm to remove apps they don't like. -
New York Times drops BlackBerry app
It pulled the app along with one for the Palm Pre so it shows how much importance it places on RIM readers. -
HP welds together its printer and PC division
Bradley is the one time CEO of the handset maker Palm and would have been the CEO of the spun-out PC company if HP had done that. -
HP survivor finally flees the board
Babbio was a vice chairman and president of Verizon Communications and came onto the board when HP bought Compaq. He saw the removal of Carly Fiorina, the acquisition of EDS, the buyout of Palm for $1.2 billion and the bidding war with Dell over 3Par. -
Departing Palm exec disses HP
The former brains behind Palm has left HP claiming that the maker of expensive printer ink was not up to the challenge of running webOS. -
Intel Itanium Solutions page goes down with all hands lost
CES 2012And to think that when Intel first launched it at a Palm Springs IDF back in the daze, it was going to be the premier games platform by 2004. I am hanging out at the lascivious Crazy Horse at the MGM Grand this year: Motto – Seducing audiences since 1951. -
RIM has a Playbook fire sale
Troubled Blackberry maker RIM is having a fire sale of its less than popular Playbook. -
Palm's decisions doomed WebOS
WebOS was more flexible and open than Apple's tightly controlled iOS software, and prettier than Android. It had been bought from Palm as part of the $1.2 billion take over which Mark Hurd organised when he was not trying to recruit for his harem of women. -
HP TouchPad Go starts to appear
The maker of expensive printer ink - HP has been showing off its HP TouchPad Go tablet to reviewers. -
Intel Medfield nearly ready for prime time
Talking to Reuters, Bell, who left Palm to join Intel more than a year ago, believes Medfield can hold its own against rival chips offered by the likes of Qualcomm and Nvidia. -
Broken RIM can't find the floor
Wall Street does not seem particularly interested in the outfit posting solid quarterly sales. It made $1.8 billion in the third quarter. Many are starting to making comparisons to Palm, which it is a long way from becoming yet.
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