Google Hires Away HP’s webOS Enyo Team

Just what the team will do is not 100 percent clear, but something to do with Chrome OS seems like a good bet.

HP’s Greenblatt Leaves webOS Post for New Role

The head of HP’s now open-sourced webOS operation is staying with the company.
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HP to Cut 275 in webOS Division as Part of Refocus on Software

Hewlett-Packard has cut another batch of employees from the division that used to be the smartphone company Palm.
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Yet Another Departure From HP’s webOS Business

Brian Hernacki, chief architect of HP’s webOS business, is just the latest from that group to head for the exits.
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Rubinstein Interview: With webOS Transition Under Way, It Was Time to Leave HP

On the heels of the news of his departure from HP Friday, Apple veteran and onetime Palm head Jon Rubinstein spoke with AllThingsD about the move and the fate of Palm’s webOS.
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HP’s Discontinued TouchPad Sells Out … Again

It’s been called the tablet that just won’t die: After refurbished Hewlett-Packard TouchPads became available for a discount on Woot.com, the 16 gigabyte model — which was being sold for $169.99 — is apparently sold out again, The Verge writes. Earlier this week, HP published a road map for open source development on webOS, the mobile operating system behind the TouchPad, six weeks after the company first said it was opening up the OS to the developer community.

Former Palm Head Jon Rubinstein Leaves Hewlett-Packard

The former Apple executive who took over the handheld maker Palm has left its acquirer Hewlett-Packard.
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HP Starts Process of Making webOS Open Source; Full Release Due in September

The key question remains just how interested anyone outside HP is in using the mobile operating system.
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HP’s Former CTO: Ultrabooks Are Nothing New, webOS Still Has Life Yet

Ultrabooks have been ultra-hyped at CES this year, but they’re nothing new, says the recently retired CTO of HP’s Personal Systems Group.
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Holidays Over, Mobile Industry Gears Up for a Busy 2012

Wireless watchers expect new entrants, including Facebook and Amazon, to challenge Google and Apple. Meanwhile, it’s a pivotal year for former highfliers Nokia and Research In Motion.
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Has the HP TouchPad Lost Its Resale Luster?

Once a hot resale item following its fast demise, the HP TouchPad isn’t flying off virtual shelves anymore.
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HP Has No Easy Answers for webOS

Walt Mossberg’s Review

TouchPad Needs More Apps, Reboot To Rival iPad

A small army of multitouch tablet computers has been launched this year to take on Apple’s iPad. The TouchPad from H-P is the latest one to enter the fray.