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The Sleek WebOS Smartphone That Never Was

You're not looking at a new phone headed to stores any time soon — in fact, you're looking at the surprisingly sleek, all-touch webOS smartphone developed by HP which (sadly?) never was. Read More >>

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LG Has Acquired webOS From HP to Power Smart TVs

LG has just announced that it has acquired the much-troubled webOS from HP. But instead of using it to power smartphones or tablets, it's planning to roll out smart TVs which will make use of the OS. Read More >>

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Chubby Checker Sues HP Over Penis-Measuring webOS App

Chubby Checker has sued HP over a webOS app, also called Chubby Checker, that measures dick size. Read More >>

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LG Working on an Open WebOS-Powered Smart TV

Google TV was a wonderful idea, but there's no denying that it's flopped. LG has a new idea, though, and is reportedly developing a line of TVs powered by the newly open-source webOS platform. Read More >>

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HP CEO Promises a Smartphone’s Coming Because of Course It Is

After purchasing Palm, putting webOS on smartphones and tablets, and then giving up, it seems that HP has finally decided it needs to offer a smartphone. Pressured on the point in an interview with Fox Business, HP's CEO Meg Whitman said that the company "ultimately has to offer a smartphone." But when, where, how, and what are still up in the air. Read More >>

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HP’s Open Source WebOS Code Has Arrived. Will Anyone Actually Use It?

There's almost no reason for any normal person to get excited about the beta release of open source WebOS, but for those of us who still can't come to grips with the fact that Palm's stunted mobile OS was an abject failure, there's still a faint beacon of light to soothe the soul. Read More >>

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Palm Reincarnated as Gram; Shifts Focus to Software, UX and the Cloud

The company behind The Little OS That Simply Couldn't, is changing form yet again. after being formerly dubbed by HP the (rather boring) webOS Global Business Unit, it is now emerging as a totally new and fresh identity called Gram, alongside a slight tilt in focus. Read More >>

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HP’s WebOS Team Is Moving to Google

Poor little webOS, it just can't catch a break. Now, the Verge is reporting that a large chunk of HP's webOS team is leaving the company and moving on to Google. Read More >>

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HP Dumps 275 Employees from the webOS Team

It's been a rough ride for webOS of recent times. But despite the OS continuing to survive, HP has decided to ditch a large chunk of it's development team. Read More >>

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Jon Rubinstein Is Leaving HP

Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec, godfather of webOS and CEO of Palm, has left HP, reports AllThingsD. The move isn't too surprising as the writing has been on the wall since he left HP's Palm unit last summer to move to a lesser role at HP's Personal Systems Group. [AllThingsD] Read More >>

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Open WebOS 1.0 Coming in September

When HP kinda, sorta killed webOS as a money-making endeavour, they promised to keep it alive as an open source project, but offered little in the way of concrete details. According to The Verge they've partially pulled back the curtain, revealing that Open webOS 1.0 should arrive in September. Read More >>

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Loathe WebOS? CyanogenMod 9 To the Rescue

Got yourself an HP TouchPad when HP was flogging them off, but webOS just doesn’t float your boat? Rejoice, dear Android 4.0-loving friends -- CyanogenMod 9 is here to furnish your bargain-basement tablet with sweet, sweet Ice Cream Sandwich. Read More >>

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HP Insiders Claim WebOS Was Doomed From The Start

We're all well aware of the commercial problems that HP has endured with WebOS. But now, according to the New York Times, insiders have admitted that the software was doomed from the get-go. Read More >>

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Where Does webOS Go From Here?

Praise tech Jesus, webOS still has a pulse! The mobile OS seemingly doomed to a cold eternity in a digital graveyard has been granted an open source reprieve. Great! Only question is, what comes next? Read More >>

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WebOS Lives!

In the most dramatic stay of execution since Robin Hood shot an arrow through Little John's noose, HP has decided that webOS will live on as open source. And there was much merriment and backslappery throughout the land! Also: good work, HP. Read More >>