https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Hewlett-Packard Co. is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented version of Windows, the company said Sunday. https://phys.org/news/2013-02-hp-android-tablet-eschewing-windows.html Consumer & Gadgets Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:54:32 EST news280940063 (Phys.org)—Open webOS, formerly HP webOS, the mobile operating system that was initially developed by Palm, which HP acquired, was let out the door this week as Open webOS 1.0. The good news is that Open webOS can now be ported to new devices, according to the announcement. An OpenEmbedded build runs inside an OE emulator. Core apps that accompany the 1.0 release include e-mail and web browsing. The team behind the release says that there are 75 different components. https://phys.org/news/2012-09-webos-ready.html Software Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:20:01 EDT news268206359 (Phys.org)—Last year, there was actually a time when things were looking great for HP's webOS. Under HP's ex-chief Leo Apotheker there was talk of making the webOS a device-compatible platform of choice for cars and appliances. There had been a push, too, to make a business-adoption case for webOS as "enterprise-ready." HP was trying to entice manufacturers and developers who would be willing to climb on board, in growing a webOS ecosystem. That would be making it all the more justifiable to have made an investment in the webOS in the first place, with HP's purchase of Palm at $1.2 billion. Apotheker was holding up the webOS as a superior operating system. https://phys.org/news/2012-09-webos-beta-environments.html Software Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:20:01 EDT news265862851 The future of webOS - the innovative mobile software that three successive CEOs at Hewlett-Packard have struggled to make into a profitable product - may lie somewhere in the windowless rooms of a Stanford Medical School radiology lab. https://phys.org/news/2012-02-hp-open-source-vision-orphan-webos.html Software Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:20:01 EST news249216572 Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it will make its webOS mobile operating system available to the open source community by September. https://phys.org/news/2012-01-hp-webos-software-september.html Software Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:58:55 EST news246729523 The largest trade show in the Americas must be a great place to show off new products, right? Wrong. The International Consumer Electronics Show is quickly becoming a launch pad for products that fall flat. https://phys.org/news/2012-01-ces-curse-gadget-poor.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:39:00 EST news245050725 Hewlett-Packard (HP) is being sued by a stock holder who accuses executives of painting a deceptively rosy picture of the computer company's prospects. https://phys.org/news/2011-09-stock-holder-sues-hp-execs.html Business Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:06:54 EDT news235364788 (AP) -- When Hewlett-Packard Co. snapped up Palm Inc. last year for $1.8 billion, it looked like the smartphone pioneer's last chance. https://phys.org/news/2011-08-palm-largely-dead-hp-tablet.html Business Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:21:16 EDT news232942862 (PhysOrg.com) -- HP is set to spread the wings of its operating system for its smartphones and TouchPad tablet, webOS, and plant it into a wider technology space of an OS for cars and household appliances. HP’s webOS chief, Stephen DeWitt, who leads the webOS global business unit, is on an HP mission to build up an ecosystem of developers and manufacturers, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. DeWitt said HP is looking into webOS embedded into cars and appliances. He said HP was into talks with auto and appliance makers but he did not specify any company names. HP’s webOS has a touchscreen interface and Internet connectivity. https://phys.org/news/2011-08-hps-webos-tablet-foxhole-appliance.html Software Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:19:36 EDT news232899565 (AP) -- Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's popular Android operating system. The application not only logs details about incoming and outgoing phone calls, it also records those calls. https://phys.org/news/2011-08-smartphone-frontier-hackers.html Consumer & Gadgets Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:40:27 EDT news231993591 A year after Hewlett-Packard Co. purchased flailing Palm, the technology behemoth is rolling out the first tablet that uses Palm's webOS operating system. https://phys.org/news/2011-06-hp-touchpad-mediocre-tablet.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:41:34 EDT news228627670 (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. will soon include its webOS system for smartphones on all its PCs, upcoming tablet computers and higher-end printers, putting it in competition with operating software from Apple, Google and Microsoft. https://phys.org/news/2011-06-hp-webos-ceo.html Software Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:49:29 EDT news226208944 The tablet computer market is heating up with new entrants all the time, but Apple's iPad will remain the top device over the next few years, according to technology research company Gartner. https://phys.org/news/2011-04-apple-ipad-tablet-gartner.html Consumer & Gadgets Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:02:20 EDT news221760128 Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled its first tablet computer that uses smart phone pioneer Palm's technology on Wednesday - a skinny black gadget that the companies believe will help them catch up with Apple Inc.'s immensely popular iPad. https://phys.org/news/2011-02-palm-unveils-tablet-touchpad.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:26:36 EST news216483980 (AP) -- The head of smart-phone maker Palm said the company's attempt at a turnaround - which ended earlier this year when it was bought by Hewlett Packard for $1.8 billion in cash - was thwarted by competitors that simply moved too quickly. https://phys.org/news/2010-12-palm-turnaround-swifter-peers.html Business Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:13:53 EST news211000407 (PhysOrg.com) -- HP has just released their webOS 2.0 for the Palm Pre and Pre2. This release should give HP a more completive edge in the smarphone arena. WebOS 2.0 offers consumers a new application experience not found on any other smarphone platform. https://phys.org/news/2010-10-hp-webos-palm-pre2-smartphone.html Software Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:20:59 EDT news206796030 At long last, Adobe's Flash Player is making its way out to modern smart phones. But consumers who have been itching to get Flash content on their phones may find themselves disappointed. https://phys.org/news/2010-09-snuff.html Software Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:40:01 EDT news204529168 When Palm launched the Pre smartphone last June, I considered it a close second to the iPhone in the race for best smartphone on the market. https://phys.org/news/2010-02-palm-pace-pre.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:30:01 EST news184530535 Lost in the recent deluge of smart-phone news -- Apple's iPhone store hitting 100,000 applications, and the launches of the new Droid phone and the BlackBerry Storm, among other things -- have been the efforts of longtime handheld gadget maker Palm. https://phys.org/news/2009-11-palm-webos-hasnt-attention.html Software Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:30:01 EST news177157441