The biggest consequence of all of the HP maneuvering could be the creation of a real drive to popularize non-Windows OSs, even on the desktop. HP's announcement that it would make WebOS available as a ...

HP is weighing up a sale of the WebOS platform it got when it bought Palm last year, according to a report. HP's jumbled approach to WebOS was a major factor in the defenestration of chief executive ...

After HP's webOS hardware unit was scuttled by upper management, the webOS software team has hopes of bringing their work to the mainstream, leveraging Apple's open web platform to do so. While early ...

Hewlett-Packard’s announcement on Thursday to stop making tablets and smartphones based on webOS surprised many analysts, who said the company buckled under the pressure of Apple’s momentum and ...

HP is moving forward with its plans to open source webOS, after failing to sell it off last year. The company says it plans to complete the open sourcing process for webOS by September, which will be ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HP (NYSE: HPQ) today enlarged the HP webOS world with the first webOS slate – the HP TouchPad – the breakthrough webOS user interface fully realized in the tablet ...

At its WebOS event a few moments ago, HP announced three new Palm-centric products: one small, one medium, and one large. The HP Veer is a miniature touch smartphone, the Pre 3 updates the existing ...

HP has confirmed it has layoffs in the webOS business group underway, a part of the announced effort to shut the hardware side of that group down this year. The company has confirmed that over 500 ...

HP said today it will discontinue its WebOS operations as the company cut its outlook for the next two quarters. The company will also acquire Autonomy, an enterprise information retrieval outfit. The ...

Company names HP veteran Stephen DeWitt to lead WebOS business. Jon Rubinstein will now work on ensuring WebOS will work across HP's many products. Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor / Head of News ...