Deal rids HP of the centerpiece of its purchase of Palm HP used webOS as springboard into smartphones%2C tablets SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard is selling its webOS software to South Korean ...

Unless Apple significantly revamps iOS for the iPad, it’s going to be blown away by HP’s upcoming WebOS TouchPad tablet when it comes to multitasking. HP unveiled the TouchPad today at a media event ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just five minutes ago, computing behemoth Hewlett Packard announced that it would be acquiring mobile handset maker Palm for $1.2 billion. The knee-jerk chatter from the announcement is hey, HP iPaq ...

SEOUL, Korea, and PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 – LG Electronics Inc. has acquired the webOS operating system technology from HP, the companies announced today. To support its next-generation Smart ...

— -- BARCELONA -- Now that HP has committed to Android for tablets and phones — beginning with the HP Slate 7 — it's time for the company to get rid of some of its excess baggage — namely, webOS.

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. HP will indeed sell ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It might be one of the technology world's most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it's making its webOS mobile system available as ...

Come 2012, HP’s WebOS platform won’t be just for phones, tablets and printers. The PC maker plans to put WebOS on all of its laptops and desktop computers starting next year. HP chief executive Leo ...

Hey, Hewlett-Packard, you’re a real head-scratcher. Just 16 months ago you promise to change the mobile world by acquiring WebOS. Now, you’ve raised the white flag on that $1.2 billion buy. It’s a lot ...