HP keeps promising that it has plans for webOS but those plans are going to have to be pretty minimal at this point. The key members of the HP Enyo team who work on webOS’s HTML5 technology has packed up and left for Google, The Verge reported late Thursday. HP took webOS open-source when it released Enyo

HP is gearing up to shed 27,000 employees from its global workforce in an effort to save around $3.5 billion. Those savings will then be invested into growth areas like cloud storage technology, according to Sky News. The cuts will account for around 8% of HP’s workforce of almost 350,000 people, so there’s little surprise

HP revealed plans on Wednesday to lay off 8% of its workforce, or about 8% of its employees in an effort to save money and propel growth. HP will start by offering employees early retirement packages, which should help it save about $3 – $3.5 billion through 2014, but the final number of lay offs

Apple’s iPad helped the company maintain the top spot as the world’s largest shipper of mobile PCs according to a recent report published by NPD. The company shipped roughly 17.2 million mobile PCs during the first quarter of this year, up 118% year-over-year and representing a 22.5% market share. NPD’s preliminary DisplaySearch Quarterly Mobile PC

Just less than a year ago, the tech world was infected with an outbreak of TouchPad fever. HP’s floundering attempt to bring webOS into the tablet arena saw a brief resurrection after the company placed the slab on fire sale status, dropping its price to $99. There’s something about a deal that’s hard to resist, because

HP is considering laying off 25,000 employees, or about 8 percent of the company. The computer maker is reportedly considering the layoffs in an effort to cut costs and to better address the decreased demand for computers and services, Bloomberg said Thursday. HP is chewing over laying off 10,000 to 15,000 employees from its enterprise

Apple isn’t the only company who uses China’s Foxconn to manufacture its products — others include Sony, Microsoft, Dell, Nokia, Nintendo and HP, Cult of Mac said. Yet, the Cupertino-based company is often the sole target of heavy media and consumer criticism. Apple has worked to help improve working conditions at Foxconn plants before, and

Windows 8 isn’t expected to drop until the end of 2012, but HP may already be preparing to shop around one tablet equipped with Microsoft’s upcoming OS. An internal slide — cleverly titled “The Right Business Touch” — acquired by Neowin — reveals what appears to be a device quite clearly aimed at the enterprise

Oracle, a company that specializes in enterprise software products — particularly database management systems — once considered entering the smartphone market to compete directly with Android. In fact, according to the company’s CEO, Larry Ellison, Oracle at one point contemplated the purchase of Research In Motion or Palm, but ultimately decided it was a “bad

Intel is reportedly preparing to unveil its first string of Ivy Bridge processors on Monday, April 23. The quad-core chips, which emphasize graphics and multimedia processing strengths, will be available for both mobile and desktop devices, CNET said. Dual-core chips are expected to land later this year and will be used in Intel-based ultrabooks. Many of

HP on Wednesday officially announced that it is restructuring the company and merging the Imaging and Printing Group with its Personal Systems Group to create a new Printing and Personal Systems Group. Todd Bradley will head up the new division and the current executive vice president of HP’s imaging and printing group, Vyomesh Joshi, announced his

As HP tried to find a new niche for itself, rumors are arising that the company may combine its flagging PC business with its still successful printer division. A story has been circulating today that originated over at All Things D that HP CEO Meg Whitman, formerly of eBay, is looking into combining the two

HP on Tuesday announced that it was releasing additional developer tools for its Open webOS project. The company released a new mobile web browser called Isis, which is built on QtWebkit — a technology that was first open sourced by Nokia — and supports both CSS3 and HTML5. “We’ve benchmarked the new Isis webOS browser

After failing to find a buyer for Palm’s assets, HP begrudgingly announced that webOS would be an open affair. With the dust finally settled, HP CEO Meg Whitman saw fit to reveal details about her feelings towards webOS’ future, explaining how HP has a clear vision for the beset operating system. In addition, Whitman audaciously

Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm, has fulfilled his duties to HP and has made his way out the door. When Hewlett-Packard purchased Palm in 2010, they got Jon Rubinstein, the CEO of the company at the time, in the deal.  His agreement with HP was for 12 to 24-months, and according to a brief

The official open-sourcing of webOS began today with the release of Enyo 2.0 to developers. Along with today’s release, HP also detailed a nine-month roadmap culminating in the full release of Open webOS 1.0 this September. The full details are available on the HP webOS Developer Blog. Enyo, the javascript-based application framework at the core of webOS

If you weren’t already disappointed that you missed out on a $99 TouchPad tablet during HP’s fire sale last year, then you will be now. We already know that hackers are working on porting Google’s Android operating system to the device, but we didn’t expect it to get Ice Cream Sandwich earlier than most native Android

It might be surprising to some, but even though HP has opted to put webOS out to the open source pasture, the company still plans to support the software, and to do that, someone has to be in charge of it. HP named HP Names Bill Veghte as its new Chief Strategy Officer today. Included

Despite announcing the death of its webOS hardware back in August, 2011, HP is still rolling out updates for its failed TouchPad tablet. The latest release, webOS version 3.0.5, introduces a number of new features and a list of tweaks that will undoubtedly be welcomed with open arms by TouchPad users. After installing the 3.0.5

Since the release of Apple’s iPad back in 2010, numerous manufacturers have attempted to secure their own portion of the market with rival devices running rival operating systems. Unfortunately for them, the iPad is just too strong to be taken down, and many vendors — such as HP and RIM — are discovering that no

As 2011 ticks that last digit over, it’s natural to take a moment and reflect. It’s perhaps the only time when being a bit sentimental isn’t corny or cheesy, but expected, especially after a year that made us laugh, scream, cry or cheer. At various times, we’ve had our worlds rocked, our breath taken away,

After dragging its feet for the better part of 2011, HP finally decided to make webOS an open affair rather than kill it off altogether. Newly released information is shedding light on what may have happened during this period of darkness, revealing HP to be quite reluctant to lose out on its initial investment. According

Looking back I can hardly remember what gadgets were hot on my mind as I boarded the short flight from Oakland to Las Vegas for CES 2011. I remember that show featuring an onslaught of dual-core mobile devices and a sexy electric car that still hasn’t shipped, but mainly I remember meeting Jon and shooting

It’s the end of the year, and Noah K rounds up the biggest and baddest rumors of 2011. From phones to tablets, from Apple to Zinc, Noah covers all the happenings that made the 2011 tech headlines. Top Apple Rumors of 2011 Top Android Rumors of 2011 Amazon was on Fire This Year – Kindle

Interesting things have been happening in the smartphone technosphere this year. Android, once the young upstart, is now a juggernaut with an army of devices stomping all over the mobile scene. Although Apple‘s iPhone is still the one to beat, the company seems more interested in suing everyone than refreshing its stale, gridded UI. Meanwhile, BlackBerry (RIM) is