If you were to take a look at HP’s new WebOS-powered TouchPad and RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry Playbook, you might notice that the two operating systems have distinctly similar features and interfaces. LaptopMagnoticed this too and highlighted the similarities which include RIM’s use of multitasking inside its QNX operating system on the PlayBook, a system which displays open applications in separate windows (or cards as it is referred to on the WebOS platform), that can be closed by swiping them off of the screen....

Anytime that there’s a story about someone joining Path, I have to hold back from making all of the obvious puns. Today, I will let them all fly for your reading enjoyment. Visual designer Edward Scherf has decided to chart a new course,leaving his trailat Palm and HP for a new moment at mobile sharing startupPath. Scherf, according tohis LinkedIn profile, joined Palm in November of 2010 and expresses a particular fondness for “hand-crafted icons, rich user interfaces, and websites....

HP Envy 15 review: A powerful content creator’s laptop without the bulk Specifications Depending on where you’re shopping, you can also find variants with a 4K OLED display, Intel Optane Memory in addition to the SSD, and more powerful graphics cards. Here’s what it’s like to use the Envy 15 for creative work, and a bit of play. What’s great about the Envy 15? I love the way this laptop looks, with its classy branding, matte finished metal exterior, narrow bezels around the display, and the minimalist design of the keyboard deck....

With its surpriseannouncementthat it was discontinuing the TouchPad tablet and Pre phones, HP effectively killed webOS device development at the company. The question now is what the future holds for webOS and the assets of webOS creator Palm. In aTweetjust minues ago, HP’s VP of Developer Relations Richard Kerris says that licensing, or outright sale, is the route that HP is going to take with webOS. #HPwebOS is an awesome software platform and now we can explore the best hardware partner for it....

Despite rumours to the contrary, HPwill notbe selling its PC business anytime soon, after HP’s SVP and Chief Communications Officer Bill Wohl addressed reports by stating it remains at the “core [of] HP’s strategy for the connected world”. DigiTimes hadreportedthat HP was looking to sell its PC business, sourcing an article in the Chinese-language publication Commercial Times. It was suggested that Samsung was lining up an acquisition, a rumour that has been circulating from late in 2010....