News from ZDNet | | | HP's future prospects: A look at three scenarios HP's future is very much in question. Here's a look at a base, best and worst case scenarios. Read more | | Libyan internet briefly returns as rebels storm capital As Gaddafi's compound comes under fire by rebels storming the capital city of Tripoli, the Internet connection flickers back to life. Read more | | HP single-handedly destroys non-iPad tablet market After getting a taste for $99 tablets, will consumers continue to stomach $500 price tags? Read more | | The six biggest things I learned during the HP TouchPad's fire sale weekend HP's TouchPad was supposed to die a quiet death. Then HP dropped its price and the tablet suddenly became relevant again. Here's what we have to learn. Read more | | HP's TouchPad fire sale: The fallout HP's TouchPad liquidation sale says a lot about the company, the tablet market and its ability to keep an e-commerce site running. Read more | | BestBuy.com is offering the HP TouchPad for $100 until supplies run out Less than 15 minutes ago, I went to BestBuy.com and successfully ordered one and will see it arriving sometime this week. Read more | | HP TouchPad insult to injury: Cart glitch hampers SMB fire sale Given the reputation hit HP is going to get over this TouchPad discontinuation, you'd think at the least the company would have its IT systems ready for an inventory liquidation. Read more | | If webOS is the perfect mobile OS, why can't it succeed? There is a lot to like about webOS, but it is not the perfect mobile OS and neither Palm or HP can seem to launch it on modern hardware. Read more | | Did crappy hardware doom the HP TouchPad? An interesting report has emerged from the postmortem for the TouchPad, the webOS-based tablet that HP dumped last week as part of a surprise pivot for the company away from consumer products.... Read more | | The Touchpad and HP's future in education Buh-bye, Touchpad...and buh-bye to the perennial back-to-school pallets of HP hardware. Time to look elsewhere for tech refreshes, no matter how cheap HPs might be (or might become). Read more | | Smartphone makers try price creep: Time to revolt Don't look now but smartphone prices are starting to creep higher. This strategy is going to be tested amid a weakening economy and an iPhone 5 that may sell at $199.99. Read more | | webOS devs: Microsoft offers free phones and training for Windows Phone 7 Microsoft has focused on reaching out to developers for Windows Phone 7 and in their latest scheme they reached out to webOS developers as HP kills the hardware and offers an uncertain future. Read more | | Not to be outdone by iPhone 5, Google's Nexus Prime is also launching in October? Google's Nexus Prime could challenge the upcoming iPhone 5 this October, with a giant 4.5-inch, 720p Super AMOLED HD display, Android Ice Cream Sandwich and 4G/LTE. Read more | | Skype acquires Microsoft BizSpark partner GroupMe GroupMe -- a startup that has built a cross-phone-platform messaging and conference-call service -- is going to be part of Skype... which is going to be part of Microsoft. Read more | | Apple seeking injunction against most Samsung Android phones and tablets Apple is demanding a ban of nearly all of Samsung's Android phones and tablets in the EU. If granted Samsung would likely miss the entire holiday shopping season. Read more |
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