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HP drops Windows 7 from ‘Slate’ tablet, will use WebOS variant

HP drops Windows 7 from ‘Slate’ tablet, will use WebOS variant

Less than a week after computer maker HP agreed to purchase the struggling smartphone maker Palm $1.2 billion in cash, sources are noting that it will be removing Windows 7 from the Slate tablet, instead choosing to use a WebOS variant, arguably the best smartphone operating system available.
Sources say HP was not happy [...]

HP’s Slate not Favorably Comparable to an Apple iPad

HP’s Slate not Favorably Comparable to an Apple iPad

It has been reported that on Monday, the concept of the Slate as a Netbook without keyboard achieved some position, amid information that the Slate does not match positively to an Apple iPad.
Last week, the reports showed that the ultimate decision on the HP Slate would come only after it is released to major review [...]

Microsoft, HP to unveil ’solutions built on new infrastructure-to-application model’

Microsoft, HP to unveil ’solutions built on new infrastructure-to-application model’

Microsoft and partner Hewlett-Packard are holding a press conference this morning (January 13), where the pair are planning to announce a new joint investment “to prepare customers for the next generation of business computing,” according to information provided to the media.
HP posted early its press release on the topic but pulled it before I could [...]

How did the Names Origin?

I found this interesting piece on the web and I must admit, I didn’t know much of it until now.
Yahoo!
The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver’s Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David Filo [...]

HP Breaks the 24-hour Battery Life Barrier

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2008
HP today announced an unprecedented milestone in mobile computing: up to 24 hours of continuous notebook operation on a single battery charge.
As measured by an industry-standard benchmark, the new HP EliteBook 6930p configured with an optional ultra-capacity battery delivered up to 24 hours of battery runtime.(1)