WebOS isn't dead! After much fiddling and tinkering, a pre-alpha of a WebOS running as an Android app has been shown in a working state. Previous attempts to make Open WebOS run on Android haven't ...

In December 2011, HP announced that its webOS source code would “eventually be made available” under an open-source license, with continued support from the company. The goals presented by this ...

Android's open source nature has made it a firm favourite with plenty, but those that trumpet the platform may have a new OS to rally around. Via a posting on its developer blog, HP has for the first ...

Hard on the heels of the news that HP's webOS Global Business Unit is being as an independent but wholly owned company called Gram, the company on Friday officially launched Open webOS into beta.

According to HP president and CEO, Meg Whitman, "webOS is the only platform designed from the ground up to be mobile, cloud-connected and scalable. By contributing this innovation, HP unleashes the ...

HP has officially announced that WebOS will be open sourced by September 2012. This is a marvelous thing for the WebOS community, and Palm fans everywhere. It's step one in bringing WebOS back from ...

Hewlett-Packard released two beta versions of its open source webOS on Friday: one for developers that runs on the Ubuntu Linux desktop, and one for the “OpenEmbedded” development environment, ...

HP's decision to cut its $1.2 billion losses and open up WebOS was likely the only choice it had HP announced today plans to contribute WebOS and its Enyo application framework to the open source ...

webOS going open source in September Stephen Withers Stephen Withers is one of Australia¹s most experienced IT journalists, having begun his career in the days of 8-bit 'microcomputers'. He covers the ...

Hewlett-Packard has cut 275 jobs in its webOS group, as part of its strategy to turn the operating system over to the open-source community, a source said Tuesday. HP said last year that it would stop ...

WebOS, the software behind HP’s failed TouchPad tablet and Palm’s failed Pre smartphones, is getting another shot at life as an open source operating system. That means anyone, from bedroom ...

After last month’s bare-bones announcement that HP would open-source webOS, it appears we’ve finally had some meat to flesh out the story, and so long as you don’t mind a bit of a wait, it’s pretty ...