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Next from HP, the Stream Mini: the “Chromebox killer?”

January 7, 2015December 10, 2021 Anthony

Announced this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas are a pair of computers meant to compete with the Chromebox, the small-sized

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“The Walking Dead OS”: WebOS gets a second chance… in smart TVs

February 25, 2013December 10, 2021 Anthony

Flickr Creative Commons photo by Ged Carroll (CC BY) WebOS. The mobile OS that I and everyone else had long left for dead, including HP

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Anthony gets a new HP laptop and moves to Linux Mint

August 11, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

As the subject line says, I’ve finally gotten a newer laptop to replace the trusty-but-aging (and wearing out) HP Pavilion dv6-1230us I bought at an

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Laptop Search 2012 continues (now with more Ivy Bridge!)

May 19, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

To keep up the tech side of things on the blog, I thought I’d post my progress on looking for a newer laptop. Now that

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Tech thoughts: My first week with the Xbox, plus WebOS back from the dead?

December 10, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

It’s been about a week and a half since I’ve gotten my Xbox 360, and so far, I’ve been enjoying the experience. The main games

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Tech thoughts: Requiem for WebOS, plus $99 TouchPads?!

August 20, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

The online tech world still mourns (sort of) the passing of WebOS… with everyone and their brother giving their two cents on why WebOS failed.

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RIP WebOS

August 18, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Looks like it’s finally the end for WebOS, after this week’s already-disastrous news about Best Buy wanting HP to take its TouchPads back: not only

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HP to install WebOS alongside Windows on all PCs starting in 2012

March 9, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Ars Technica reports that starting next year, HP plans on including WebOS with all of its shipping PCs, alongside the usual Windows 7 install. I

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New WebOS products announced, no more “Palm” brand

February 9, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Today, HP held a big press conference to announce several new products using WebOS (Palm’s smartphone operating system): http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/02/hp-announces-touchpad-tablet-and-two-new-phones.ars Two new smartphones were announced, the

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