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• HP wants Palm OS for Web-connected printers, Hurd says

  Hewlett-Packard has already said it will use Palm's webOS in smartphones and slate computers, but on Tuesday it revealed it has another category of products in mind: printers.

• Will HP release a Palm webOS touch tablet?

  An unconfirmed story at Examiner.com claims that HP will release a touch tablet based on the Palm webOS operating system in the third quarter of this year.

• HP-Palm acquisition could see WebOS devices in Australia by 2011

  HP's $US1.2 billion acquisition of the ailing Palm smartphone business will inevitably lead to WebOS-based devices officially reaching Australian shores by 2011, according to industry analysts.

• HP-Palm faces uphill battle in Europe

  A merged Hewlett-Packard and Palm will have a long way to go before it can challenge the likes of Nokia, Apple, Research In Motion (RIM) and HTC in the European market, according to analysts.

• Palm users 'giddy' over HP's buyout

  Users on Palm blogs were generally euphoric about Wednesday's announcement that HP will buy the struggling smartphone maker in a deal worth US$1.2 billion. But there were skeptics, who offered cautions and raised concerns, ranging from HP's deftness in handling Palm's culture and talent, its close ties to Microsoft, and its overall weakness in the mobile market.

• History shows HP's Palm buy can work

  If history can help predict the future, then Hewlett-Packard has a good shot at aptly digesting Palm, analysts say.

• Palm deal could redefine HP's tablet OS strategy

  Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Palm could redefine the PC maker's mobile OS strategy, potentially impacting the company's reliance on Microsoft operating systems.

• In Pictures: A Palm technology timeline

  Ah, the heady days of the late 1990s, when every dot-com stock was a guaranteed winner and when every day trader worth his salt carried around a Palm Pilot personal to keep track of all their information.

• HP to buy Palm, shake up the mobile world

  HP's purchase of Palm could not only save webOS, but should also cause a few shivers for Microsoft.

• HP to buy struggling Palm for $US1.2 billion

  Hewlett-Packard plans to buy struggling phone maker Palm for US$1.2 billion.

• Palm's software chief quits

  Michael Abbott, the head of Palm's software and services team, will leave the company at the end of next week, according to a regulatory filing Palm made on Friday.

• Will Palm's sale create a windfall for U2's Bono and partners?

  Q: What's the connection between one of the world's top rock and roll performers and a sinking U.S. smartphone maker? A: Venture capital.

• Palm reportedly up for sale

  Palm Inc. is being put up for sale, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Qatalyst Partners helping the Pre smartphone maker find a buyer, according to a report from Bloomberg.

• Can fan-driven ad campaign spark Palm webOS phone sales?

  The team of Palm enthusiasts at webOSroundup.com has launched a crowd-sourcing project that invites other Palmophiles to create their own video ads for Palm's innovative operating system and the phones that run it.<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031910-10-must-have-free-palm-webos.html"> </a>

• Palm CEO: We could have been bigger than Droid

  If Palm's WebOS products had gone on sale at Verizon before Motorola's Droid, Palm's fortunes today would be very different, the company's CEO said Thursday during its third-quarter earnings call."