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You'd think that a company like HP would figure out what it wants to do with webOS before it publicly discontinues all current and future products containing the operating system. You know, to avoid confusion. Well, no, apparently the decision was made with too much haste. According to ThisIsMyNext, HP held an all-hands meeting with the webOS team yesterday where newly appointed head of webOS Stephen DeWitt reiterated that HP still plans… Read More

“In a meeting in Atlanta Thursday, 180 voters, or 56 percent, supported the Task Group N (TGnSync) proposal, compared to 44 percent for the WWiSE (World-Wide Spectrum Efficiency) proposal. A meeting of the minds may not be that far off as there are many similarities in both proposals. Both the TGnSync and WWiSE proposals would bring wireless LANs up to and potentially beyond the 100 Mbps speeds of Ethernet LANs. Both also use… Read More

“The paper reports a final decision will be announced at the Siemens annual general meeting on 27 January. A spokesman for Siemens declined to comment on the report but confirmed to the Scotsman newspaper that the division's future was under review by chief executive Heinrich von Pierer and that an announcement will be made at the annual meeting.” Apparently NEC was rumored to be purchasing the unit, but they have gone on… Read More

This week's meeting was all about extremes – monitors that are very big or very small, very thin, very light and very, very high-resolution. While some tech enthusiasts are willing to shell out thousands of dollars for the next new thing, whether and how soon more mainstream versions of these gadgets will appear in your living rooms – or even clothing – will depend largely on the price. Few can afford to pay about… Read More

The New York Post said the company's investment bankers at Goldman Sachs are putting together a proposal for the online unit to be considered at its April meeting. It said AOL chief Jonathan Miller is to present an update on AOL's business at that meeting. A sale or spin off would essentially undo the 2001 purchase by America Online of media conglomerate Time Warner, whose units include cable television operations, movie… Read More