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(1) (Web OS) An operating system designed for Web use only. See Google Chrome OS. (2) A Linux-based operating system for Palm smartphones. Introduced with the Palm Pre in 2009, and later the...
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Definition: webOS
(1) (Web OS) An operating system designed for Web use only. See Google Chrome OS.
(2) A Linux-based operating system for Palm smartphones. Introduced with the Palm Pre in 2009, and later the Pixi, webOS features touch screen operation with integration of social media and support for Web technologies such as JavaScript, CSS and HTML5. After HP's acquisition of Palm in 2010, webOS made its way into a subsequent line of tablet PCs. See HP TouchPad and Palm.
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HP webOS open source begins -- what next?
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HP publishes timeline for making webOS open source
HP execs explain that the shift to commit webOS to open source is a "decisive step" towards meeting its "goal of accelerating the platform's development."
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Open-source webOS is dead on arrival
The more I look at what HP has had to say about webOS; the more I think the project's as dead as a doornail.
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One gotcha to open source webOS: HP
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HP's WebOS plan modeled after Red Hat's Fedora
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WebOS is doomed to fail
Hewlett-Packard may think it's resuscitating WebOS by turning it into an open-source platform, but the truth is the plug was pulled a long time ago.
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HP open-sources WebOS, but will anyone develop for it?
It's great that HP has open-sourced webOS, but without HP's full backing can webOS be anything more than just another also-ran mobile operating system?
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Why open-source WebOS has legs: because people fear Google
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webOS' potential: A headache for iOS, Android?
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HP to make webOS open source; is it just prolonging the end?
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HP open sources WebOS: The fallout
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HP: WebOS, Enyo app framework goes open source
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HP expected to reveal webOS' fate today: What's on the cards?
As HP's chief executive Meg Whitman set to make her decision on the fate of webOS today, a look back at the two options she has: keep it, or ditch it.
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