Last week, HP delivered on a promise that few thought would ever be met; make WebOS fully open source by September 2012. Well, not only did they do it, they are preparing to put a lot of steam behind the project. We’re Hiring (HP) When a major corporation like HP puts real financial effort behind [...]
Open WebOS Keeps Promise, Delivers 1.0!
HP Fulfills A Deep, Magical Promise The Open WebOS project announced today via its blog the immediate availability of WebOS 1.0. Today is a major win for Open Source as many — including us — were not so fast to trust HP to deliver on the promise of a September release. At the same time, [...]
7 Mobile Operating Systems You Might Never Use
Diamonds– err, Emeralds– In The Rough With iOS and Android dominating the mobile space, it’s sometimes hard to remember that it’s actually a congested and cluttered market. They are quite a few operating systems that are either in an incubating period, or already in your local Verizon store vying for your attention. This attention costs a lot [...]
Meg Whitman’s New Smokescreen: Android To Become Closed-Source?
Wild speculation has been rampant as of late, and HP is no exception. Meg Whitman, who is undoubtedly doing something great right now, has tried to stir the proverbial pot with this statement: I think there is room for another operating system. iOS is great but it is a closed system. I think that Android may [...]
5 Editorials You Missed in 2011
Hello 2012! If you were looking for 2011′s Best of, click here. We’ve already done a recap of our most trending pages of 2011, but there were some great pieces that got lost in the mix. Here are the best editorials 2011 had to offer at The Powerbase. Number 5 Who’s On Google Plus And [...]
Official Petition: Open Source Palm OS
UPDATE: Please read! Do not sign this petition! The Powerbase, in its infinite wisdom, has made an awful mistake. Though our intention were pure, this petition with do nothing. The Palm OS, otherwise referred to as Garnet OS, is a product of Access. We still believe that the Palm (Garnet) OS should be open sourced, [...]
WebOS: A Future Of Choice.
The Future Of Web OS. Since the big announcement last week from HP regarding the future of WebOS, there have been a number of impressions and speculations about what will happen next. Some say that it’s been wounded, and not properly killed off. Others have been positive and upbeat about the possibilities. I am [...]
WebOS: For The People, By The People
For those of you who have been following all of the WebOS drama, there is one little detail that has been up in the air for a while now. What will HP do with WebOS? Will it die a quiet death and lie in an unmarked grave only to be regaled by future nerds like the [...]
Awesome Linux Timeline Updated
There is a blog out there on the Internet called Futurist. I am not completely sure what is there because all of the links are basic geometric shapes, and there is obviously a purpose here that i am not aware. Never-the-less, this Futurist person has put together an awesome and gigantic chart showing the history [...]
Ice Cream Sandwich for HP Touchpad
It will happen. This seems like a no-brainer for the staff at the Powerbase. Between the release of the Touchpad, and the Firesale 6 weeks later that killed it, developers started working a port of Android for the device. Honeycomb was an obvious choice for this machine, but since Google had not released the [...]
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