HP WebOS Acquired by LG for powering Smart TVs

The South Korean company, LG Electronics Inc. has purchased a mobile operating system from Hewlett-Packard that used to be a Palm product before HP purchased it. The Hewlett-Packard WebOS was originally meant for the company’s smart devices, but it failed and thus turned into an open source project. Now, HP has recently moved into Android for its tablets with Slate 7 and has sold its open source project to LG. LG will be using the HP WebOS for supporting its next-generation Smart TV technology.

The acquisition of source code, engineering talent, associated documents and related websites took place under an authentic agreement between the two companies. As part of the dealing, LG will get licenses under HP’s Intellectual Property (IP) for supporting its WebOs products. It will include patents from Palm including user interface technologies and fundamental operating system for broad use in the industry.

LG will assume protection of the open source projects of Enyo and WebOS. However, HP will retain ownership of all Palm cloud computing assets (infrastructure, source code, talent and contracts). In other words, HP will be supporting Palm users. Both the companies do not expect a material impact of this transaction on their financial statements, but there is no disclosure of terms for the deal.

An Insight into Best Printers of 2012

This blog covers the most commonly used gadget in office; the printer. They have evolved from the one with black ink to the one producing coloured prints for real-life images. The year 2012 provided some of the best display of printers’ technology.

Lantronix xPrintServer Network Edition

Have you ever thought of printing wirelessly from your iOS devices? The amazing part is without installing any app on your device. The Lantronix xPrintServer does exactly this without installing any application. Perfect reason to include it in top 100 products of 2012. I think, its the most convenient printer.

Canon imageCLASS MF4890dw

A monochrome laser all-in-one printer, which prints at 25ppm and has a 50-sheet duplex ADF with wired and wireless networking support is brought to you by Canon. It features a large 5-line LCD on a vari-angle control panel. At RM2,188, the MF4890dw offers excellence and affordability, a difficult to get combination in this gadgets’ world.

HP Officejet 150 Mobile AIO Printer

Scanners and standalone mobile printers are common, but there were no device combining both functions till HP Officejet 150 entered the market. It features built-in Bluetooth to enable printing from mobile devices. The lithium-ion battery provides power to print up to 500 pages on a single charge. Users can also store, scan and share documents with the help of memory card.