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HP Mini 110 and Mini 210 Cedar Trail Netbooks Will Start at 279 EUR ($367)

Intel’s Cedar Trail platform might not have the power of AMD’s E-series APUs, but this hasn’t stopped HP from using it in order to refresh their Mini 110 and Mini 210 netbook computers. As many of you surely know by now, Intel’s Cedar Tail platform comprises the Cedarview processors and the N...

31 January 2012
12:01 GMT

HP TouchPad Android 4.0 Mod Updated, CM9 Team Delivers

People probably remember the webOS HP TouchPad, especially since it recently went up for sale (however briefly). They may also remember that the CyanogenMod team released an Android 4.0 mod for it not long ago, showing a video and everything. CM 9 is still in Alpha version, though, so a bunch of things don't...

31 January 2012
06:01 GMT

Former Palm CEO Leaves HP

We have just spotted a piece of information that won't really come as a mind-blowing revelation to anyone who knows about the fate of HP's (previously Palm's) webOS. Going right to the point, former Palm CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Jon Rubinstein has revealed that he is leaving HP. The man came t...

30 January 2012
03:18 GMT

16GB $170/130 Euro HP TouchPad Sells Out Again, 32GB Still Up

The HP TouchPad has emerged once again, having become available for order through Woot.com. The webOS tablet is arguably the most controversial of all tablets ever made, even more so than the much sued Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Woot.com has listed HP's undying product, the 32GB version that is, at a price of ...

27 January 2012
08:58 GMT

Buy World of Warcraft Servers from Blizzard, Perform Charity

If you were wondering what happened with the old hardware after Blizzard inevitably upgraded its server infrastructure, you just got your answer: charity. Blizzard just put 350 HP Blade servers up for auction on eBay. They aren't just any servers, but ones with name plates indicating the realm they maintaine...

26 January 2012
11:11 GMT

HP’s webOS to Go Open Source in Fall 2012

HP is committed to make webOS open source, and has just announced plans to complete the transition to the new licensing model by fall 2012. September is the month during which the webOS would go open source, the company announced, adding that it had already kicked off the transition process, and that it had releas...

26 January 2012
05:09 GMT

HP Windows 7-Running Slate 500 Now Available for $499.95 (385 EUR)

Now that HP discontinued the Slate 500 in the favor of the much newer Slate 2, this Windows 7 tablet has made its way into the bargain bin over at B&H Photo Video which sells it for $499.95 (385 EUR), from its original $799 MSRP. Compared with the $699 (roughly 510 EUR) Slate 2, HP’s original Windows 7 tablet ...

25 January 2012
09:01 GMT

HP Readies Mini 1104 Netbook, Atom Not Dead Quite Yet

Even though Atom-powered netbooks aren't expected to hold onto their market share much longer, HP still thinks there are enough prospective customers out there to warrant a new release. It wasn't long ago that we learned about how some parties believed that Intel's Atom line of netbook chips, and net...

24 January 2012
16:31 GMT

CyanogenMod 9 Mod Released, Android 4.0 Now on TouchPad

It appears that the CyanogenMod team worked much faster than anyone expected on their Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS port for the HP TouchPad. The first build of the Android 4.0 operating system for the HP TouchPad has been completed, according to a forum thread on RootzWiki. Considering that a video of it in ...

19 January 2012
02:42 GMT

HP Chooses New Chief Strategy Officer, Bill Veghte

As it was bound to happen at some point or another, HP has made a new management change, or at least a modification to its existing roster. HP has just announced that it has decided on who will assume the position of chief strategy officer. For those that are unaware of what the job entails, the CSO has to figure ...

18 January 2012
05:26 GMT

HP TouchPad Gets Android 4.0, Cyanogen Mod 9 Video Available

Yet again, the webOS tablet, which sold in droves after it was pronounced dead and buried, has become the subject of Internet talks, this time due to the impending support for Ice Cream Sandwich. It was not unknown that people were working on an unofficial Android 4.0 port for HP's TouchPad tablet, which run w...

17 January 2012
07:40 GMT

HP VantagePoint 135-Inch Multitouch Display Has 4098 x 1536 Resolution

There aren't many displays that can truly qualify as wall panels and, either way, none of them actually covers the space that HP's VantagePoint does. HP has just revealed a so-called collaborative multitouch solution for corporations, public spaces and commercial venues like retail. It is a wall-sized di...

17 January 2012
05:22 GMT

webOS 3.0.5 Rolls-Out on TouchPad

HP has been true to its word and has started to deliver a new software update for the TouchPad. Although it decided to kill the device, the company promised to offer support for it. The new update arrives on devices as webOS 3.0.5 and is being delivered for free over the air. It brings along a variety of improvemen...

14 January 2012
08:21 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS of the Day 01/13/2012

Today is the last day of the CES 2012, and major motherboard manufacturers have announced their upcoming motherboard series, most of them sporting the new Intel chipsets.It seems like the next weeks or months will be flooded with a lot of new gear and we'll be focused on delivering you the newest drivers and BIO...

13 January 2012
10:52 GMT

HP Releases v270w Egg-Shaped Flash Drive

PNY, HP's authorized dealer of flash products, has announced a new flash drive unit, one that tries to be fun and useful at the same time. To be fair, all consumer products attempt, to some extent, to be both fun and useful, but HP may have succeeded at the 'fun' part better than others. That is bec...

13 January 2012
02:51 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Picks of the Day 01/12/2012

Most likely everybody has their eyes on the CES 2012, and nice things are expected to emerge in a few weeks' time as far as the motherboard industry is concerned. Nevertheless, we also know that the interest for new BIOSes is still high, and we're providing you with fresh listings every day. Until the mothe...

12 January 2012
10:46 GMT

CES 2012: Glass Covered HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook Makes Its Debut

Last week’s video teaser of the Envy 14 Spectre hasn’t revealed too many details about the HP notebook outside of the fact that this will be one thin machine, but fortunately the arrival of CES has brought forward some new info for us to dig out teeth into.Build as being a “premium Ultrabook,”...

12 January 2012
04:24 GMT

Free Bios of the Day 01/11/2012

Nothing major for today in the world of BIOSes, just the usual HP notebooks and two Acer desktops, combined with one Asus notebook and few motherboards from Jetway.It is believed that some action will take place soon, as the new chipsets from Intel are about to make their appearance on the scene. Nevertheless, the ne...

11 January 2012
11:29 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Pick of the Day 01/10/2012

To be honest, we've waited for quite a long time to announce this BIOS: Biostar has finally released the initial driver for their only socket LGA2011 motherboard, the TPower X79. It's been around a month or more since the official release of the board, yet no drivers have surfaced until these days. We'...

10 January 2012
10:54 GMT

Download the Latest HP Printer Firmware and Defend Yourself from Hackers

Recent research reveals that some series of HP printers have firmware issues that can cause major information leaks, especially when we're thinking about printers in large networks. While especially-devised documents can be infected with malicious code, printing them can give a hacker complete access over the r...

6 January 2012
09:30 GMT

Protect Your HP LaserJet Devices with the Latest Firmware, Download Here

The latest events surrounding HP LaserJet printers caused a lot of waves and many owners are desperately trying to update their firmware to protect their devices against hackers. Since the firmware is not easy to find on HP’s site, our Drivers Department is offering you easy-to-find download links for your HP L...

6 January 2012
07:31 GMT

HP Outs Notebook Docking Monitor and Some Business Displays Too

In addition to a pair of different computers, HP has prepared a trio of displays, only two of which can perfectly be defined as kin. Out of the three monitors that HP has created for businesspeople, the two that can be called siblings are HP LV1911 and LV2011. Armed with LED backlighting and affordable prices, th...

4 January 2012
15:01 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Pick of the Day for 01/04/2012

The fourth day of 2012 brings, as always, our small assortment of BIOSes. Nothing groundbreaking happening yet in the industry, but things are about to change soon, with the Ivybridge technology getting closer to the official launch date.Asrock has released drivers for a new AMD board codenamed M3N78D FX, running on ...

4 January 2012
11:13 GMT

Gamers Rise from the Ashes with Pavilion HPE h9 Phoenix

HP is showing that it definitely isn't leaving the PC market by unleashing what is supposed to be the fastest gaming desktop it has ever made. Given how quickly CPUs and graphics products, not to mention RAM, have advanced over the past year, this is easy to believe. The product bears the name of Pavilion HP...

4 January 2012
04:05 GMT

HP Omni 27 All-in-One Takes the Stage

Things are definitely heating up in the 27-inch all-in-one system market as after Asus, HP has also decided to release a similar AIO dubbed the HP Omni27 which yet again takes a swing at Apple’s supremacy in this segment.As it’s the case with virtually all AIO computers, the focal point of the Omni27 is i...

4 January 2012
03:59 GMT

Softpedia's Free BIOS of the Day 01/03/2012

We wish a Happy New Year to all the users following us daily to get the latest BIOS we're listing. The first selection for 2012 also brings the initial mass production BIOS for ASRock's newest release.We're refferring to the Fatal1ty X79 Professional motherboard, Asrock's latest device made availa...

3 January 2012
10:52 GMT

HP Updates Mini 110 and Mini 210 Netbooks to Intel Cedar Trail

Intel’s recently announced Cedar Trail platform has also made it in HP’s Mini 110 and Mini 210 netbooks which can now be equipped with the Atom N2600 and Atom N2800 dual-core processors with Hyper-Threading support.The Cedar Trail platform is comprised of the Cedarview processor and the NM10 chipset, whic...

3 January 2012
08:54 GMT

WebOS TouchPad Was Always Doomed Because of Design Flaws

The TouchPad is supposed to be dead and buried, but even now people speak about it and its strange, controversial story. This time, it was Paul Mercer, former senior director of software at Palm, who spoke a few words about the electronic device. It turns out that the TouchPad had been doomed from the start. Gr...

3 January 2012
06:03 GMT

HP Releases Trailer of Envy 14 Spectre Notebook, the World Glitters

HP was feeling particularly dramatic this start of the new year, so it made a 30-second teaser video of the Envy 14 Spectre notebook.Alas, the cinematic masterpiece practically doesn't reveal anything, except that the item is black on the outside and has a perfectly working hinge.Envy 14 Spectre may or may not b...

3 January 2012
03:10 GMT

HP Compaq LE2002xm 20-Inch Monitor Released

HP's new monitor isn't one of those new, Full HD panels, but chooses, instead, to settle for a lower resolution (1,600 x 900 pixels). The widescreen display bears the name of Compaq LE2002xm and has a diagonal of 20 inches. By now, users familiar with HP's product line and naming schemes will have gu...

29 December 2011
16:01 GMT

Free BIOS of the Day 12/29/2011

Here we are, just two days before the end of 2011, bringing you the latest in BIOS files. Not much for today, looks like manufacturers are really on a holiday. Nothing exciting happening these days in the BIOS world so we'll just add a reminder for those who own X79 Gigabyte boards: if you plan to overclock, ple...

29 December 2011
11:22 GMT

HP Wanted $1.2 Billion for WebOS, No Wonder Negotiations Failed

HP's failure to sell the webOS division makes a lot of sense now that the amount of money it wanted in exchange for it has come to light. The IT industry is a place where various demands, ranging from pertinent to outrageous, are made every year. One could have easily thought they had heard everything back w...

29 December 2011
05:13 GMT

Softpedia's Free BIOS of the Day 12/28/2011

With just three days before the end of the year, here we are bringing you the latest in the BIOS news. Obviously, the news of the day as far as BIOSes are concerned is the F7 version for Gigabyte's X79 boards, some of which went up in smoke (and small flames) when their owners tried to push them beyond their OC ...

28 December 2011
11:11 GMT

Softpedia's Free BIOS of the Day 27/12/2011

Here's one of the latest BIOS assortment we are going to post this year. The newest software comes from Asrock, in the body of the AD2700B-ITX motherboard, one of their new series of Atom-bundled boards.Next on the list comes the new BIOS from EVGA, still for their X79-based boards. It seems that there is a lot ...

27 December 2011
10:48 GMT

HP Releases Firmware Update to Prevent Unauthorized Access

After Columbia University researchers Ang Cui and Salvatore Stolfo found a vulnerability in HP LaserJet printers that could allow a hacker to remotely control it to launch cyberattacks, steal information and in some scenarios even set it on fire, HP released a firmware update to mitigate the issue. “HP has bui...

27 December 2011
08:22 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Assortment of the Day 12/21/2011

It's that time of that day, when we're listing the new BIOS we've posted on Softpedia. Today's highlight is represented by the BIOSes from Gigabyte, intended for the new motherboard generation loaded with the X79 chipset.At the same time, Asus' Rampage IV Extreme board and the K42JA/ K42JB no...

21 December 2011
11:22 GMT

HP TouchPad 4G/Go/Go 3G Get Support Despite Never Having Been Launched

Even though HP never actually launched any webOS-loaded tablet beyond the original TouchPad, the product registration page has options for a bunch of slates that never actually saw the light of day, officially anyway. This is one of those bits of info that aren't likely to emerge without someone looking for th...

21 December 2011
04:08 GMT

HP Isn't Changing Its Logo After All

Last week, we stumbled upon reports about HP possibly wishing to change its brand logo and philosophy, but this isn't actually happening, it turns out. Going by the findings of Brand New, HP did commission the services of Moving Brands, but that was back in 2008. The company did use one of the designs, but n...

19 December 2011
16:31 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Selection of the Day

Another day has passed, therefore new BIOS has been posted on the Drivers Area of Softpedia. Today, we bring you an assortment of BIOSes for MSI H67 motherboards, Acer Veriton desktops (for both Windows and Linux), and an HP notebook.Our picks were:Acer Veriton M688G BIOS P01.B0Acer Veriton M688G BIOS P01.B0L for Lin...

17 December 2011
07:07 GMT

New BIOS Posted on Softpedia, Asus VGA BIOSes Included

Here is a list of new BIOSes we've just uploaded. We've got BIOS for two Asus top-drawer gaming motherboards, HP notebooks, Acer desktop PCs and two Gigabyte motherboards.We're also happy to bring you two new files for Asus graphics cards: the GTX560 and GTX560Ti. Owners of said cards should also take ...

17 December 2011
03:21 GMT

Qualcomm's Gobi 3000 Broadband Lands Inside HP Laptops

It took a while, but the Qualcomm Gobi 3000 mobile broadband technology has found a new home in a number of HP mobile personal computers, especially business ones. HP won't be including the software with every one of its machines, instead sticking to a select number of them. After all, the notebooks that will...

16 December 2011
10:16 GMT

HP TouchPad Gets MIUI Android, webOS Goes By-Bye

Looks like the HP TouchPad may soon get a working, reasonably bug-free version of the Android operating system, much to the delight of ever so many owners. Android being Android, there are more than a few people who know how to hack and customize it. Thus, there are those who know how to tweak it and port it to ...

16 December 2011
09:30 GMT

HP Releases X4000 and X5000 Laser Wireless Mice

The X4000 and X5000 aren't all that different from each other and, indeed, they look mostly the same, but they are distinct peripherals nonetheless. The X4000 has a regular scroll wheel and a battery life of up to 30 months, while the other one has a touch scroll and up to 24-month life. Power is provided by a...

15 December 2011
20:01 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Listing of the Day

We've promised that we would inform you about the BIOS section on our website. Since there are a lot of users interested in keeping their BIOSes up to date, we figured that such an idea would be a welcomed one. Even more, we've noticed a high interest in this matter, therefore we're happy to let you kn...

15 December 2011
11:00 GMT

HP Wants to Change Its Brand Logo

Looks like HP may be changing its brand logo again, quite soon even, if a pair of videos that just started to get the attention of the web are anything to go by. After all the strange things that HP went through over the past few months, the company is considering a change of face. That is to say that it might end...

14 December 2011
09:43 GMT

HP WebOS Developer Relations Community Manager Leaves Too

HP is painting a pretty bleak picture for its webOS division, beginning serious staff reductions right around the winter holidays, but there is little stopping it now. In fact, none other than webOS Developer Relations Community Manager Chuq von Rospach has announced that he, too, is leaving. In this case, at lea...

14 December 2011
08:49 GMT

PNY Unveils Puny Flash Drives, HP v240b/v240g

PNY figured this was as good a time as any for a new flash drive to make its appearance, so it went ahead and launched the HP v240b/v240g. The HP v240b/v240g can be called a flash drive with multiple capacities just as easily as it can be dubbed a flash drive series with five (or really ten) members. Overall, the ...

14 December 2011
05:58 GMT

All the Drivers for HP 635 Notebook Available on Softpedia

The HP 635 is a nifty tool for those who are looking for an inexpensive notebook suitable for personal use or for a small business. HP 635 comes with a dual-core AMD CPU and embedded graphics card; the 15.6" backlit LED screen supports HD media and the HDMI port lets you connect it to a bigger screen if needed. The c...

13 December 2011
10:24 GMT

HP General Counsel Michael J. Holston Leaves

Some may have thought that HP had finally settled down and that its leading staff had been mostly decided upon, but it looks like that is not altogether true, as Michael J. Holston, executive vice president and general counsel, has left as well. In the company's own words, the man “will leave the company...

13 December 2011
03:55 GMT

HP TouchPad Fire Sale Only Had 8,000 Models

There sales and there are super sales, and then there's the sort of event that HP hold yesterday (December 11), when it sold TouchPad tablets for just $99 (74 Euro or so). We already saw how the sale lasted for the entirety of several minutes before they all got ordered off. The traffic was so big and fast, in...

12 December 2011
14:11 GMT


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