HP on Wednesday announced a restricted beta release of webOS 2.0, the operating system it acquired when it bought Palm early this year. This is open to developers belonging to Palm’s Early Access program. The beta adds several new features, and apps built with it will be released to all carriers that offer Palm devices, Palm spokesperson Alex Hunter told TechNewsWorld.

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HP Breathes New Life Into WebOS

In the wake of former CEO Mark Herd’s sexual harassement scandal, HP is announcing that it is acquiring Fortify, a software security company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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HP Acquires Software Security Company Fortify

We already got a look at a robot wheelchair that was on display at the current Next-Generation Robot Manufacturing Exhibition in Japan, but it wasn’t the only robotic health care device on display at the show — this so-called Yurina robot from Nihon Logic Machine was also busy impressing attendees with its patient-lifting abilities. This one offers more than just brute strength, however, as it can also convert itself to a wheelchair that’s nimble enough to navigate narrow hallways and be controlled using either by voice directions, a touchscreen, or a Wii nunchuck-type controller.

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Yurina health care robot promises to help lift, terrify patients

We’ve definitely seen new Nikon gear leak in the foreign press before, and it looks like the cycle continues: that rumored Nikon D3100 SLR just prefabricated an appearance in the pages of Germany’s Foto Digital magazine, along with an updated Coolpx S1100pj projector-cam and a new Coolpix S5100. The D3100 is obviously the main attraction — it has a 14 megapixel sensor with up to ISO 12800 sensitivity, a new 1080p video mode, and an improved processor and autofocus system, for a body-only price of €650 ($831). Not bad — even though we don’t know if it has that rumored continuous autofocus mode for video yet.

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Nikon D3100 SLR, Coolpix S1100pj and S5100 compacts leaked in German magazine

When Amazon first released the Kindle in 2007, it confused me. The favourite notion was that it was a way to move more Amazon content.

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Phones? Set-Top Boxes? Tablets? As Apple And Google Fight, Amazon Quietly Lurks

Back in June, we heard from a couple of good sources that an executive exodus was about to take place at Palm , as everyone waited for the HP deal to go through. We can now confirm that the exodus did in fact take place, and we have some obloquy to establish it. We first reported early this day that Peter Skillman , the Vice President of Design at Palm had left the company

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Who Is Left At Palm? Hint: Not Execs Katie Mitic Or Jeff Zwerner

The hits just keep on coming for HP. Hot on the heels of the big story of HP CEO Mark Hurd’s resignation amid scandal, another high-level mortal has left the company.

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The Man Who Designed The Pre Is The Latest To Leave Palm/HP

Droid 2 “coming soon,” leaked, leaked again, leaked some more and finally as dummy phones at Ideal Buy. Leaked HTC phone might be a Verizon world phone. Have questions about the Evo 4G Froyo upgrade

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 8 August 2010

Let me begin off by saying that I don’t think this is going to happen.

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If HP Really Wants To Be Apple, Here’s Their Shot. What About Rubinstein?

Two Galaxy S-class reviews: Samsung Vibrant Review , Samsung Captivate Review.

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 1 Aug 2010