Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PST

Mobile is getting grounded, HP CEO Leo Apotheker has announced. In 2012, HP will include the mobile operating system it purchased with Palm in 2009, webOS, on every PC it ships, along with the latest version of stationary computing standard Microsoft Windows. HP seeks to expand the webOS platform's reach and attract more developers, Apotheker explained. With a mere 6,000 developed apps, webOS seriously lags both Apple's App Store, with its 350,000 apps, and Google's Android, with its 250,000. That could all change, however, with the webOS-PC marriage.

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:57 PM PST

Android 3.0, aka "Honeycomb," took center stage at Wednesday's AnDevCon keynote address, and LinuxInsider joined about 200 Android developers in a small room at the Marriott Hotel in San Mateo, Calif., to listen in. Presenters Chet Haase and Romain Guy of Google explained some things about the Honeycomb operating system and demoed some of its features using a Motorola Xoom tablet while trading quips. They also discussed the fragmentation of Android and pointed out the recently introduced Fragments feature Google put out to deal with that issue.

Who's on the Mobile Security Job?

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:00 AM PST

Enterprises are coming to realize that while their VPNs might be doing a fine job of controlling data, mobile devices have turned into a veritable wild west of security nightmares. It was all well and good when the only thing they had to worry about was data being accessed by enterprise BlackBerry users. Its proprietary server infrastructure has always provided a welcome security blanket for email security. Today, however, almost every smartphone in use can be a business device. And that's a problem that IT managers are not happy about.

GnoTime: A Marvelously Manic Time Tracker

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:00 AM PST

If your work routine at all resembles mine, you probably have little or no time to squeeze in new appointments or run unscheduled errands. That is where the GnoTime Tracking Tool can save your work day and probably much of your night time as well. The Gnome Time Tracker comes close to doing it all. It works as your to-do list. It can serve as your diary or work journal. Even better, it can track how much time you spend on projects. If those functions do not qualify GnoTime as the Linux killer app of the year, then maybe its ability to generate invoices based on that time log will.

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

HP: You Get WebOS, You Get WebOS - Every PC Gets WebOS

HP: You Get WebOS, You Get WebOS - Every PC Gets WebOS

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