Editor's note HP has decided to open source WebOS, and follow the model of Red Hat with Fedora in order to prevent forking. This could be disruptive to the mobile market by giving phone makers, mobile carriers, and developers an alternative to Android. -Jason HP open sources WebOS: The fallout WebOS' ultimate open source fate remains to be seen, but rest assured there could be some disruption ahead for the smartphone industry. Read more | News from ZDNet | | HP: WebOS, Enyo app framework goes open source There are two reads on the WebOS news: HP couldn't find a reasonable buyer or the company is betting it can take off on its own. Read more | HP's WebOS plan modeled after Red Hat's Fedora HP is hoping to model the WebOS open source government model after Red Hat's Fedora project. Apache, CDDL and MPL are license possibilities. Read more | Why open-source WebOS has legs: because people fear Google Sure, Google's got products and services we all use, but Google, these days, often seems more Borg and less don't-be-evil. Read more | HP open-sources WebOS, but will anyone develop for it? It's great that HP has open-sourced webOS, but without HP's full backing can webOS be anything more than just another also-ran mobile operating system? Read more | HP to make webOS open source; is it just prolonging the end? HP announced today that they are making webOS open source, but with no partner or hardware announcements is there any reason someone would stick around? Read more | Facebook's IPO will create over 1,000 millionaires With Facebook's initial public offering (IPO) expected for next year, many are wondering what this means for the employees. Over 1,000 of them are expected to become millionaires. Read more | SOPA: Could the bill harm entrepreneurship? SOPA is coming closer. How could this affect small businesses, and what should they be aware of? Read more | Apple picks its top iPhone and iPad apps of 2011 Apple's out with its top apps of 2011. Although the big winners are Instagram, Tiny Tower, Snapseed and Dead Space, Apple's posted its top 5 apps in each of 20 categories. Get downloading! Read more | The rise of self-education and individual investment With university tuition costs rising and a programming skill shortage, should students consider investing their time to help bridge the skill set gap? Read more | iPad 2 as a serious writing machine (how-to) I write thousands of words a day in my work, and find the iPad 2 with a keyboard to be a serious writing machine to get this done. Read more | Nokia Lumia 710 comes to U.S.: Like storming a beach in a dinghy Nokia is hitting U.S. shores with its weakest device on the weakest carrier in T-Mobile. Read more | Google: We don't need Chrome OS, we want cloud login for PCs The concept behind a unified login and cloud integration is sound, but not with a limited desktop OS. Read more | 'Minority Report' gestural computing pretty much here Forgot the desktop environment with one or two screens. Oblong Industries' spatial operating system extends your workspace to every available screen in a room. With the latest developments, the... Read more | Google Currents: Why Flipboard should be nervous Google Currents upstages Flipboard, creating a brand new source of competition in the news app market. Read more | Live Webcast: The Power Behind Data Mining & Analytics This webcast will explain to you the process of data mining and data analytics. With the information you gain, you could revolutionize your business. Tune in to discover the power of data. | | | | About this newsletter | The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief
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