Hp TouchPad 9.7” 16GB Wi-Fi Tablet:

HP TouchPad 9.7” 16GB Wi-Fi Tablet:
Touching the HP TouchPad is just like touching roots, only with a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core APQ8060 processor instead of dirt and worms. Look how easy it is to keep up with current developments in Missouri dentistry. I tell you, the Brits got nothin’ on Poplar Bluff.Check this out. I can use the dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi to watch the latest NASCAR videos on the 9.7” LED multi-touch display, no matter what format they’re in. Yep, those guys are still turning left. Or say I get hungry. I can use it to find the nearest squirrel-meat vendor in my area, or, if there isn’t one, I can buy a hunting license right there on the screen. If I’m tired of regular old fried squirrel, the HP TouchPad brings a whole buttload of squirrel recipes from the Internet right into my kitchen. Yep, even in the big city.
OK, now, I ain’t gonna lie to you: I admit it, I also use my HP TouchPad to keep up with the celebrity gossip. Speaking of which, have you seen that guy Katy Perry went and got married to? A pretty girl like her – can you believe it? What does she see in that little weirdo, anyway?
Warranty: 1 Year HP
Features:
* Front and center is the 9.7-inch diagonal, LED-backlit, glossy multitouch display with IPS wide viewing-angle technology
* With HP webOS you can search the web while writing email. Reply to a notification while scrolling through a playlist. Or update your Facebook® status just by starting to type. It’s so intuitive, you just think about what you want to do, not how you have to do it
* Immerse yourself in entertainment and gaming action. Transfer your favorite songs from your personal collection and take them to go. And listen to your music with amazing sound quality thanks to Beats Audio™
* Have a face-to-face conversation with video calling on a large, vibrant screen, using the integrated webcam and digital microphone
* Next level multitasking – Get a simple, natural way to move from one thing to the next. Have related activities automatically grouped together
* HP Synergy – Get contacts, calendars, messages, photos, and email automatically synced from sources like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft Exchange
* Download movies and TV shows, play games, listen to music, read books and magazines, and view photos
* Receive a snapshot of new messages, e-mail and events without being totally disrupted. Act on what’s important—ignore what’s not
* Product demo
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* Speakers & microUSB Port
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Immigration News

New Mexico hero who rescued girl says he's illegal immigrant:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The man who chased down a suspected child abductor and saved a 6-year-old girl from what could have been a horrible fate was honored as a hero Friday. But he is also gaining a new kind of celebrity: as a poster child of sorts for immigration rights in state and national immigration debates.
Antonio Diaz Chacon, 23, is married to an American and has been in the country for four years.BuChacon says he abandoned attempts to get legal residency because the process was difficult and expensive.Diaz Chacon revealed his immigration status to Univision this week and confirmed it to TheAssociatedPress.As exceptional as his story is," said Christina Parker, a spokeswoman for Border Network for Human Rights in El Paso, "it points to the fact that most undocumented immigrants living in the United States are not criminals. He's more than not a criminal now. He's a hero."Diaz Chacon's immigration status didn't play a role in Albuquerque's decision to honor his bravery. Mayor Richard Berry declared Friday Antonio Diaz Chacon Day and held a ceremony where he presented Diaz Chacon a Spanish-language plaque recognizing his bravery in jumping in his pickup after a man allegedly grabbed the girl and drove off with her in a van.Chacon chased the suspect until the van crashed into a light pole. Diaz Chacon then rescued the girl as the driver of the disabled van ran into the desert. The suspect was arrested later by police.Some are using Diaz Chacon's case to blast New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez's ongoing attempts to repeal a state law that allows illegal immigrants to obtain a driver's license. The governor's office said her stance was unchanged and accused "special interest groups (of) shamefully exploiting this man \u2026 to further their cause.
Autralian Immigration News:
Tough Sentences For Visa Test Scam: IELTS.
THE Immigration department has welcomed the “tough” sentences given to nine men involved in a scam to falsify English language test scores to obtain visas.Over the past fortnight in the Perth District Court, nine people have been jailed or received suspended sentences over a scam at Curtin University’s English Language Centre, where tests were administered for the International English Testing System (IELTS).Under the system, applicants for permanent residency and work or student visas must prove their competence in English by achieving an average score of seven.A spokesman for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) said the sentences should serve as a reminder to the community that the authorities would act swiftly against those who attempt to defraud Australia’s migration programs.The department works constantly to ensure the integrity of our migration and visa systems,” he said.Anyone found to have obtained a visa based on fraudulent information can expect to face visa refusal or cancellation and prosecution.”DIAC is now investigating all visa applications related to the fraud, with visa refusal and cancellation processes likely.The spokesman said the government had cracked down on migration fraud, with the introduction of a new fraud provision earlier this year.“The new fraud provision allows applications to be refused where false or misleading information is provided to the department in association with a visa application,” he said.Prior to the change, when fraudulent information was provided, it was possible for the applicant to later provide non-fraudulent information to meet requirements.The men were charged following an investigation by Western Australia’s Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC).Former university staffer Kok Keith Low, 32, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of accepting bribes as a public officer over a 10-month period in 2009-10, and was sentenced to two years in prison.Abdul Kader, 27, who was considered one of the key players in the scam, was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to 14 counts of bribery and pocketing thousands of dollars as an intermediary.Several others involved in the scam received suspended prison sentences.-The Australian, August 19, 2011

Autonomy

HP Kills TouchPad, Buys Autonomy:
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest computer maker, today announced it is in talks to buy Autonomy, a business software maker, for about $10 billion and plans to spin off its personal-computer business, reports Bloomberg.Hewlett-Packard will discontinue its line of products running its WebOS operating system, including TouchPad tablets, the company said today.The company is considering paying a premium – some $10 billion – for Autonomy, people familiar with the matter said earlier. Autonomy’s main technology, ‘Intelligent Data Operating Layer‘ (IDOL), allows search and processing of text taken from database, audio, video or text files or streams.HP said that it will take a hit to fiscal 2011 earnings of $1.16 a share to $1.23 a share as it restructures and shuts down WebOS devices and related operations.There were signs that TouchPad sales were bleak, but a complete shutdown of WebOS operations was unexpected, notes C/Net.

Introducing Pivot

HP is very excited to unveil HP webOS Pivot, a revolution in app discovery and promotion. Featuring articles by leading authors that focus on apps in typical consumer use cases, readers will learn new ways to use your apps on their webOS devices in everyday life.Pivot is a monthly publication included in, and complementary to, the HP webOS App Catalog. You can think of it as another view of the App Catalog, but with editorial content. We will use Pivot to organize and curate apps, presenting them in a way that reflects how people live their lives and improve them with technology. We want to make the app purchasing experience informed, entertaining, and satisfying. Since Pivot is integrated with the App Catalog, readers will be able to purchase and download apps as they see them discussed.
For you, our developers, Pivot offers a wide selection of merchandising and promotional opportunities. Featured placement opportunities are editorially driven, providing Pivot the ability to show you apps within a variety of seasonal and topical themes.Our global team of app experts, editors, and writers will choose the themes and the apps to be featured. In addition, anyone can nominate an app to be featured in Pivot by submitting their nomination to pivot@hp.com. We're always looking for robust applications that show the unique capabilities of webOS, especially if they make good use of Synergy, Just Type, or Exhibition.
Pivot will publish initially for English, French, German, and Spanish languages and will be updated over the air directly to all HP TouchPad customers.We'll be giving you more details over the coming weeks, letting you know how you can have your app considered for inclusion in a future issue of Pivot. We look forward to featuring your fantastic webOS app!

Webos:It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones And The TouchPad

webOS was a proprietary mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel, initially developed by Palm, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. Palm, HP, and most commentators and sources utilize the style "webOS", as shown in the adjacent logo, and in HP resources,\ rather than "WebOS".webOS was introduced by Palm in January 2009 as the successor to Palm OS with Web 2.0 technologies, open architecture, and multitasking capabilities.[citation needed] The first webOS device was the original Palm Pre, released on Sprint in June 2009. In 2010, HP acquired Palm; webOS was described as a key asset and motivation for the purchase.In February 2011, HP announced several new webOS devices, with various versions of the operating system, including the HP Veer and HP Pre 3 smartphones, running webOS 2.2, and the HP TouchPad, a tablet computer released in July 2011 that runs webOS 3.0. HP made the "difficult and, frankly, painful decision" that the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi, and their "Plus" revisions, would not receive over-the-air updates to webOS 2.0, despite a previous announcement of an upgrade "in coming months."In March 2011, HP announced plans for a version of webOS by the end of 2011 to run within the Microsoft Windows operating system, and to be installed on all HP desktop and notebook computers in 2012.On August 18, 2011, HP announced that it would discontinue production of all WebOS devices. It has also confirmed that all development and potential licensing for webOS will be terminated.
It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones And The TouchPad:
In the hours leading up to their Q3 conference call later today, HP has just confirmed that they will be discontinuing operations surrounding the TouchPad and all webOS phones.To quote their press release
HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devicesspecifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.This news will come as a rather huge punch to the gut for webOS die-hards (myself included, though you can’t say that we couldn’t see it coming), many of whom have stood by the product for years — first in hopes that Palm would eventually launch a device worthy of the rather fantastic operating system, and later in hopes that HP’s acquisition of Palm would be the spark to the fire that just never seemed to light.On the upside, webOS itself isn’t dead — at least, not just yet. HP’s wording up above leaves things a bit vague, with at least two potential routes left open: licensing webOS to others, and sticking webOS in other, non-phone/tablet devices (HP has already mentioned plans to put it in printers and cars.) Until further notice, however, it’s essentially dead in the water.