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2012 looks to be a big year for gadgets, as Apple, Google, Microsoft and others are all expected to debut dozens of new devices that push the limits of technology. Here are the release dates for several tablet computers and smartphones coming next year.

It's everyone's dream to win a fancy car, like a Lamborghini, in a contest. For David Dopp, it was a nightmare after he crashed the $380,000 hot rod just six hours after winning it.

Oracle Corp's earnings fell short of Wall Street's forecasts for the first time in a decade as software and hardware sales sputtered, sending its shares down more than 10 percent and stoking fears a global recession will hurt tech spending.

Whether it involves embarrassing tweets, tone-deaf CEOs or even the disappearance of money, some oops moments need be relived just one more time.

Utah Frito-Lay truck driver David Dopp, who won a lime-green 631-hp Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640 in a contest on Saturday, crashed his prize six hours later, according to reports.

Apple was named the 10th best place to work in America, from a survey of more than 250,000 employees from more than 65,000 companies.

A simple new online music service will launch across Europe and North America this week aimed at the millions who like music but struggle with the technology to find and listen to it.

Consumers had server issues, with some saying the site crashed, while others were upset that shipping costs -- $19 -- were so high for the $99 product. Others were simply mad they didn't get one before supplies were exhausted.

HP TouchPad for $99 that hit eBay right on schedule, might be the company's last webOS hardware the world will see for a while.

Minutes before the sale for $99 refurbished models, which had been leaked late this week on the Internet, HP was selling refurbished TouchPad tablets for prices beginning at $499.99. For instance, the HP TouchPad 16GB Wi-Fi model was $499.99 at 6:59 p.m. ET, but at 7 p.m. as widely believed the price went to $99. Other models with more memory, like the 32GB models, are selling for $149.

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced on Friday that it is planning to make its mobile operating system webOS an open-source software available freely to the public.

Is $99 a magic figure, especially for a tablet computer? Several months ago, Hewlett-Packard company sold its WebOS-based tablet HP TouchPad with the price of $99 in a firesale (and it did sell like hot cakes). And now, reports say the HP TouchPad will hit the shelves again this weekend and will carry the same price tag - $99.

Hewlett Packard Co has decided to open its webOS mobile operating system to developers and companies, potentially taking on Google Inc's free Android platform that is popular with handset makers.

Now that HP has decided once again to sell their defunct TouchPad tablet for $99, what are you going to do with it? You need some apps. Even though HP has given up on the TouchPad and its operating system, there are still a core of developers who are very passionate about the system.

As the holiday shopping season gathers steam, there's good news for people who want HP's $99 TouchPad but earlier lost the chance to get one. The $99 tablet, which sold like hot cakes will reportedly hit stores this weekend.

Hewlett-Packard, who may have inadvertently jump-started widespread interest in tablet computers with a deep price discount in September, will again be selling their now discontinued TouchPad tablets for $99 on Sunday, Dec.11. When the TouchPad first came out, the price was $400, nearly as much as an iPad.

The HP TouchPad sale is being revived - for one day only - on HP's eBay store, which will offer heavily discounted $99 tablet computers during another round of the firesale.

With an expected price of $99, American consumers will soon get the chance to try out the Novo7, the first tablet computer to sun Android's Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Get the full spec list here, learn where to look for Novo7s (now available only in China), and compare it another Apple iPad challenger, the ill-fated HP TouchPad.

The two biggest computer giants continued their buying spree as Hewlett-Packard snapped up HiFlex while IBM said it will acquire Curam Software.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest computer company, rose slightly Thursday, a day after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the company’s credit two notches.

Hewlett-Packard wants to see a jump in revenues from its software business, the company's chief executive told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s No. 1 printer maker, conceded some of its laser printers have “a potential security vulnerability” but denied they can be made to explode.

U.S. group Hewlett-Packard has rolled out its first software using technology gained from its $12 billion acquisition of British group Autonomy, eight weeks after the deal closed.

U.S. group Hewlett-Packard has rolled out its first software using technology gained from its $12 billion acquisition of British group Autonomy, eight weeks after the deal closed.

When the Apple iPad 3 hits the shelves next year, there could be several tablets that severely undercut its $500 price, but, until then, there are really only a few tablets that you would want to pick up to tide you over.

Top 10 best movies of 2011 are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Money ball, Midnight in Paris, Drive, Source Code, Bridesmaids, Rango, X-Men: First Class, The Tree of Life and Super 8.

Big-box electronics retailer Best Buy has no regrets about stocking Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet, despite the product's poor reception and subsequent sharp discounting.

Hewlett-Packard, the No. 1 computer company, will phase out an older Intel chip on high-end servers in favor of a newer one. Besides offering more power, another goal could be to battle rival Oracle.

Hewlett Packard's new Chief Executive, Meg Whitman, passed her first test with investors, calming nerves and assuring Wall Street that the technology giant will be disciplined with its investments and focused on core operational improvements.