'iPad Killer' May be Palm's Last Hope Palm is losing the smartphone battle, but could rebound by returning to its PDA roots and creating a WebOS tablet to take on the iPad.

Microsoft Winning Fans Early with Internet Explorer 9 Preview Preliminary feedback and reports on Microsoft's IE9 Platform Preview seem promising for the next-generation Web browser.

Palm CEO: We Could Have Been Bigger Than Droid Palm's CEO says had Verizon been selling his company's Pre, the Droid might not have been such a hit. Meanwhile, Palm's death spiral accelerates.

Windows 7 XP Mode Loses Hardware Requirement Microsoft has removed the requirement for hardware-assisted virtualization in order to take advantage of Windows 7 XP Mode.

Palm Prime for Acquisition Palm revealed plummeting sales figures for its smartphones, leaving little hope for Palm other than acquisition by a competitor.

Windows Phone 7 Mirrors iPhone with Missing Features Microsoft threw out the playbook for Windows Phone 7, but seems to be closely following Apple's iPhone playbook--including the features it doesn't have.