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News just came in that Hewlett-Packard Co. could be making a further break from its web OS past. As per Bloomerg the company is looking to sell part of its mobile patent portfolio. Anonymous sources say HP has removed some conditions that would make the patents less attractive and is now approaching potential buyers about taking on the intellectual property from, among other things, its web OS mobile platform. HP acquired webOS in 2010 when it bought Palm, and the operating system was used on the Palm Pre phone and HP TouchPad tablet, among other devices. But HP's mobile division ultimately floundered; the company made web OS an open source platform, then sold the code off to LG in February of 2013. Hewlett-Packard, the world’s second-largest maker of personal computers, is trying to recover from several years of management turmoil, declining sales and profit and a balance sheet damaged by bad acquisitions. Whitman, in her third year as CEO, is stabilizing revenue, return
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