Despite the conditions, the forthcoming sale is likely to draw a flood of bargain hungry tablet fans. HP launched a TouchPad fire sale for employees in late September that reportedly met with such ...

One device in particular, the HP TouchPad, was released just a month before webOS went under and is still a favorite among hackers — giving the device the kind of love that HP never could.

Don't expect an Apple ad proclaiming "Welcome, HP. Seriously" when Hewlett Packard formally releases its TouchPad tablet on Friday. That was the kind of chutzpah Apple displayed in 1981 when IBM ...