Palm, acquired by HP in April, has promised that WebOS 2.0 should be headed to all current Palm smartphones "in the coming months," remaining intentionally vague.

The confirmation comes from Palm Developer Josh Marinacci during the WebOS Developer Day in NYC.

All current devices includes the low-end Pixi all the way to the new Pre 2.

The company also says if you are looking to develop apps for 2.0, you should join the Early Access Program. The reason for such a move is because the 2.0 SDK is still under an NDA and not available to the public.

Palm says the SDK will go public when the current devices receive OTA updates for their devices.

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Amazon Kindle owners can now "gift" their Kindle e-books, passing the digital copies over to friends or family.

"We are thrilled to make it easier than ever for our customers to give their favorite Kindle book to a friend or family member as a gift," adds Russ Grandinetti, Amazon Kindle VP.

Open the Kindle Store, find the book you want to gift, and hit the "Give as a Gift" option, which will send the e-book to your friend's e-mail address.

The option should help the Kindle close the gap on the feature, which the Barnes & Noble Nook and other competing e-readers have had for months.

While not dedicated, the popular Apple iPad tablet also offers a full e-book store.

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Despite the first 36 minutes of the film being leaked to the Internet earlier this week, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 has set its sights on the highest box office open of all-time.

For the midnight Thursday showings, the film made $24 million, with total Friday sales totaling $61.2 million, the fifth biggest opening day of all-time.

Twilight: New Moon, owns that record, at $72 million.

That figure is also the highest opening for a Harry Potter movie, surpassing 2009's "Half-Blood Prince."

If the film mimics previous movies in the franchise, sales are expected to dip 9 percent on Saturday (from Friday) and 30 percent on Sunday, which would leave the latest film at $156 million for opening weekend. That figure will put the film within fighting distance of the current biggest opening, 2008's The Dark Knight, at just over $158 million.

Warner Bros. has said it is looking into the leak, not that it really matters anymore: "This constitutes a serious breach of copyright violation and theft of Warner Bros. property. We are vigorously investigating this matter and will prosecute those involved to the full extent of the law."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is the first part of the final movie in the long standing franchise. Part 2 is set for a July 2011 release.

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