 It's Friday, September 14th, 2012. I'm the internet's Creighton D. Simone, and because you asked nicely, I'm hosting 90 Seconds on The Verge. Palm's grim reaper, HP, is destined to reenter the smartphone market. CEO Meg Whitman said that the company, quote, ultimately has to offer a smartphone, because in many countries, that would be your first computing device. HP acquired the legendary Palm in April of 2010. Twenty months and three CEOs later, the company had discontinued all related hardware and turned web OS into a minimally supported open source platform. HP Mobile, you only live twice. After eight years in development, the fan-made Half-Life remake, Black Mesa, is finally available. The project began in 2004 after disappointment over Valve's official Half-Life remake. The Black Mesa mod is a ground-up rewrite of the 14-year-old seminal shooter using the developer's more modern source engine. Black Mesa is a free Windows-only download that goes through the first 80% or so of the game. That's right, it's still not quite done, but they promise they're working on it. If I had to guess, it'll probably be done around the same time Half-Life 3 releases. And finally, Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 7 is now shipping. We found it to be a very compelling 7-inch tablet, if not a little too narrow in scope and functionality. The original Kindle Fire is now $159 with updated specs, and the cheapest E Ink model is now only $69 with special offers. Order in the next three hours using Amazon's super-secret Prime Plus membership, and have your Kindle delivered before the end of this episode. That's it for today's top stories. Tune in tomorrow when we take a sneak peek at World War II racing thriller, The Fascists and the Führers. All right, I'm out.
 It's Friday, September 14th, 2012.
 I'm the internet's Creighton D. Simone, and because you asked nicely, I'm hosting 90 Seconds
 on The Verge.
 Palm's grim reaper, HP, is destined to reenter the smartphone market.
 CEO Meg Whitman said that the company, quote, ultimately has to offer a smartphone, because
 in many countries, that would be your first computing device.
 HP acquired the legendary Palm in April of 2010.
 Twenty months and three CEOs later, the company had discontinued all related hardware and
 turned web OS into a minimally supported open source platform.
 HP Mobile, you only live twice.
 After eight years in development, the fan-made Half-Life remake, Black Mesa, is finally available.
 The project began in 2004 after disappointment over Valve's official Half-Life remake.
 The Black Mesa mod is a ground-up rewrite of the 14-year-old seminal shooter using the
 developer's more modern source engine.
 Black Mesa is a free Windows-only download that goes through the first 80% or so of the
 game.
 That's right, it's still not quite done, but they promise they're working on it.
 If I had to guess, it'll probably be done around the same time Half-Life 3 releases.
 And finally, Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 7 is now shipping.
 We found it to be a very compelling 7-inch tablet, if not a little too narrow in scope
 and functionality.
 The original Kindle Fire is now $159 with updated specs, and the cheapest E Ink model
 is now only $69 with special offers.
 Order in the next three hours using Amazon's super-secret Prime Plus membership, and have
 your Kindle delivered before the end of this episode.
 That's it for today's top stories.
 Tune in tomorrow when we take a sneak peek at World War II racing thriller, The Fascists
 and the Führers.
 All right, I'm out.