Inhabitat's Week in Green: the power plant you can ski, and NASA's orbiting Nanosail-D

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.


This week we saw new horizons dawn for green transportation as NASA's Nanosail-D became the first solar sail spacecraft to orbit the earth and President Obama issued a call for one million electric vehicles in his State of the Union Address. We also test drove the recently released electric Mini Cooper and took a look at several transportation breakthrou

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Parliament finally gets a taste of Apple

Parliament finally gets a taste of Apple
Apple-loving politicians could soon be accessing work emails from their iPads and iPhones.

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News Corp. to launch iPad newspaper Wednesday

News Corp. to launch iPad newspaper Wednesday
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is planning to launch The Daily, the media tycoon's exclusive digital newspaper for the iPad, in New York on Wednesday.

Read more on AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News

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Samsung moves 2 million Galaxy Tabs; Tab 2 coming in February

Samsung moves 2 million Galaxy Tabs; Tab 2 coming in February
Samsung has shipped two million of its Galaxy Tab tablets since the product's launch three months ago, and the company is already planning some kind of addition to the line, according to a leaked PR schedule for the Mobile World Congress. Though the 7-inch Galaxy Tab took twice as long as the iPad to hit a million units sold, it looks like Samsung is either planning to get out a revised tablet ...

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Fujitsu's tablet is easy like a hammer, cozy as a scarf, and never scratchy like Windows 7 (video)

There's no denying that Meinolf Althaus brings some personality to an otherwise stoic slate. Good thing too, because the idea of Fujitsu and Microsoft spawning a stylus-driven tablet from a session of ugly-bumping doesn't elicit much excitement in the burgeoning tablet space. Enter Mr. Althaus who begins his lesson with an explanation that software user elements must be based on recognition and not on something that's remembered. You know, like a hammer (or Fujitsu's new slate) which is obvious

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Microsoft results beat on PCs, disappoint on phones

Microsoft results beat on PCs, disappoint on phones
Microsoft today posted results that passed well over expectations. It posted a high $6.63 billion in profit and, despite the iPad effect and the absence of an OS launch, outperformed predictions on Windows. The OS and its Live subset earned $5.04 billion where most had expected just over $4.9 billion. Its Office-focused business team and its server team also earned more than first thought....

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Microsoft: tablets affected Q4 earnings, netbooks past their peak

We had a strong (okay, really strong) hunch that the iPad was a contributing factor in Microsoft's waning Windows revenue in Q2, but there's nothing like a little confirmation from Redmond. During the earnings call, Microsoft CFO Peter Klein was asked if tablets were cannibalizing PCs, to which he responded:
I think that as Bill [Koefoed] talked a little bit in his comments about netbooks and how netbooks were, they hit their peak last year in Q2, and I think what we've seen is over the course

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Pay by swiping your iPhone, iPad

Pay by swiping your iPhone, iPad
New payment system from Apple could be in operation by the end of the year, tech boss says.

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Police say Calif school clerk embezzled 9 iPads

Police say Calif school clerk embezzled 9 iPads
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) - Police say a Southern California school district clerk embezzled nine Apple iPad tablet devices. The Fontana Unified School District says the value of the iPads, purchased with district money, exceeds $9,000.

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Morning Tech Wrap: Yahoo!, Apple, Twitter

Morning Tech Wrap: Yahoo!, Apple, Twitter
Yahoo! disappoints Wall Street, Apple plans a payment system, Intel hires Will.I.Am, and other tech

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Learning in Belton goes high-tech: Belton High class utilizes iPads, website for course material

Learning in Belton goes high-tech: Belton High class utilizes iPads, website for course material
Belton High School students in Kevin Rasco’s macroeconomics class take advantage of iPads that are available in the classroom. Rusty Schramm/Telegram BELTON - The potential the iPad has to change the way subjects are taught in school is on display every day in the Belton High School economics classroom of Kevin Rasco.

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Magid: MacBook Air is the best laptop on the market

Magid: MacBook Air is the best laptop on the market
Apple, in its earnings report last week, announced that Mac sales in its most recent quarter were up by 23 percent over the same quarter last year despite the popularity of the iPad, which competes with personal computers. Overall, PC sales were up only 3.1 percent in that quarter, according to Gartner. One reason Mac sales surged is two new MacBook Air laptops, which in my opinion are the best ...

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iPhone 5 and iPad 2 will come with NFC built in, suggests well-connected analyst

You'll no doubt be aware of our (well justified) distrust for anything that passes a tech analyst's lips, but this time's a little different. Richard Doherty of Envisioneering Group cites "engineers who are working on hardware" for Apple's latest project in asserting what that project actually is: NFC capabilities are apparently being built into the next generation of iPhone and iPad devices. Contactless payments via NFC have been steadily building up in hype and adoption recently -- at least i

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Apple trumpets iPad cannibalization

Apple trumpets iPad cannibalization
Computerworld - Apple yesterday made its strongest statement yet that soaring iPad sales are affecting the laptop market, saying that the problem should concern its rivals.

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Sky enables live voting via app for Got To Dance

Sky enables live voting via app for Got To Dance
Sky has produced a mobile app that includes voting for its reality show Got To Dance, a first for the broadcaster.

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Undecided? Let Clerkdogs pick the movie

Undecided? Let Clerkdogs pick the movie
As Netflix and other video services offer thousands of movies streamed over the Internet, all those choices are creating a dilemma: what to watch next.

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MotionX-GPS Drive exports full-screen nav on Pioneer and JVC head units, has love only for iOS (video)

MotionX-GPS has been a solid choice in the iPhone and iPad navigation game for some time now, but only recently has started to stretch its legs a bit. The app now has compatibility with a series of JVC and Pioneer head units (listed out below) that enables full-screen 3D navigation. In this mode the mobile device basically turns in to a remote control with a simplified interface, with POI searching and of course media playback. Connectivity is not using the Terminal Mode standard, this works ex

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AR Man Charged in iPad E-mail Thefts

AR Man Charged in iPad E-mail Thefts
One of the two people charged in the theft of more than 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users waived a bail hearing Friday and will now face charges in New Jersey.

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Fluid keys make iPad touch typing breezy

Fluid keys make iPad touch typing breezy
IT researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney have developed a keyboard that lets users type faster on touchscreen devices like the iPad.

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Tim Cook disses iPad's competitors

Tim Cook disses iPad's competitors
Apple's acting chief dismisses them as "heavy," "bizarre" and nothing but "vapor"

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XBMC comes to the iPad

We were politely asked to keep quiet about this until today, but here's the truth: XBMC now runs on the Apple A4, period. As in, there's no reason why you can't install that shiny new Apple TV 2 version of the media center software on your jailbroken iPad or iPhone 4 too. Find instructions at our more coverage link... then give the hackers and developers a cheer.XBMC comes to the iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permal

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iPad-only newspaper postponed

iPad-only newspaper postponed
MEDIA: News Corp. says it is pushing back the launch of the world's first iPad-only newspaper. The company declined to comment on why.

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Next-gen iPad may come with proximity sensor, iOS 4.3 beta reveals

Some careful digging in the iOS 4.3 beta has revealed an intriguing new string intended for the iPad's Settings menu. As you can see above, users will be able to toggle a new auto-unlocking feature on their iPad, which would respond to closing and opening of the slate's cover (or case, or sleeve, or whatever). Though the iPad already has an ambient light sensor, the one true way to make this functionality work is by employing a good old proximity sensor, so we can probably pencil that into our

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Apple's bright view outshines Jobs's plight

Apple's bright view outshines Jobs's plight
Apple Inc landed blockbuster results and a strong outlook on dazzling sales of the iPhone and iPad, reassuring investors that visionary CEO Steve Jobs's medical leave will have no impact on growth.

Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

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Playboy Magazine coming to iPad in its uncensored form in March, including full back catalog

From its very first issue in 1953 to its latest incarnation, the full catalog of Playboy Magazine is coming to the iPad this March. And not only that, it'll be faithful to its original form by arriving to your Apple slate uncensored. Such is the word direct from the man responsible for that first copy, one Mr. Hugh Hefner. Anyone who's followed Apple's App Store rulings and Steve Jobs' forthright comments on the subject of keeping adult material off mobile devices will surely find this a bemusi

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Anomaly Flips Tower Defense Script

Anomaly Flips Tower Defense Script
Anamoly: Warzone Earth (iPad) Tower defense in reverse, set during an alien invasion of Baghdad.

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iPad 2 cases surface, rekindle SD card slot fire and add a pinch of mystery with topside cutout

There's usually as much fun to be had before an Apple product launch as there is after, and this upcoming iPad 2 device is no exception. The latest scuttlebutt it has succumbed to comes courtesy of some cases that have cropped up in China -- AppleInsider and MIC Gadget have independently found iPad 2 shells that feature nearly identical cutouts -- with the resulting allegations pointing toward a rear-facing camera, an SD card slot, and perhaps even a Mini DisplayPort receptacle. Our own sources

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Steve Jobs, from dropout to Apple visionary

Steve Jobs, from dropout to Apple visionary
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is a living legend in Silicon Valley, the man who gave the world not just a single iconic product but four.

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Business & Finance

Business & Finance
Lehman Brothers expects to pay its creditors more cash - AFP Failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers said it plans to pay its creditors $60.1 billion, more than first estimated but still six times less...

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What iOS 4.3, And Specifically The New Multi-Touch Gestures, May Say About iPad 2

What iOS 4.3, And Specifically The New Multi-Touch Gestures, May Say About iPad 2
If there's one thing that came out of CES this year, it's that everyone, and I do mean everyone , wants a piece of the action that Apple absolutely dominates with the iPad right now. Tablets, tablets, tablet, tablets. We'll see dozens upon dozens of them released this year. So how will Apple meet the onslaught? With the iOS 4.3 beta that just got pushed to developers today, it looks like we may ...

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Three iPad dummy SKUs appear at Best Buy website

There's not much to see here, folks, just a few listings on Best Buy's website for Apple iPads that don't currently exist. They could be the result of a database error, an employee prank, or even just wishful thinking. Still, between well-placed sources informing us that a super-high-resolution, SD-card bearing, dual-mode iPad 2 is on the way and a feeling of déjà vu, we can't help but think there might be a rather exciting prize behind doors number one, two and three. Or perhaps

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Sources: Apple Unveiling iPad Magazine Subscription Model

Sources: Apple Unveiling iPad Magazine Subscription Model
After months of talks with publishers, Apple is said to be close to announcing a magazine subscription model for the iPad.

Read more on Mediaweek

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Sierra On-Line games hit iPad via web app, those old enough to remember them rejoice

You may or may not be old enough to remember Sierra On-Line, makers of such fine games as Leisure Suit Larry, the King's Quest, and Police Quest, but none of that matters anymore. Thanks to the folks over at Sarien, you now have access to these glorious titles via your iPad's web browser. The entire catalog has been ported over, and the games which were previously available via the web only are now there on your Apple tablet! The whole shebang is now hosted on Amazon's content distribution netw

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Accessories: iChair multi-kickstand slider cases

Accessories: iChair multi-kickstand slider cases
Start-up company iChair have introduced a self-named line of multi-purpose slider cases for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3G and 3GS, iPod Touch and iPad. A rubber-coated, two-piece hard slider case with a microfiber lining, the case features one (or in the case of the iPad, two) rotating hard kickstands to allow easy portrait or vertical viewing in three separate positions....

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More iOS 4.3 digging hints at new iPad 2 camera, same 1024 x 768 display

We love all the little goodies that come out of iOS developer builds. It's been only a day since 4.3 hit the scene and already we've seen hints of future iPhone / iPad models, a Find My Friends feature, and now more hints of a camera for the next iPad. Which, of course, is far from the first time we've heard iPad and camera in the same utterance (cases, mockups, paperwork, even more code). Today's revelation comes in the form of shutter screens and camera / video icons care of 9 to 5 Mac, but h

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200 million FaceTime enabled devices in 2012

200 million FaceTime enabled devices in 2012
An analyst with Barclays predicts that Apple will have 200 million FaceTime-equipped devices on the market in 2012. He also believes that an iPad equipped with a camera could hit the market as soon as March or April. Read the full story here.

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'The Daily' iPad newspaper set for launch on January 19th, according to sources

The good old Associated Press has a couple of good old unnamed sources pinpointing the launch of The Daily -- the first iPad-only newspaper venture -- as January 19th. They even name the location as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is the company making this leap into the unknown (do people even care about news anymore?) and he is specifically named as a presenter at this alleged event for next week, to be joined on stage by Apple's Steve Jobs. An ancillary lit

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Vevo Comes to Android

Vevo Comes to Android
We had to wait four months for the Android counterpart to the preexisting iPhone app, but it's finally happened: Vevo has come to Android device. However, it's still lagging.

Read more on Mashable via Yahoo! News

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Brain App comes to Mac App Store - Hit iOS Brain Trainer now on Mac

Brain App comes to Mac App Store - Hit iOS Brain Trainer now on Mac
UK based independent games developer Chris Mayer today announces Brain App for Mac, an enhanced version of the popular and critically acclaimed iPhone/iPad brain trainer. Using tried and tested techniques, Brain App presents a variety of rapid-fire math problems in quick succession to exercise the brain. Brain App tracks progress and encourages users to improve day-by-day. A new user interface ...

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Tablets hot at CES, but can they challenge iPad?

Tablets hot at CES, but can they challenge iPad?
Many new tablets are debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Vegas, but are they all in a can’t-win game of catch-up with the iPad?

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Boxee Tips iPad App, Viewsonic and CBS Deals

Boxee Tips iPad App, Viewsonic and CBS Deals
Boxee plans to make a number of announcements here at the Consumer Electronics Show, including a sneak peek at an iPad app, a CBS deal, and a connected TV deal wit Viewsonic.

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Nike Needs To Raise Prices Or The Stock Is Toast

Nike Needs To Raise Prices Or The Stock Is Toast
We recently raised our price estimate for Nike to $77.52, which still implies nearly 8% downside to

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Gigabyte shows off its new S1080 Windows 7 slate in Taiwan to little fanfare and even less excietment

So, while all the cool kids were showing off their wares at CES, the good people at Gigabyte decided to throw their own tablet party across the Pacific. The S1080 is the slate you never asked for, in that it runs Windows 7 on a dual core Atom N550 processor underneath a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen with 1024 x 600 resolution. If multitouch navigation isn't your thing (an odd preference for those buying tablets), there are a couple of tactile mouse buttons on one edge and an optical mouse on

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Apple's iPad: Restaurants uploading menus to tablet for diners

Apple's iPad: Restaurants uploading menus to tablet for diners
Since April, when Apple debuted the iPad, the device is now in use as a full menu at upscale restaurants, hamburger eateries and quick-service chains like Au Bon Pain. Restaurateurs said that's just the beginning.

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Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces

Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces
SEATTLE (AP) -- Instead of unveiling an elegant response to the iPad, Microsoft came to the tech industry's premier gadget show with a collection of exposed computer guts.

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15. Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces

15. Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces
SEATTLE (AP): Instead of unveiling an elegant response to the iPad, Microsoft came to the tech industry's premier gadget show with a collection of exposed computer guts, news about microchips and a shallow preview of yet another Windows.

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Clamcase iPad keyboard case hands-on

The folks from Clamcase stopped by our trailer this afternoon with some of the first finished products to roll off the assembly lines, and while we didn't get to spend as much time as we would've liked, we got to take a ton of photos of this intriguing accessory that essentially converts your iPad into a netbook. In our few moments actually using the thing, we can say that it's got a sturdy build quality and a decent keyboard; although there's a fair amount of travel, it just feels a bit cheap.

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Comcast reveals plans for live, on-demand iPad TV

Comcast reveals plans for live, on-demand iPad TV
Comcast will soon allow people to watch live and on-demand TV through iPads and Android-based tablets, the cable company has announced. Many of the details of the arrangement have yet to be disclosed. The on-demand content, at least, will include just under 3,000 hours of movies and shows, and be served through the cable company's Xfinity TV iPad app. At the moment the app serves mainly as a ...

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Griffin's Beacon Universal Remote Control System brings dongle-free control to your smartphone

Ditch those dongles and throw out those cases, the next level of smartphone-as-universal-remote technology is here. Beacon Universal Remote Control System from Griffin Technology and Dijits turns your iPhone and other iOS devices into omnipotent remote controls, by converting Bluetooth signals into infrared commands that your stereo, TV, and other devices can recognize. Paired with Dijit's Universal Remote App, Beacon, which looks something akin to a game show buzzer, converts your touchscreen

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Apple iPad, iTouch could give autistic people more independence; Kutztown's Main Street had a good 2010 - AM news links

Apple iPad, iTouch could give autistic people more independence; Kutztown's Main Street had a good 2010 - AM news links
Also, the N.J. top court will hear arguments this week about education cuts.

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Yahoo! Connected TV Widgets shows off live TV tie-ins, iPad remote and D-Link add-on

Just a couple of years after its initial debut, Yahoo's Connected TV platform is finally ready to escape the TV, among other things. One surprise shown off tonight during the pre-CES Digital Experience event is a new D-Link box that overlays the widgets on any video signal to any display by way of HDMI passthrough. Also on display are prototype remote apps for Android and iPad, both could act as a remote control, while the tablet app could also search or browse for additional programming and sh

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Asus bets on variety of forms to win tablet fans

Asus bets on variety of forms to win tablet fans
This product image provided by AsusTek Computer Inc. shows the Eee Pad Slider (AP photo) LAS VEGAS (AP) – Taiwan's AsusTek Computer Inc. plans to start selling an array of tablet computers — including hybrids that sit somewhere between a laptop and a tablet — with the hope that variety is the best weapon against Apple Inc.'s iPad and other similar gadgets.

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iPad 2 case shows up at CES, packing a mockup iPad 2

We've been seeing supposed iPad 2 cases for about a month now, all of them with the same telltale cutouts: a camera hole in the back, a camera hole in the front, and a big ol' speaker hole. Today's find beats them all, however: we just found a case with a machined aluminum iPad 2 mockup inside. Dexim is the eager exhibitor, with an actually very intriguing case design involving a Bluetooth keyboard that magnetically adheres to the front cover of the book-like sleeve, allowing for a laptop-style

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IHome Unveils New Audio Systems for IPhone, IPad

IHome Unveils New Audio Systems for IPhone, IPad
Audio vendor iHome is using this week's International Consumer Electronics Show to unveil new speaker systems and radio alarm clocks that feature support for the...

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Top iPad apps for 2010: iBooks, Pages

Top iPad apps for 2010: iBooks, Pages
Apple's own iBooks e-book reading app and Pages word processing app are the most popular free and paid iPad apps in the US for 2010.

Read more on Independent

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Optoma Neo-i integrates pico projector and iPod dock

Optoma Neo-i integrates pico projector and iPod dock
Optoma has unveiled what it says is the world's first iPod/iPhone dock with a built-in pico projector. The NEO-i goes hits stores early in 2011 for $449. Originally posted at CES 2011

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Apple iPhone Hit with New Years Bug

Apple iPhone Hit with New Years Bug
A bug in the latest version of the iOS has reportedly caused problems for thousands of iPhone users around the world. Alarms set for Jan. 1 and 2 did not go off, allowing people to oversleep and be late for work or travel.

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Adweek.com's Top 10 Digital Stories of 2010

Adweek.com's Top 10 Digital Stories of 2010
If you read Adweek.com's Top 10 Stories yesterday, you probably noticed more than a few digital-themed stories. Even in a down economy, nothing seemed to be able to halt the ever-evolving online space. And all media jumped on the digital bandwagon.

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Everett Library enters e-book era

Everett Library enters e-book era
EVERETT — Brad Allen has long intended to read the novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad.” He’s finally getting around to it now that he has downloaded it to his Nook, an electronic book reader, and to his iPhone.

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Biz Break: Tesla stock falls 15%; plus: Apple's iPad vs. Amazon's Kindle?

Biz Break: Tesla stock falls 15%; plus: Apple's iPad vs. Amazon's Kindle?
Today: Tesla stock falls after an IPO lockup period for the Palo Alto electric-car maker expires. Plus: How are tech adopters choosing between Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle? And: Is Cisco stock undervalued?

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Will the iPad 2 look like a giant iPhone 4?

Will the iPad 2 look like a giant iPhone 4?
When the iPhone 4 came into being, people were surprised at its angular, boxy-ish design, a big change from the more rounded design of the iPhones that preceded it, but with the iPad 2 rumoured to have a “flat back”, will the iPad 2 look like a giant iPhone 4 - or hark towards the future iPhone 5?

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The 10 best iPad apps for business

The 10 best iPad apps for business
This list is for people who need to get things done

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