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• 4G Confusion Reigns: Apple in Hot Water Over iPad Labeling Abroad
  The iPad's super-speedy 4G LTE capabilities may be a no-go for some international users. And new iPad owners in Australia and Europe are finding this out the hard way, highlighting the continued confusion about consumers' understanding of 4G.
  16 hours ago

• Lords of Waterdeep Game Brings Euro Flavor to the Forgotten Realms
  03.28.12

• Review: Third Rail Case Offers Extra Battery Power When You Need It
  03.28.12

• Bigger Than Agency, Bigger Than E-Books: The Case Against Apple and Publishers
  Plenty of business practices raise prices that aren't antitrust violations. Agency pricing is perfectly legal. But something isn't an agency relationship just because you call it that.
  03.28.12

• 8 Eye-Popping Retina Display Photography Apps for the New iPad
  As Apple¿s new iPad arrives in households across the world, developers are updating their apps to take advantage of the fantastic new Retina display. Truth be told, however, some apps look better than others -- especially photo apps. Here are some of our favorite image-focused iPad apps optimized for its high-res display.
  03.28.12

• Algoriddim's Djay Enhanced for the New iPad's Retina Display
  03.28.12

• Apple Responds to iPad Battery Concerns
  When the new iPad says it's 100 percent fully charged, it may actually not be -- at least that's been the word on the web the past few days. This has caused concern among iPad users hoping to get the most out of their device's battery life, and the normally tight-lipped Apple has responded in order to clarify the issue.
  03.27.12

• Computers in the Living Room: Xbox Has Never Been a Game System
  The living room is not a game center, but an experiment in a redefinition of personal computing.
  03.27.12

• Google's Massive Developer Event Sells Out in 20 Minutes
  Google I/O sells out in 20 minutes, according to Google's Vic Gundotra.
  03.27.12

• Good Clean Fun - Marc With a C Sings The Monkees!
  03.27.12

• Streaming Star
  The 2012 version of Apple TV has the big feature we've all been waiting for: Full 1080p HD output from iTunes and Netflix.
  03.27.12

• Will Apple Tap Facebook for iCloud Data Center or 'Think Different'?
  03.26.12

• Apple's Biggest Hater Apologizes for Foxconn Fibs
  Monologuist Mike Daisey apologized on his personal blog on Sunday for what he calls "violating audience trust," as well as not clearly acknowledging which portions of his one-man show, The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, were real, and which were fabricated.
  03.26.12

• Apple Seeks Help With 'Next Generation' Data Centers
  Apple is actively advertising for help with the design and construction of its "next generation" data centers as it begins work on a new computing facility in Prineville, Oregon and expands its iCloud data center in Maiden, North Carolina.
  03.26.12

• Gadget Lab Podcast: The New iPad and a Host of Badass Gadgets
  On this week's Gadget Lab Podcast, the gang shows off Apple's newest iPad and takes a look at some seriously hardcore gadgets as part of our Month of Badass Gadgets.
  03.26.12

• New iPad Versus 5 Tablet Competitors: Which Runs Hottest?
  The new iPad does get warm when playing graphic-intensive games. But, so do other tablets on the market.
  03.26.12

• Disney's Tangled Storybook Deluxe App for iOS
  03.26.12

• Explore the Wonders of Geology iPad App
  03.25.12

• The Translucent Cloud: Balancing Privacy, Convenience
  When a cloud service is offered for free, supported by ads that use my personal info to profile me, this exposure is the price I pay for convenient access to my own data. Is this a reasonable trade-off? There is a better way, writes Jon Udell.
  03.23.12

• Signs in Mountain Lion Point To "Retina" Display MacBooks Sooner Than Later
  03.23.12

• A Larger iPhone Is Near Inevitable -- But How Big Will It Be?
  Now that the new iPad is here, speculation has shifted back to the iPhone -- specifically, whether Apple will be upping the screen size of its Retina display smartphone. Sources agree the next phone will be bigger. The real question becomes, Just how much?
  03.22.12

• What Google Must Do to Keep Android Tablets Alive
  So how can Google and friends make a compelling case for customers to choose Android tablets over the iPad? Here are three avenues that Google might consider to keep Android tablets ¿ or at least some of them ¿ alive and kicking.
  03.22.12

• How Safe Is Your Data Stored in Apple's iCloud?
  Our friend over at Ars Technica answer reader questions, and this one seems like one many iPhone and iPad users will want to know, not to mention future OS X Mountain Lion users: How safe is my data stored in iCloud? Chris Foresman's answer also touches more generally on the issue of storage in the cloud vs. on-premises.
  03.22.12

• Apple's New Fraud Problem: Cracked Walls and Broken Promises
  Apple¿s announcement of a dividend and stock buyback was a welcomed boon to already well rewarded shareholders. Yet to be addressed, however, is a critical issue that affects even more vital stakeholders ¿ its customers and developers. The rising chorus of complaints about fraud perpetrated through the App Store is a major risk for Apple¿s golden status.
  03.21.12

• Pentagon: Trillion-Dollar Jet on Brink of Budgetary Disaster
  The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the supposed backbone of the Pentagon's future air arsenal, could need additional years of work and billions of dollars in unplanned fixes, the Air Force and the Government Accountability Office revealed on Tuesday. Congressional testimony by Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, plus a new report by the GAO, heaped bad news on a program that was already years late, tens of billions of dollars over its original budget and vexed by mismanagement, safety woes and rigged test results.
  03.21.12

• Not Easy Being Green: Are Solar Farms 'Pure Marketing'?
  Cloudline asked recently how green the cloud was, and whether green claims were more "greenwashing" than reality. Now Amazon's James Hamilton is questioning Apple and Facebook's seemingly easy-being-green data center solar farms.
  03.21.12

• Will the High-Res iPad Finally See Enterprise Action?
  Pundits seem to think that the third-generation iPad's high-resolution "retina" display will lift the final barrier that's been keeping the iPad from becoming a mainstream business tool. But that remains an open question.
  03.21.12