iPad: smaller than laptop, and smarter than iPhone, and $499 – TMCnet

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 03, 2010 (Pioneer Press – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — The rumors about Apple’s mystery product were right: The iPhone and Macintosh maker Wednesday unveiled a tablet-shaped computer that looks like a … Read this except’s full story



Report: Microsoft may launch new Office cloud license – IDG NEWS

Microsoft Corp. may be close to adding a new way for big businesses to buy Microsoft Office. Under a new license called “union, Microsoft would charge enterprises the same for software whether it is hosted on-premises or in the cloud, according to a … Read this except’s full story



Oracle upgrades Eclipse free plug-in package – IDG NEWS

With the new AppXRay feature, Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse provides a means to easily visualize … Asustek plans Eee Book e-reader and tablet PC to rival iPad Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer plans to launch its own e-reader and a tablet PC to … Read this except’s full story



Read Wired UK magazine online: What’s new for 5 Feb – Wired.co.uk

Start: Tablets of the new covenant Will the Apple iPad rewrite the rules of media? Peter Kirwan, who pens our Great Transition blog at Wired.co.uk, asks how consumers and publishers alike will embrace the new formats in this investigation. Read this except’s full story



New App Store Tip from Apple – ‘Use Core Location’ – Softpedia

In what has become routine at Apple, the company has posted a new App Store tip over at the iPhone Developer Center, telling developers to enhance their apps using Core Location, a framework that enables their apps to retrieve local information about … Read this except’s full story