Apple’s COO (and current Steve Jobs stand-in) Tim Cook thinks “there’s not much” competition to the company’s iPad tablet. When queried about Apple’s view on what the rest of the market offers, Cook was brutally candid in describing Windows-driven machines as generally being big, heavy and expensive, while current generations of Android-based slates are in Continue reading →

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Well, here’s something of a surprise — Microsoft has just brought its OneNote app to the iPhone, and it’s made it available as a free download “for a limited time” to boot. More here

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The lynchpin for all discussions of open web standards, HTML5, has been spruced up with a dedicated logo from its parent organization, the W3C. More here

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Internal U.S. government reviews have determined that a mass leak of diplomatic cables caused only limited damage to U.S. interests abroad, despite the Obama administration’s public statements to the contrary.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Spending time online is normal behavior for teenagers. But too much Internet use by teens — or too little, for that matter — might be related to depression, a new study finds.

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Clicking your way through Ulysses and having a hard time remembering just what it is Bloom ate for breakfast or, indeed, just what he did on the beach? Don’t blame James Joyce, blame your Kindle! Read more here

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The second-generation iPad could have a resolution of 2,048×1,536, quadrupling the number of pixels, according to reports. Read more here.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Roughly two thirds of American teenagers are comfortable enough with their parents to have them as Facebook friends, according to a new study.

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You need your printer to print, but do you need it to access the Internet? HP and Lexmark are hoping you’ll think so, as they launch more and more of their printers into the cloud. Through Web-connected printers you can access maps, games, and coupons, or add functions such as sending print jobs via e-mail, Continue reading →

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Clearwire Corp’s board elected John Stanton as Chairman replacing founder Craig McCaw who resigned from the wireless service provider’s board December 31.

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – American Airlines, which is battling third-party ticket sellers over distribution costs and methods, on Tuesday said it has reached a deal with Priceline.com to use American’s direct connect technology to access fares.

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LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks is unlikely anytime soon to make public material provided to it this week by Swiss bank whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and sources close to Elmer.

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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Companies will buy more than 10 million tablet computers this year, consultancy Deloitte said on Tuesday supporting recent research from Gartner which sees the global market for Apple’s iPad, rising to 55 million devices this year from 19.5 million in 2010.

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With downloads from the App Store rapidly approaching the 10 billion mark, how long will it be before apps outsell music? Read more here

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A proposed US Internet ‘kill switch’ to be used in the event of a cyberwar event could actually cause more problems that it would prevent. Read more here

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