Eleven Things I Now Know About the iPad

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Our Top Stories Eleven Things I Now Know About the iPad Here are eleven significant things I know now about the iPad I didnt know -- at least for sure -- on Friday night. Apple to Preview New IPhone OS This Week Apple will preview its new iPhone OS later this week. iPad Fail: Users Experiencing Issues Apple's forums are already bristling with iPad pioneers running into serious problems. iPad Sales Reportedly Exceed Half a Million, Beating Expectations The tablet's on the street and it's already posting huge sales numbers. 300,000 iPads Sold on Saturday? Not too Shabby, But& Let's take a look at the fineprint of Apple's impressive 300,000 iPad sales claim over this past weekend. iWork Pages for iPad: A Primer for Word Users An overview of lessons learned trying to use iWork Pages on the iPad as a substitute for Microsoft Word. The IPad Makes Demands on Web Developers Apple's insistence on HTML 5 for the iPad may spur Web developer work EMC's Gelsinger Shares Storage Federation Vision Pat Gelsinger made headlines in September 2009 when he left Intel to join EMC as president and COO of information infrastructure products, a group that includes... Microsoft Ending Support for Itanium Microsoft is ending its support for Intel's Itanium processor with the current version of its Windows Server OS; according to a Microsoft blog posting Friday. IT's 'Love Affair' With Windows XP Ending IT managers are finally releasing their grip on Windows XP and warming up to Windows 7, a new survey shows. Google, China Play Game of Cat and Mouse As a result of its decision to stop censoring search results in China, Google now risks losing access to the country's 384 million Internet users. 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Slate Wars: 15 Tablets That Could Rival Apple's iPad The iPad has captured many hearts and minds, but a fleet of rival tablets led by a separatist Android army is about to attack, armed with HD Flash video, multitouch screens, front-facing cameras, multitasking...even Windows 7. Let's take a look. Top Reviews on PCWorld.com Apple iPad Stress Tests How sturdy is Apple's latest gadget, the iPad? We test it so you don't have to... Slate Wars: 15 Tablets That Could Rival Apple's iPad The iPad has captured many hearts and minds, but a fleet of rival tablets led by a separatist Android army is about to attack, armed with HD Flash video, multitouch screens, front-facing cameras, multitasking...even Windows 7. Let's take a look. A Visual Tour of the Apple iPad Its finally here! 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