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• Apple confirms iPad wi-fi issues, suggests fixes

  Early users of Apple's iPad are reporting problems with establishing a wi-fi network connection.
  Apple's support forums contain a number of comments from frustrated users who are experiencing problems while trying to set up their wi-fi connections. And Apple itself has posted a support note and FAQ on wi-fi and the iPad.
  User reports on wi-fi problems cover various issues. Some users say they're unable to join their networks at all after their iPads come out of sleep; others can't seem to get a signal unless they stand very close to their wireless routers (which, needless to say, negates the points of having a wireless network in the first place).

• The iPad makes demands on Web developers

  Web developers behind the sites on Apple's approved list of iPad-ready online destinations have confronted an issue that the device-maker is forcing to the fore: are official World Wide Web Consortium standard languages sufficient tools to deliver cutting edge functionality, or do plug-ins lead the way in design innovation?

• Updated: Apple to preview new iPhone OS this week

  Apple will preview the next-generation iPhone operating system on Thursday, just a few days after the launch of the iPad tablet, which also runs on the OS.

• Will the iPad live up to the hype?

  Apple has asked people to drop their netbooks and go with the "magical" iPad, which will be uncloaked in US stores on Saturday morning. The excitement around the device is high, but will it live up to its hype?

• Taiwanese touchpad maker tries to block Apple imports into US

  A touchpad manufacturer that last year sued Apple for patent infringement filed a complaint Monday with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), asking it to ban imports of Apple products, including the iPad and iPhone.

• Apple gets iPad trademark just in time

  Just in time for the long-awaited iPad to go on sale, Apple has acquired the trademark on its name.

• Circulation rule change opens door to iPad mags

  A Rule that determines magazine circulation details could have scuppered publishers plans to bring their titles to the iPad.

• Anticipation grows as Apple takes orders for iPad

  Apple started taking orders for the iPad tablet Friday, with early adopters rushing to order one of the most hotly anticipated products in recent memory.

• iPad's US debut set for April 3

  The wifi model of Apple's highly anticipated iPad multimedia device will be released in the US on April 3, with 3G-enabled devices available later in the month, Apple announced Friday.

• Associated Press targets iPad with paid news app

  The Associated Press has revealed that it intends to launch a paid news application for Apple's forthcoming iPad tablet, as part of its plan to generate income for online content.

• Aussie Telcos still waiting on Apple for iPad details

  Despite the impending local release of the WiFi iPad this month, and the 3G equipped version in April, Australia’s two biggest telcos are seemingly no closer to striking a deal with Apple to carry the new device.

• Is the iPad 'iBad for freedom'?

  Defective by Design.org has <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad">slammed the iPad</a> just hours after its release, saying its "iBad for freedom".

• Updated: Jobs announces Apple's iPad

  Apple has launched its much-awaited iPad tablet device, a handheld that will allow users to view movies, surf the internet and play high-definition games.

• Apple tablet costs US$600 to $800, says beta tester

  Apple's tablet will come in two sizes, one with a 10-in. display, cost as little as $600, and is the &quot;best gadget ever made,&quot; an entrepreneur who said he's had the device for the last 10 days told his Twitter followers today.

• 'iSlate', don't be so Bashful

  The Mac community is waiting with bated breath for this week's expected Apple tablet announcement, but according to some quantum theorists, Mac communities in nearby parallel universes have been playing with Apple tablets since the Reagan administration.
  This past week, Frog Design released pictures of the &quot;Bashful&quot; tablet, which was on the drawing boards in 1983, but never made it to the shipping stage. The Bashful looks like the top half of a PowerBook Duo combined with a keyboard stolen from an Apple IIc; a stylus rounded out the Bashful's user interface.
  Some explanation of why this is mind-bending may be useful for those of you who don't remember the 1980s. In 1983, the Apple Lisa cost nearly US$10,000 (somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000 in today's dollars), and the Macintosh and Apple IIgs were still in the future.
  The Apple user experience was defined by what we had on the Apple II+ and Apple IIe, where &quot;80 column cards&quot; were an advanced technology which bumped high-resolution graphics from 280 by 192 pixels to 560 by 192 pixels.