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  • iPad 2 cheaper at AT&T than Verizon

    AT&T and Verizon Thursday announced their prices for iPad 2 models and their 3G data plans. At least one thing is clear at the start: the tablet computer price tag is $100 cheaper at AT&T.

  • 13 tutorials for switching from Windows to Mac

    We’ve been writing a lot of late about Apple iPhones and iPads <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/021411-ipads-enterprise.html">storming the enterprise</a>, but of course Apple Macs, such as the new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/022411-apple-macbook-pro-thunderbolt.html">MacBook Pros</a>, are finding their way into more businesses as well. 

  • Harvard computer scientist Leslie Valiant wins Turing Award

    <a href="http://www.seas.harvard.edu/directory/valiant">Leslie Valiant</a>, a versatile computer scientist at Harvard University whose work has impacted everything from artificial intelligence to distributed computing, has been named the winner of the 2010 A.M. Turing Award.

  • iPad 2 both excites and frustrates business customers

    Apple's new iPad 2 tablet computer will only strengthen the company's grip in one market that isn't even a priority for it: the enterprise. And that leaves IT groups still struggling with how to manage and secure a wildly popular mobile device.

  • iPad 2 spoiler: RIM PlayBook tablet coming April 10?

    RIM has been talking up its PlayBook tablet for months, but has been coy about when the latest Apple iPad killer will ship and what it will cost. Speculation heated up Wednesday, on the same day that Apple is expected to make big iPad news, that April 10 will be the day of the PlayBook’s real coming out party.

  • Apple MacBook Pro models now boast Thunderbolt 10G I/0

    "More power" is the theme of Apple's new MacBook Pro notebook computers unveiled Thursday, with multi-core processors, improved graphics, and a blazingly fast new I/O technology called Thunderbolt that tops out at 10Gbps.

  • Dumbest tech marketing stunts of all time

    Two Dell employees last week put the maxim "There's no such thing as bad publicity" to the test after a hostage-themed marketing stunt focused on the Dell Streak tablet went about as badly as you'd expect.

  • Wicked cool man vs. machine moments

    As IBM's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/71385">Watson computer digs in</a> for its <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/71433?hpg1=bn">competition on "Jeopardy!"</a> this week, we are reminded that this is the first in a long series of classic man vs. machine moments. Here we have a look at some of the famous real and not so real man vs. machine action.

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