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Two women try out an iPad. US federal prosecutors are set to announce criminal charges linked to hacking into the AT&T network that may have affected 120,000 users of Apple’s iPad tablet computer. Federal prosecutors in New Jersey are announcing the arrests of two men accused of stealing e-mail addresses and other information from more [...]

In this screen-shot provided by Starbucks Corp., the website for Starbuck’s Digital Network is displayed on an Apple iPad. Starbucks Corp. is launching its digital network on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, giving users free access to some paid sites such as the Wall Street Journal, free e-books and other content to better compete with its [...]

Dell announced it will ship its 5-inch Streak tablet this Friday for $300 with a two-year AT&T contract. The 5-inch Streak tablet fits in a somewhat untested product category between a smartphone and tablet. Its arrival comes after delays that had infuriated potential customers. But even if early adopters forgive Dell for a release snafu, [...]

Glide OS, the cloud-based operating system that runs in your browser, is phasing out Adobe Flash in favor of HTML5. This transition begins with a new version of the company’s site that’s been designed specifically for Apple iPad owners. Beginning Thursday, visitors to Glide’s site will see the Flash version if they’re on a normal [...]

In this June 14, 2010 photo, Cupidtino founder Mel Sampat is seen with his Apple iPad in San Francisco. Apple Inc.’s ads used to challenge consumers to “think different.” Now a website wants to help fans of the iPhone and Mac computer maker date different, too. Called Cupidtino, an homage to Apple Inc.’s Cupertino, Calif., [...]

This hasn’t been AT&T’s month. First, security researchers found a loophole in the company’s Website that could be used to reveal email addresses for tens of thousands of Apple iPad customers. Now, some users are reporting that when they log in to their AT&T accounts to pre-order the iPhone 4 they are apparently given access [...]

(AP) — The FBI said Thursday that it is investigating a data breach at AT&T that exposed the e-mail addresses of more than 114,000 owners of the Apple iPad, including government officials. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

They’re heeeeeere. Several would-be Apple iPad killers showed up this week at trade shows in Taiwan and hoighty-toighty confabs in Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, AT&T debuted a new wireless data pricing plan that left some people confused and others angry. Facebook’s privacy fires continued to burn, despite the company’s attempts to dump cold water on them. [...]

One of the prevailing themes at the Computex conference this week is the coming onslaught of Android-based tablets. The iPad is leading the tablet charge–selling more than two million units in less than two months since its initial launch, but some of the Android tablets could be formidable challengers to Apple’s de facto tablet dominance. [...]

In this undated photo provided by Wired, an Apple iPad is displayed. After nearly a year of laboring on a tablet computer edition of the magazine, Wired released its application in Apple’s digital newsstand Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Other titles from Conde Nast, including Vanity Fair and GQ, had already come out for the iPad, [...]