Sight unseen, fans hear `iPad’ and think `iWant’ (AP)

In this photo made Tuesday, March 30, 2010, an iPad advertisement is seen at an Apple Store in Palo Alto, Calif. A whole lot of people are willing to plunk down their money for an iPad, sight unseen, hoping it will turn out to be the missing link in their digital lives. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP – People who lined up to buy the first iPhone knew what they were paying hundreds of dollars for: a new cell phone that promised to be better. Apple Inc.’s newest gadget, the iPad tablet computer, falls into a category that’s foreign to most people.

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RIM: higher 4Q profit as subscriber base grows (AP)

In this Feb. 18, 2010 photo, a BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone is displayed at the Mobile World congress in Barcelona, Spain. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reports quarterly financial results Wednesday, March 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP – BlackBerry phone maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported sharply higher earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter, yet its stock dropped as results failed to meet Wall Street expectations.

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Tech Provider for Microsoft’s Project Natal Revealed (PC World)

PC World – An Israeli startup stepped out from behind the curtain Wednesday and revealed itself as the technology provider for Microsoft’s Project Natal, the upcoming motion-control system for its Xbox 360.

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ASUS Eee PC 1001PX has a thing for carbon-fiber, starts at $279

We won’t detail our murderous wrath for glossy netbooks, but we will tell you that ASUS is on our good side today by striking the shiny lid on its newest 10-inch Eee PC 1001PX in exchange for a carbon fiber-like replacement. The little guy boasts the same specs as the budget Eee PC 1001P — an Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive — and will be available in the US in May. And if you had any doubt that ASUS is after Acer’s throat in pricing, we’re told that the Windows 7 Starter model will be priced at an aggressive $299, while the XP version will only set you back a cool $279. In typical ASUS form, we’re hearing word of an Eee PC 1001PG that will fall into this same line, but will be equipped with 4G in most markets and possibly 3G and 4G stateside. Now, if only we had as much information about those brewing Eee Pads

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Apple updates AirPort Utility, base station firmware (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com – It just so happens I opened my AirPort Utility mere moments ago to make a tweak to my wireless network, only to discover an exclusive invitation to update to AirPort Utilty 5.5.1. Apple released the update for Mac and Windows on Wednesday, along with new firmware for the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule.

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