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Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'

Matt Cantor — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:14:05 CDT

Mitt Romney has made some gaffes this election season, and he's not afraid to admit it. Sometimes he says things "that make me want to kick myself in the seat of my pants," he tells Peggy Noonan in an interview as he's on the cusp of officially clinching the nomination....

Murder Witnessed on iPad Video Chat

Rob Quinn — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:49:51 CDT

The brutal murder of a Massachusetts woman was witnessed by a pal of her teenage daughter seconds after the friends were chatting on her iPad. Police say the 15-year-old girl was in the middle of a video chat when she went into the kitchen because she heard her parents arguing...

'iPad Mini' Coming for Less Than $300

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:36:44 CDT

Cue the agonizing groans at Microsoft: Apple is planning a new entry-level iPad for later this year designed to fend off the coming barrage of Windows 8 tablets , reports Fox Business . According to a Chinese-language news site, some 6 million "iPad minis" will come out in the third quarter at...

Feds Sue Apple Over E-book Price Fixing

Mark Russell — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:41:39 CDT

The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five of the US' biggest book publishers over allegations that they conspired to fix the price of e-books ahead of the iPad's launch, the Wall Street Journal reports. The conspiracy allegedly aimed to drive up prices, which had settled...

5 Charged for Helping Teen Sell Kidney for iPad

John Johnson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:50:00 CDT

Two notable developments in the case of a Chinese teenager from an impoverished part of the country who sold his kidney to buy an iPhone and an iPad. First, five people have been charged, including the surgeon who did the operation last year and the person who arranged it, reports...

iPad Catch-22: Video Looks Hot, Eats Data Limit

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:54:26 CDT

When it comes to video, the new iPad giveth ... and taketh away. Though the latest model comes equipped with a high-resolution screen and speedy 4G connection—seemingly to enable users to eat up even more video—what's actually being eaten up are users' data limits. The Wall Street Journal shares...

Consumer Reports: New iPad Runs Hotter

Kevin Spak — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:32:49 CDT

In its few days on the market, the new iPad has been drawing complaints from worried customers that it runs awfully hot. A Dutch site says its tests have shown that it runs 10 degrees hotter than its iPad 2 predecessor. Now Consumer Reports testing has shown that it's even...

New iPad's 'Dictation' Sends Memos, Email Direct to Apple

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:36:21 CDT

Better watch what you say when you announce memos or emails using a feature of the new iPad—Dictation—because your info goes directly to Apple for processing, warns MSNBC and ZDNet . Though most users may be stunned that's how Dictation works, Apple is upfront about it. "The things you...

Steve Wozniak First in Line as iPad Arrives

Matt Cantor — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:43:02 CDT

The new iPad is here, and once again, Steve Wozniak is first in line for the latest Apple gadget. Sure, the Apple co-founder could get his hands on one without waiting in line, notes Mashable , but "it's become a ritual," he says in Los Angeles. "I wanna be one of...