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iPad Pre-Orders Begin March 12th, Twitter's Shorty Awards Announced

by Warren Riddle on March 5, 2010 at 11:50 AM


Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • The iPad's official release date has finally been announced, and the highly anticipated gadget will be available for purchase April 3rd, with pre-orders beginning March 12th. Try not to eagerly waste any money on ridiculous peripherals just yet, because the prices will vary from $499 to $829. [From: Engadget]
  • The Knight Foundation has named the winners of this year's Shorty awards, which go to Twitter's greatest tweeters. The majority of the recipients were apparently fictional personalities, as various characters from 'Ad Men' and 'Sesame Street' accepted prizes (through 140-characters-or-less speeches, of course). [From: CNN]
  • Sony is apparently delving into the handheld marketplace. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is developing gadgets, including a smartphone, that will allow users to download and play video games. Hopefully, Sony can program the devices' system clocks correctly, so that the Web can avoid another million-geek freakout. [From: The Wall Street Journal]
  • Google and Viacom have been embroiled in a corporate brawl for several years, and the current court case seems to be progressing rapidly. The two sides are expected to begin presenting arguments soon in the case, which centers on allegations that Google committed "massive intentional copyright infringement." [From: CNET]
  • 'American Idol' experimented with a new social networking strategy this season by actively promoting the contestants' personal Twitter, Facebook and MySpace accounts. FOX, though, without any sort of indication why, has now consolidated all of those individual accounts into generic show pages. [From: Mashable and The Wall Street Journal and USA Today]
  • The Windows Phone 7 Series was just recently announced, and details about the smartphones' capabilities are steadily emerging. Perhaps the biggest news today is that the 7 Series won't be backward compatible with current Windows Mobile apps, constituting a big gamble for Microsoft. [From: Engadget]

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