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	Expect shortages of new iPad, say analysts Apple will not be able to meet demand for the new iPad when it goes on sale later this month, analysts have said. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Companies like Foursquare, StrongMail, and ExoIS are taking charge of cloud server security using Halo from CloudPassage, which ensures easy, scalable, and automated security for dynamic cloud environments. Register today to Secure 25 Cloud Servers for Free with Halo Basic. In this Issue Coming Wednesday: Apple iPad event liveblog Looming iPad 3 launch sparks tablet trade-in stampede Google reportedly developing rival to Apple Siri Apple flaunts 25B App Store downloads Analyst: Free Mountain Lion upgrade would be 'brilliant' Apple move Windows XP slide continues; Mac OS X posts record gain I dumped my iPhone 4 for the Android Galaxy Nexus Sen. 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Macworld will be liveblogging the event; you can bookmark this link to later view the news as it unfolds. Read More Looming iPad 3 launch sparks tablet trade-in stampede Talk of the impending debut of Apple's newest iPad, including the company's announcement yesterday of a March 7 launch event in San Francisco, has pushed tablet trade-in volumes to record levels, buy-back companies said today. Read More Google reportedly developing rival to Apple Siri Reports are circulating that Google is developing a voice assistant technology that would rival Apple's Siri. Read More Apple flaunts 25B App Store downloads Apple today announced that a Chinese woman had been awarded a $10,000 iTunes gift card for downloading the 25 billionth app from the company's iOS App Store. Read More Analyst: Free Mountain Lion upgrade would be 'brilliant' Apple move Apple would be making a 'brilliant' move if it decided to give away OS X Mountain Lion to Mac users as a free upgrade, an analyst said today. Read More Windows XP slide continues; Mac OS X posts record gain On the heels of yesterday's launch of Windows 8's preview, new statistics show that Microsoft's decade-old Windows XP again plummeted in usage share and will be surpassed by Windows 7 in June. Read More I dumped my iPhone 4 for the Android Galaxy Nexus I like a lot of things about my iPhone 4, but I don't like the way Apple seems to be closing its ecosystem again. So when the Samsung Galaxy Nexus arrived, I got rid of the iPhone and moved to Android. Read More Sen. Schumer wants FTC probe of Apple, Google The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should investigate Apple and Google for allowing applications on their mobile OSes to access users' photographs without permission, a U.S. senator said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Research In Motion Go Mobile Without Sacrificing Data Security It's a tricky balancing act to ensure the security of mobile devices without jeopardizing the user experience. In many cases, IT winds up focusing more on one aspect than the other, meaning that risk is added or users are alienated. Finally, both considerations will be accorded the attention they deserve. Learn More Apple and Samsung each lose a patent lawsuit in Mannheim Apple and Samsung Electronics each saw patent lawsuits they had filed against one another dismissed by a German court on Friday. Samsung expects to appeal its dismissal. Read More Chinese electronics vendor appeals court ruling to halt iPad sales A Chinese electronics vendor is appealing a court ruling to stop its iPad sales, as Apple fights to prevent local authorities from banning the iconic tablet in the country over a trademark dispute. Read More Hands-On: Adobe Photoshop Touch for the iPad 2 Adobe Photoshop for the iPad 2 launched Monday for $9.99, offering a raft of photo-editing features. I found on the first day of testing that if you need to quickly edit a photo or create a collage, this app can do the job. Here's what you can expect to find. Read More Kodak opposes Apple's bid to restart patent litigation Eastman Kodak has asked a bankruptcy court to decide on its patent dispute with Apple, thus opposing a motion by Apple for permission to resume the patent litigation in another court. Read More Jonny Evans: Viral video hints iPad 4 as Apple iPad launch looms I hope to attend Apple's iPad launch event next week, so do check back for a first look on the day. Meanwhile here's a few nice nuggets of fact and speculation to get you thinking on what Apple has planned for the year ahead. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Five points about Apple's job claims Apple is a job creator but not as big as the one as it claims to be Insider (registration required) Read More Jonny Evans: The complete Apple iPad 3/iPad HD pre-launch guide We're in the final few hours before Apple [AAPL] is expected to unveil its all-new iPad. 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