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Google’s Eric Schmidt Kills Trees

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2011 The business brains behind Google tells The Atlantic about his decidedly low-tech taste in information: "For me, there’s no better place to get accurate, fresh information—well-reported information—than a newspaper." Schmidt reads both the paper and Web editions of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and prefers "paper and ink" books to e-readers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Aspiring iPad Killers Crash CES (Update)

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2011 The iPad was the little tablet that could. Now the rush to crash Apple's party is on. Here's a look at some of the upstarts turning heads at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tabletus Interruptus

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 Steve Jobs calls his new tablet "a magical device at a breakthrough price," but chances are you don't need one and can't afford it anyway. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Behold the iPad

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 After months of breathless anticipation, techies everywhere have a new gadget/cultural phenomenon on their hands in the form of Apple Inc.’s new tablet, the iPad. Apple CEO Steve Jobs was on hand to do the unveiling honors at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Wednesday morning, and based on the results, you can bet the lines will be forming in front of Apple stores yet again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

2,000 Angry Chinese Workers Don’t Care About the Apple Tablet

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 Apple has a big event planned for the end of the month, when the company is supposed to unveil its rumored tablet and perhaps a new iPhone OS, but the workers who make screens used by Apple are a lot more concerned about getting paid and whether they've been made to work with hazardous materials. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )