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...soon, I would. I thought I knew what to expect. For I've been playing with Apple products for a long, long time...
...that? They often look at devices as the sum of their features. But that kind of thinking isn't in Apple's DNA. The iPad does perform tasks - it runs apps and has the calendar, e-mail, Web browsing, office productivity, audio, video and gaming capabilities you would expect of any such device - yet when I eventually got my hands on one, I discovered that one doesn't relate to it as a "tool"; the experience is closer to one's relationship with a person or an animal. (See 10 tech trends...
Industry analysts see the current gains as more than a flash in the pan. "We think there is a steady recovery under way. We expect it to continue," says Scott Painter, CEO of TrueCar.com, an online car-buying guide. That bullish view is supported by a new round of positive economic signals. While consumer confidence remains shaky, underlying economic indexes, such as freight-car loadings and oil-rig counts, show that the overall economic picture is improving. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...
...Stone, his wife Tina and his son David Jr., 19. Another son, Joshua, 21, was apprehended late on Monday. The alleged Hutaree members have been charged with sedition and attempted use of weapons of mass destruction. Says Emily Robinson, 27, who works as a custodian in Clayton: "You never expect to see something so big happen in a small town like this." (See the top 10 news stories...
...some observers, it's naive to expect the E.U. to maintain a perfect record on human rights. "It would not be the first time the E.U. is going against its values, and its own interests," says Andrew Stroehlein, a spokesman for the International Crisis Group. Stephan Keukeleire, a professor of foreign policy at Leuven University in Belgium, points out that any E.U. claims of ethical foreign policy were already undermined by the fact that its members are among the biggest arms exporters in the world. "We too often talk about the moral side of our actions, and we too often...