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Monterey College of Law goes with iPads

Monterey College of Law, a California accredited law school located in Seaside, California, is the first law school in the US to adopt the iPad as an integral part of the law school curriculum. Law students at Monterey College of Law returned from summer break to the news that they’re part of a pilot program that will provide iPads to each law student at the school.

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Regarding tiltable, touchscreen iMacs

The reports this week of an Apple patent for “transitioning between modes of input” underscores my conviction that we’ll see touchscreen iMacs in the near future. I think Apple is preparing us for this with the release of its Magic TrackPad for Macs.

Some feel there’s little demand for a touch screen computer. However, the growing popularity of iPhones, iPod touches, iPads and similar devices from Apple and other companies are making touch technology second nature to many people, especially young folks. It’s just a matter of time before they want said technology on their computers.

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wKiosk Browser gets tweaked interface

App4Mac has updated wKiosk Browser (http://www.app4mac.com/software/product_details.php?item_id=3), a web browser designed for Internet kiosk applications, has now up to version 6.0.5. It’s a Mac OS X solution for presenting web-based content (HTML, Flash, PDF, videos, etc.) and applications on public access terminals with or without access to the Internet. The new version fixes some bugs and tweaks the user interface.

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: And it dices tomatoes, too

By Frank Petrie

So, you’ve purchased an iPad and you’re fairly smug about. And rightfully so, cause you’re on the bleeding edge of technology, it’s a magnet for meeting people of the opposite sex, and other computer users envy you.

But the more that you’ve used it, you’ve discovered that Steve understated its usefulness as a decent production tool, even in it’s first generation. But now comes a concept out of left field.

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