Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Recently, “ZDNet” asked, “Should the iPad count as a mobile PC? And I say “certainly.”

After all, DisplaySearch rightfully put the Apple tablet in the computerC category with its Monday release of the “Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report “(http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/101206_ipad_effect_continues_as_apple_gains_market_share_in_developed_regions.asp). Do so and Apple is the number one personal computer maker in the U.S. and number three globally.

Apple is eyeing ways to improve air cooling techniques for its computers, including the Mac Pro. An Apple patent (number 7849302) for an apparatus for air cooling has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office.

Apple has been granted several patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office, including design patents for the iPad dock, MacBook Air and multi-touch technology. Following is a summary of each.

By Greg Mills

The recent leak of a considerable cache of secret diplomatic cables underlines a significant issue that will have a profound effect upon us all.

To add insult to injury, the criminal mastermind behind all this has threatened to unleash even more secret information that is already downloaded but sealed with 256-bit encryption. That massive file only needs a key posted on the internet for thousands of copies of this new, and according to him, damaging information to also be released.