New iPad coming to market soon!

(CNN) -- It's pretty much official: After months of anticipation, Apple on Wednesday sent out invitations to a March 2 press event where the company is expected to unveil the new version of its iPad tablet computer.

The invite, e-mailed to members of the news media at about 11 a.m. ET, features a picture of an iPad-shaped device with a giant "2" in the center, seemingly a sly reference to the date of the San Francisco event and also to the device's rumored name: "iPad 2."

Read More at http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/02/23/apple.ipad.event/index.html 

Car that does 1,000 mph!?!

London (CNN) -- Building work on a car designed to break the 1,000 mph (1609 kph) barrier has started.

The manufacturing of the Bloodhound SSC is a major milestone for the UK-based team behind it and formally marks the end of a painstaking design process led by chief engineer, Mark Chapman.

"The biggest challenge is keeping the car on the ground," Chapman said.

"We spent two-and-a-half years building up concepts and pretty much eight months ago we cracked the aerodynamic shape that is completely stable up to 1.3 mach (858 mph) and creates no lift."

Read more at http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/11/supersonic.bloodhound.build.start/index.html

HP TouchPad

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited new tablet device called the TouchPad, alongside two new smartphones.

The TouchPad comes with an iPad-like 9.7-inch screen, a front-facing camera and weighs 1.6 lbs. It can multitask and sync with other HP devices like smartphones and printers, and it can display Web content encoded with Abobe Flash (something iPads won't do).

Unique features of the TouchPad include a resizeable keyboard and the high-quality "Beats" audio speakers that HP features on many of its laptops.

Slated for release this summer, the Wi-Fi-only version of the TouchPad will be unveiled first, with the 3G and 4G versions hitting the market at a later date.

HP's new smartphones included the Veer, a credit-card sized smartphone with a pull-out keyboard, and its slightly larger cousin, the Palm Pre 3.

HP left out one key detail about the TouchPad: Its price tag. The company plans to announce pricing later.

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