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A week after the launch of the new iPad, the device now accounts for about 1 in 15 Apple tablets accessing the Internet, a mobile ad network said today. Chitika, which regularly mines data from its ad-serving network for device and browser usage patterns, said that over the past 24 hours the new iPad generated 6.6% of all iPad traffic that goes through the company's systems.

Apple's latest iPad can hit temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit while playing action games, Consumer Report said on Tuesday -- far hotter than earlier versions of the industry leading tablet. Using a thermal imaging camera, engineers with the consumer watchdog group recorded the soaring temperatures as on both the front and rear of the new iPad while playing the graphics intensive game Infinity Blade II. These temperatures were much warmer than the iPad 2, said Donna L. Tapellini, an analyst with Consumer Reports.

Apple announced late Monday that it has sold more than 3 million new iPads since the new version's March 16 launch, making this the most successful launch yet for Apple's tablet. On a conference call with analysts Monday morning, CEO Tim Cook touted the third-generation iPad's "record" weekend, without offering specifics on its sales figures. There are few significant differences between the new iPad and the second-generation iPad 2, but that didn't stop thousands of Apple fans from waiting hours in line to be among the first to get it Friday morning. In New York, the line at the flagship Apple Store on Fifth Avenue spanned more than a city block, and fans filled several corridors at the new Grand Central store. The new iPad's flashiest feature is a high-pixel-count "retina display," previously available only on the iPhone. The new iPad's screen has 3.1 million pixels, one million more than a 1080p high-definition screen of that size woul...

The U.S. Air Force plans to replace some of its paper manuals with digital editions in the cockpit, and has just laid down the funds to make that happen. Bloomberg reports that Phoenix-based Executive Technology was awarded a $9.36 million contract from the Air Force today, which it plans to use to purchase iPads that will then be loaded up with flight manuals and navigation software.

A pilot program to put iPads in the back of cabs has been given the green light. The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission approved a proposal Thursday to allow a vendor called Square to replace Taxi TVs with iPads in 30 cabs. Riders can pay by credit card at any point during the trip, and have their receipts emailed or texted to them.

Apple’s trademark dispute with a Chinese firm over the term “iPad” is getting knottier by the day for the U.S. technology giant. Proview Technology, which says it owns the trademark for “iPad” in China, plans to ask Chinese customs authorities to ban all imports and exports of Apple’s wildly popular computer tablet, according to multiple reports.     Apple’s iPad, of course, is manufactured in China, so if the ban is approved, it could effectively halt all shipments of the device from China to the rest of the world. That seems unlikely, given that China is the world’s number one exporter of consumer electronics, and depends on Western companies like Apple to fuel its rapidly growing economy, but Proview says it’s making the request anyway.

Pass the buffalo wings and the iPad. IPads are popping up in the military, on car showfloors and at wineries and are now being tested out at customer tables by the Buffalo Wild Wings grill and bar chain. Nestled in a rugged case from integrator Hubworks, the 9.7-in. iPad is being tested for customers to make food and drink orders from their tables. They can also use the tablets to jump online to check out Facebook, Twitter and play interactive games.

Clay! It’s nature’s iPad. Drag your finger across it to create drawings, multitask by molding it into the shape of a camera or typewriter, see what your friends are up to by ripping a hole in it and peering through. Shoppers in the Metro Vancouver area, however, would prefer actual iPads. CTV News reports that criminals are buying brand-new iPad 2′s from Best Buy, Future Shop, Walmart and London Drugs, replacing the computers with bags of modeling clay, then rewrapping the packages and returning them.

Martin Reisch is certain that if Steve Jobs was alive, the tech innovator would have something to say about him. The Montreal-based photographer made world headlines after he managed to cross the U.S. border with a scanned image of his passport on his iPad. “He’d probably say: ‘Here’s something to work on for the future.’ Maybe have some kind of digital certification or encryption to let people travel like this,” Reisch said.

The iPad 3 rumors are in full swing and many of them are focused on a new device possibly arriving as soon as the first quarter of 2012. But a new bit of information has just emerged that makes the next generation of iPads even more enticing, and it has to do with a smaller form factor. Chinese tech site Digitimes has gone on record with a source that says Apple will introduce a new iPad size in 2012. According to the source, the new size will be 7.85 inches, a size specifically designed to compete head-to-head with the newly popular Kindle Fire from Amazon. The current generation of iPads are 9.5 inches tall, while the Kindle Fire measures just 7.5 inches, making it easier to tuck into a spare pocket or hold for extended periods of time while reading an e-book.

Will an iPad under another another name still be an iPad? Apple may well be about to find out. A Chinese court this week rejected its lawsuit against a local company for infringement of its trademark on the term iPad. It may have to sell its tablet computer under a new name — or cough up  $1.66 billion to Proview Technology (Shenzhen). The Municipal Intermediate People’s Court in Shenzhen, a southern Chinese city neighbouring Hong Kong, threw out Apple’s suit against Proview Technology (Shenzhen), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-headquartered Proview International Holdings Ltd, which also has a branch in Taipei .

A hospital in Israel has begun using Apple's iPad to enable medical staff to help treat patients, provide consultations and study X-rays and CT scans from afar. The Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, located in the largely ultra-orthodox Tel Aviv suburb Bnei Brak, said on Tuesday it is the first hospital to program the high-resolution, touch-screen iPad to interact with Microsoft Corp's Chameleon software used by hospitals.

Israel - Ten months after its American launch, and four months after the first unofficial imports began, Apple's iPad is making is officially making aliyah. On Tuesday, Apple's local representatives, iDigital, will officially launch the Israeli Hebrew version of the tablet computer - even though there are probably a few thousand iPads out there already. Most of these were bought overseas, mostly in the U.S. and some were brought here through importers such as Bug and Home Center.

If you haven't bought an Apple iPad yet, think twice about waiting for the perfect Black Friday deal -- rumors are already swirling about the next version of the tablet PC, unofficially called the iPad 2.

Apple fan Kay Chung got a very sweet birthday present – an iPad wrapped in chocolate. Stefan Magdalinski wanted to surprise his wife with the hot new Apple gadget; however, the couple lives in South Africa where iPads are not available. Magdalinski also wanted to add an extra special touch. So, this highly inventive husband asked a chocolatier pal in London to freeze the iPad in the sweet stuff and ship it to South Africa.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into a possible security breach of AT&T Inc.'s website that exposed the email addresses of some owners of Apple Inc. iPad devices.

Apple products such as the iPhone and iPad have revolutionized daily life for millions of people. But are dolphins the next species to experience Steve Jobs' reality distortion field?

New York - It's enough to make a techie iGag. Some of the sleek new iPads users play with at city Apple stores are laced with potentially dangerous bacteria or are just plain dirty, a Daily News investigation revealed. Of four iPads that were swabbed in two stores last month and then tested in a lab, two contained harmful pathogens. "Eww," said Brittany Smith, 20, of Canarsie, Brooklyn, after hearing the test results outside Apple's flagship store on Fifth Ave. "Now I need some hand sanitizer." The News used medical swabs to covertly collect samples from two iPads in the midtown store and the Meatpacking District location on 14th St. They were then tested for culturable bacteria by the New Jersey-based EMSL Analytical Inc. One sample, collected at the 14th St. store, contained Staphylococcus aureus, the most common cause of staph infections, which can lead to an array of ailments, from minor skin infection to meningitis. "It can easily cause dis...

New York - Mayor Bloomberg wants to run New York with his iPad. The tech-savvy mayor showed off his new tablet computer at a Staten Island civic meeting on Tuesday night, calling it a great way to save time and eliminate paper - though he's still fumbling with the touchscreen.