When Apple finally announced its iPad tablet computer at a San Francisco press event last week, we learned that it was "magical." And "revolutionary." And that the price was "unbelievable."

In the networking game, speed counts. As it continues to spar with its larger rival Cisco, Juniper knows this all too well. In that spirit, the company is beginning to test silicon technology what will be a more than twofold increase in routing speeds.

Enterprise Networking Planet takes a look at the new gear, and hears from Juniper about its timetable to bring the devices to market.

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When Apple Inc unveiled its iPad last month, one crucial detail almost got drowned out in the hoopla: the new tablet computer will be powered by an in-house chip called the A4.

While Apple likely will not market the chip publicly, analysts say the new processor underscores how rival chip designs may eventually win out over Intel Corp's designs in the emergent hot category of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

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As they marvel at Apple's new iPad tablet computer, the technorati seem to be focusing on where this leaves Amazon's populare-book business. But the much more important question is why Microsoft, America’s most famous and prosperous technology company, no longer brings us the future, whether it’s tablet computers like the iPad, e-books like Amazon’s Kindle, smartphones like the BlackBerry and iPhone, search engines like Google, digital music systems like iPod and iTunes or popular Web services like Facebook and Twitter.

Fresh from patching an Internet Explorer (IE) flaw exploited in cyberattacks on Google and other firms, Microsoft is looking intoa newly exposed vulnerability in the browser software. "Microsoft is investigating a responsibly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer," Microsoft Trustworthy Computing group manager Dave Forstrom told AFP on Wednesday.

"We're currently unaware of any attacks trying to use the vulnerability or of customer impact, and believe customers are at reduced risk due to responsible disclosure."

A large, high-resolution LED-backlit IPS display. An incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen. And an amazingly powerful Apple-designed chip. All in a design that’s thin and light enough to take anywhere. iPad isn’t just the best device of its kind. It’s a whole new kind of device.

Your profile on Facebook may become a cause of worry when looking for a job, as employers are increasingly checking on networking sitesto know more about the people they intend to recruit, a new study claims.

The survey has found that one in 10 were refused job for boasting about drinking and drugs online.

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Google seems to be doing frequent rounds of the court lately. After fighting China on the Internet openness front, it now faces the fire from India.

Google is in pursuit of creating the world s largest online library. However, publishers and authors from around the world including India have sued Google for violating copyright protection.

A global campaign against Global Book Settlement (GBS 2.0), Indian Repographic

Rights Organisation (IRRO), which is the official copyright society for Indian

The way things are moving forward it might not be long before you say goodbye to your netbook, the just-arrived e-book readers and maybe evenlaptops and desktops. And if Apple has its way, even mobile handsets might be facing a bleak future! The Cupertino-based technology wizards have, as all of you know, at last unveiled the much read, heard and rumoured about tablet, iPad. Billed to be a communication, entertainment, housekeeping; okay, not the last one, all-in-one kind of device, it surely is a glimpse at what the future holds for us.