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• Opinion divided on impact on iPad of Foxconn blast

  Opinion is divided on whether a blast on Friday at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China will affect the production of Apple’s iPads

• Analyst: Foxconn plant explosion to disrupt iPad 2 production

  The explosion at a Chinese factory last week will affect production of Apple's iPad 2, but won't affect Apple's bottom line, a Wall Street analyst said today.

• Foxconn working conditions were criticized before fire

  A two-week old report from a Hong Kong-based watchdog group may give us more insight into the explosion that killed three people at a Foxconn assembly plant in China on Friday.

• Apple iPad corporate security gets boost from GroupLogic

  Businesses can now grant iPads safe remote access to files using new software designed to meet enterprise management and security concerns.

• Three dead after Foxconn factory blast, Apple investigating

  A third employee had died from injuries caused by an explosion at a factory of Foxconn in Chengdu, China, the company said Sunday. Initial findings show the blast was caused by "combustible dust in a duct."

• iPads used more in bed than in bathroom: Study

  Users of Apple's iPad and other tablets prefer to spend more time fiddling with their devices in bed than in the bathroom.

• iPad 2 supply constraints ease

  Component supply issues that left Apple unable to produce as many iPad 2 units as it had planned have reportedly eased.

• MeeGo marches to 1.2 despite Nokia defection

  Nokia’s decision to use Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system in its future smartphone devices hasn’t stopped the MeeGo open source project from continuing its development with version 1.2 released today sporting app and telephony updates.

• Microsoft's Courier team scatters

  The founders of Microsoft’s Pioneer Studios, which created the concept behind the double-sided Courier tablet, have scattered and the group’s office, located in a Seattle neighborhood full of startups, has closed.

• PlayBook: New details on Bridge, bluetooth security

  Research In Motion's (RIM) popular BlackBerry PlayBook tablet may not ship with native e-mail and personal information management (PIM) applications just yet -- they're expected this summer -- but thanks to the BlackBerry Bridge application, consumers and enterprise users alike can securely access their mail, calendars, contacts, etc., using PlayBook tablets.

• HP's TouchPad could emerge as viable iPad competitor

  HP's TouchPad could emerge as a viable competitor to Apple's iPad tablet in a burgeoning market filled with disappointing competitors, industry analysts said this week.

• BlackBerry PlayBook battery life weakened by OS update

  Earlier this month, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) released a significant OS update for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that enabled a new PlayBook video chat application, as well as BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) functionality via RIM's BlackBerry Bridge application. But the OS update seems to have had an unintended effect on

• App roundup: Remote access apps for tablets

  Tablets -- Apple's iPad in particular -- have found many fans among IT managers, developers and CIOs.

• New Intel tablets could slow iPad enterprise appeal

  Tablets based on Intel's first dedicated tablet processor may not be a monster hit among consumers like Apple's iPad, but they could find adoption in enterprises, analysts said this week.

• BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat behind the firewall

  If you're attempting to employ RIM's brand new BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat application while connected to a corporate network, but keep experiencing connectivity issues, your problems could be related to blocked ports or port forwarding in your enterprise firewall.