Bits & Bytes Friday 3.16.99

Here is a conpendium, quick index and short news briefs covering some of the most important, interesting and compelling topics of specific interest to technologists and gadget freaks of all stripes.

  • New Apple iPad is in stores and is a rousing satisfying success
  • SXSW wraps up. Turns out to be more party than anything else.
  • Tablet manufacturing companies in new iPad response mode
  • Yahoo patent suits promise to hamstring Facebook
  • Apple valuation $560 Billion, literally through the roof
  • Microsoft hoping to get back in the game with Windows 8 and tablets
  • SXSW Homeless Hotspot eruption
  • Kevin Rose and team joins up with Google
  • SLRs still in the Game! Leica M10, Nikon D4
  • Insiders hint at Air-style MacBook Pro (in production)
  • Sony getting back in the game
  • HTC One X and One S now available
  • APPY Geek predicts Personal Cloud to Replace PCs By 2014
  • New Apple iPad outfitted with 1GB RAM
  • Wikipedia and Internet slay 244-year Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Pinterest making waves and getting traction
  • Personal Privacy controls lacking all around. Everyone guilty!
  • Google undertaking substantial Search overhaul
  • PayPal Here available, use for retail purchases like credit card
  • Archos G9 Turbo Slate tablets shipping pre-loaded with ICS
  • Customers and users pissed over poor battery life in 4G phones
  • Users demanding larger and more resolute smartphone displays
  • Commission explores Best Uses for Tech in Schools
  • Nokia Building a sharp looking Windows Tablet
  • New iPad retina display a big hit with consumers and pundits
  • New Yahoo CEO Tells Yahoo troops real change coming soon
  • Archos rumors new G10 Tablets with ultra thin keyboard dock
  • Apple scores twice over Samsung in Dutch court
  • SEC gets tough on firms already trading Facebook Pre-IPO Shares

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