How soon is now? Pre-order timing for iPad confirmed, 5:30 am PT

We've had more than a few inbound requests today, via email and Twitter, asking a slightly obsessive but completely understandable question: When can I pre-order my freakin' iPad?
True to form, the simple answer of "March 12th" is not adequate for the real early adopters, and they ask again: Yes, I know that, but what time can I push the button? When does the pre-order page go live on ...
Count The Beats: Inspiration… two apps for the musician on the move

Recently I've been preparing to move home and finally did last weekend. Naturally I had to pack up all my musical gear, equipment and of course, my Mac. In the week leading up to the move, I've had my iPhone and nothing else. With no creative outlet and the pressure of looming project deadlines, I found myself scouting the app store for a fix to help me start fleshing out a few creative ideas.
This is what I found that worked well ...
Bravo to Epic Games for porting Unreal Engine 3 to the iPhone

Don’t get mad at me— I wanted to go to GDC, but The Man said no. So now we’re relying on CNET to bring us word of Epic Games’ efforts to bring the Unreal Engine to the iPhone . You may not have even played Unreal for several years, but plenty of big games are based on the engine. Mass Effect and BioShock are based on versions of the engine, as is EA’s upcoming Medal of Honor . Just think: playing Unreal on your iPhone. It’s almost… ...
Netsee UNC-890 netbook

The South Korean market is going to have a slim netbook known as the Netsee UNC-890.
The UNC-890 has an 8.9 inch widescreen LCD display with 1,024 x 600 resolution, 1GB of RAM, a 3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi connectivity, Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, and a 32GB SSD. It ways in at 920 grams, under an inch thin, and is available in white or red colors.
We don’t have a price just yet, and, as I mentioned earlier, it will be ...
Final Cut dominant among Oscar documentary nominees

Steve Jobs and the iPad both appeared on TV during last night's Academy Awards, but they weren't the extent of Apple's presence.
Cnet reports this morning that the majority of the "Documentary Feature" and "Documentary Short" nominees -- 9 out of 10 in fact -- were made using Final Cut Studio, Apple's professional video editing package. Cnet spoke with some of the filmmakers, including Dan Wilken, online ...
IBM keeps light pulse bandwagon rolling, uses ‘em for chip-to-chip communication

Lenovo loves its red mousing nipple, Apple digs its aluminum and IBM adores those light pulses. Nearly two full years after we heard this very company touting breakthroughs in science thanks to a nanophotonic switch, in flies a similar technique from Yorktown Heights that could "greatly further energy efficient computing." As the story goes, gurus at IBM have figured out how to replace electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny ...
Alice and Wonderland coming to the iPhone for free until March 8th

In case you’re concerned about the new Disney/Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, then you might want to get the original story on your iPhone.
You can get an original Alice in Wonderland Storybook app for free until March 8th, and it features “beautiful vintage illustration with a new audio narration enhanced with music and effects”.
Go ahead and click here before this offer ends. You’ve got about two days.
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