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Here's Hoping Apple Tablet Is Like a Car

Computers should be as easy to use as vehicles, appliances

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 26, 2010 2:42 PM CST

(Newser) – Computers can do amazing things, but as anyone with a technophobic parent knows, they’re still way too complicated. That’s why Farhad Manjoo is hoping Apple’s new tablet will be “the first fully powered PC that is as simple to use as... Read full story »

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