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United Airlines said Tuesday it was replacing the hefty flight manuals and chart books its pilots have long used with 11,000 iPads carrying the same data.

Well, that's one way to get users to download your app. New reports indicate that the New York Post has decided to stop offering content to users that attempt to view its site using the iPad's Safari browser. Instead of stories, aspiring iPad readers are treated to a giant, full-browser welcome page and advertisement all in one: "Thanks for coming. NYPost.com editorial content is now only accessible on the iPad through the New York Post App."

Few would debate that President Barack Obama is the most tech savvy president in American history. Mr. Obama has a custom-rigged Blackberry and he has admitted to owning an iPod. Now the former law school lecturer is trying to prove his technical worth by telling reporters that not only does he own a computer -- a MacBook Pro reportedly -- but the leader of the free world also uses an iPad 2.

Well, we've got a date (March 2) and a theme ("Come see what the year 2011 will the year of"), so the only question remaining is what the new iPad 2 will officially look and feel like. Here is some of what is almost inevitably included:

Belgium said Monday it would probe Apple's policy of requiring newspapers and magazines to go through the iTunes store to sell subscriptions for the iPad tablet.