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New iPad lands in India and eight other countries today

The new iPad arrives today in nine more countries, including Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa, and Thailand.

This marks the fourth phase of Apple's staggered rollout.

The new iPad debuted in the U.S., and nine other nations on March 16. The tablet travelled to an additional 25 countries, mostly throughout Europe, on March 23. And last Friday saw 12 more nations on the receiving end of the latest iPad.

The iPad is now available in 56 different countries, or 58 markets altogether if Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are included in … Read more

Lithuanians love their cell phones

It's that time of year again when the Economist delivers a deluge of facts with its annual "Pocket World in Figures." For data and statistics lovers it's a treasure chest of factoids on everything from the GDP of Bolivia to the country with the greatest number of drinkers (Czech Republic, in case you were wondering).

One of my favorite sections details countries with the highest ownership of cell phones. The lucky country in the 2008 edition was the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, but this year the honor falls to the Republic of Lithuania.

According to the … Read more

Hundreds of Lithuanian Web sites defaced

Last weekend, several hundred Lithuanian Web sites were defaced with pro-Soviet and anti-Lithuanian slogans, according to The New York Times.

Last Friday, Lithuanian government sites were warned of an impending Web attack and mounted appropriate defenses. Several hundred commercial sites did not do so and over the weekend took the brunt of the attack. By Monday, most all of the sites had been restored.

As with last year's Estonian denial-of-service attacks, the new attacks appear to be in reaction to a law outlawing the display of Soviet symbols in Lithuania. Germany has similar laws outlawing the display of Nazi … Read more