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Magazine publishers are at great pains these days to please Apple, whose fast-selling tablet computer, the iPad, just may be the key to their future survival. But following all the persnickety dictates handed down by Steve Jobs isn't always easy, as Sports Illustrated recently realized.

People wants to use magazine photos on its iPad app for free, claiming the app is merely a product extension, not new content that must be additionally paid for. The photo agencies disagree, and they're threatening to pull their photos.

Magazines have been generating all kinds of hype for their iPad editions, but if you read what customers who bought the digital versions are saying, it's not very nice.

Gene Crocker of Oakland, Calif., has a baseball keepsake any fan would love -- the scorecard he used on May 9 to record Dallas Braden's perfect game for the Oakland A's. But Crocker, 50, wasn't keeping score with a paper scorecard and a pencil the way his dad taught him when he was 8 at a...

Megan Notarte bought an iPad on the first day it was available, and planned to keep it for herself. But as the mother of two boys, ages 2 and 4, she soon discovered that she would have to share this newest toy from Apple with her sons. Notarte, a blogger and Web developer, is only half joking...

It's barely been a month since Apple's iPad made its way into the hands of eager consumers, and in a few days thousands more iPads will be sold with the ability to connect to AT&T's 3G network. In addition to entertaining consumers and spurring app store splurges, the iPad has given birth to...

After investing at least $500 in your new Apple iPad, you're going to need a few apps to complete the experience. And while there are still relatively few iPad apps compared to iPhone apps, we went looking for the top 10 iPad apps to save you money. Since the device is still new, this list will...

Entrepreneurs, developers and businesses are looking to cash in on Apple's mobile Midas touch by bringing new iPad software and accessories to market. The cottage industry serving Apple's iPods and iPhones generates an estimated $6 billion to $7 billion in sales annually.