Tough time for iPad knockoffs

Two new tablet computers based on Google's ( GOOG ) Android operating system -- one from Samsung, the other by Toshiba -- were introduced at a trade show in Berlin this week, part of a wave of knockoff designs inspired by Apple's ( AAPL ) iPad.

Back by Popular Demand: AutoCAD for the Mac

Autodesk announced on August 31 that it has released AutoCAD 2011 for Macintosh, along with AutoCAD WS, a mobile app that will allow users to share their AutoCAD designs in the field using iPhones, iPads, and iTouches.

Plymouth junior high students get computers: Lincoln drops math, social studies textbooks for digital path.

PLYMOUTH -- Everyone who poked their head up from a computer screen agreed: Wednesday was an exciting day at Lincoln Junior High.

Motorola most likely iPad rival

Motorola seems to be the company best positioned to take on Apple and the iPad. Especially if it gets some help from its partner, Verizon.

All 580 students at Plymouth junior high receive computers.

PLYMOUTH — Everyone who poked their head up from a computer screen agreed: Today was an exciting day at Lincoln Junior High.