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Today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the second-generation iPad.

Steve Jobs just wrapped up another one of his trademark announcements and it's now official: There is a new iPad.

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. What do you do when your star employee becomes embroiled in scandal

On February 16th, IBM’s super computer, named Watson, won a three day Jeopardy match against two human Jeopardy champions. What gave Watson an edge over human competitors is that Watson is designed to answer a question in just three seconds , resulting in Watson consistently buzzing in faster more often than humans. But Watson’s AI is not perfect.

It's a week of magic and wonder; a week of little sleep and nonstop conversation; a week of sublimating the ego to explore and understand the brilliance of others; a week to feel small in the face of the human propensity for creativity. It's the week of course of...well, the truth is the description could fit both the TED conference and the annual Burning Man festival. At first glance, there is little to connect these two happenings other than, perhaps, their general cultural significance

Wondering exactly what your employees are doing all day? Well, at least half their time is spent on e-mail.

I recently did something that will sound really stupid. I bought an iPad literally days before the release of the iPad 2. I have no regrets, however

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Leland Stanford Junior Universotu v. Roche, a case that will clarify a 1980 law that governs the ownership of patents held by universities that rely on federal research funds. The case refers back to 1988, when Mark Holodniy, then a Stanford-employed researcher, developed technology that would ultimately lead to one of the first AIDS tests

"Gold has lost its prestige," says Rico Franses, an art history professor at the American University of Beirut. That's an interesting opinion when gold is at record-breaking prices -- it jumped 28% in 2010 to $1,400 an ounce -- but Franses, keynote speaker at this Boston art symposium, insists that our modern dollar fixation has actually devalued the precious metal.

Make room, Pixar and DreamWorks. Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects shop behind the

After so much negative news regarding the economy, the last few days’ reports on Warren Buffet’s letter to shareholders were a breath of fresh air. A few encouraging statements from the world’s most famous investor were enough to alter the rhetoric of America’s media. Buffet isn’t the only one feeling optimistic these days

If Apple is correct that 88 percent of Fortune 500 companies have tested or deployed its iPad tablet in some fashion then there's a hungrier appetite for tablets in the business world than previous believed. And if anyone could make a serious dent in the small-to-medium business and enterprise space, it's Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of the popular BlackBerry smartphone.

What do a German designer who finds ways to make animal superpowers available for humans, a young MIT professor designing structural components that can self-assemble into entire buildings, and a Bahraini youth activist trying to protect and promote the rights of ethnic minorities in the Middle East have in common? They're all TED Fellows this year. TED first began experimenting with a fellowship program in 2007, when organizers decided to bring emerging leaders to their event in Africa.

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