Okay, so the world didn't change. Steve Jobs came out, unveiled the iPad, it was pretty much most of what we'd come to expect by this point with a surprise or two thrown in. Seriously, Apple, AT&T again? That we didn't see coming.

But you know what you should see coming? A week's worth of articles, sliced and diced, chopped and grated, and summarized for your pleasure below. Who says the only thing going on is the freaking Super Bowl?


Features:

- The iPad CPU: All You Need to Know About the Apple A4 - Of course, there's still a buttload of things to learn about the new wonder tablet. We bust down the specs on the CPU running this bad boy and let you know what it all means when the smoke and technical terms clear. Short answer: sweetness.

- 10 Crazy iPad Accessory Ideas - At this very minute, somewhere there's cases and shells and doodads for the iPad rolling off an assembly line ready to go on Day One. Why not our ideas? We had a crack at it. You know someone's cooking up something that'll make some of these seem completely on the level by comparison -- but what the heck, we decided to think big.

- 25 iPhone Games That Should Rock on the iPad - We've really enjoyed playing games on our iPhones. It's a major step up from rolling our thumbs along the surface of our iPod Classics. You know what's going to make gaming take a similar giant leap of total awesomeness? Moving up to the big screen, baby! Here's just a taste, just 25 of the thousands of games out there, that are going to rawk the iPad hard.

- The Complete History of the Macworld Expo - Little something for you history buffs and you oldsters. MacWorld Expo didn't used to just to be Steve Jobs' stage, and there was a little less, shall we say, micromanagement of every last thing. This year, we're gonna kick it old school style now that Steve won't be around. Walk with us down a memory lane of MacWorld Expos as time goes by.


How-Tos:

- Pasting Text Without Style - Don't you hate it when you're copying someone's name and title off a web page and when you paste it into your document it comes with all the HTML markup, all hyperlinked and giant gnarly font? We do too, that's why we're sharing these tips with you on how to get some plain text into your documents.


Reviews:

- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - It's a great game if you know lots of good players and have the coin for it ($19.95 to buy and $15/month to play), but choose wisely because the first few choices you make will have repercussions all the way through the game. It's a smooth little MMO and getting medieval on someone's never been quite so addictive.

- Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 - You may have to alter the assigned spaces for your Mac's typical modifier keys compared to MS's versions, but all things considered this is actually a rather sleek little product from Redmond. We were surprised to find ourselves as impressed as we were.

- Windshield/Vent Car Mount with Sound Amplified Cradle for iPhone - Who came up with this ridiculously long name? Tolstoy? Well, regardless of that, the suction cup here is astonishingly good at sticking to your window and the alternate mount, the A/C vent attachment was sturdy as well. It'll amplify your ring (some) but don't go looking for this to replace your speakers any time soon.


News:

Looks like Apple's got a winner on its hands with the iPhone as a gamer's device. According to one analyst, looks like the iPhone is beating the DS and the PSP....speaking of gaming, it appears that old school Sonic the Hedgehog might just be finding his way into the App Store...of course, Apple still says no to Android references in the App Store, naturally, and location based ads are still right out (who says there's no benefits of not jailbreaking?)...not that Apple's been entirely too tight in doling out goodies. Turns out SlingPlayer will be streaming over 3G and didn't even have to make any changes to their app after all...and it looks like Skype will be coming along for the 3G ride as well. Didn't AT&T moan about their network not so very long ago? Funny what some FCC suits can do, isn't it?....the good folks at PoweryBase, makers of the essential NotifyMe app, now want to make sure you pay your bills on time, which is mighty all right of them...DON'T EAT THAT! At least, now there's an app to tell you that, if you need the help.

And then there were three. Now it turns out Hachette Book Group is likely in talks with Amazon for a bit pricier ebooks since Apple's promising them a bigger cut on the iPad...Amazon had pulled Macmillan's books from their online store, but the pressure was too much to bear for everyone's favorite e-tailer who not-so-quietly reinstated the publisher....speaking of not-so-quietly, Stephen Colbert got his iPad already, then had to go and brag about it and show it off at the Grammy's....not even released yet and the iPad is slaying Amazon and incensing a Chinese tablet manufacturer who's decided to sue...but the fight is on between Google and Apple in the tablet space, as Chrome OS is starting to look increasingly like it's headed for a touch screen computer soon too...and finally JooJoo decided to rub Apple's nose in the fact that its tablet will run Flash, and they're pretty proud of that fact these days too. Whatever. (Sob.)