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Now is the time of year when there a lot of great movies; just a look through our Best Movies of 2014 lists is proof of that much. With all these great movies, the 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards is set to celebrate the best of the best on January 15 and we want you to be a part of the action. We're giving away an iPad Air, a $50 iTunes giftcard and a popcorn & candy basket for one of our lucky readers to enjoy the ultimate movie night!

An iPad would normally be considered a pretty substantial gift this holiday season. Thanks to a fortunate error by Best Buy, a couple of shoppers can now use the tablet computer for stocking stuffers.

Many of us do a lot of typing on computers and smartphones, but when’s the last time you actually used your own handwriting to communicate? According to a new survey, it’s probably been a long time — and our scrawls are suffering because of it.

While Wednesday’s roll-out of the new generation of Apple’s iPad didn’t have quite the fanfare of prior events helmed by the company’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, that doesn’t mean people weren’t paying attention. Here’s a quick rundown of the announcement.

When a youngster on Christmas morning realizes that one of his gifts is a desired iPod Touch, he lets out a series of earsplitting yelps and dances about in a terrifying fashion.

The rumor mill has it that iPad 3 could launch as soon as March, but with connector issues.  So, will the iPad 2′s successor use a smaller dock connector?  That could cause compatibility issues with existing products claims Macotakara, a Japanese blog site...

Apple released the latest versions of the software that powers its smartphones and iPad tablet computers on Wednesday, according to Computerworld -- and unveiled its hotly anticipated iCloud service at the same time. This means those with older devices can start seeing new features and bug fixes immediately...

Back in June, possessions belonging to the notorious Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff were auctioned off, with the proceeds going towards his victims. Among the books, chairs, and Rolex watches were his pricey clothes, many of which were purchased by entrepreneur John Vaccaro, who has turned Madoff’s cashmere sweaters and designer pants into iPad cases.

The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad. You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.

Security experts Peter Warden and Alasdair Allen have made a startling discovery about Apple's iPhone and 3G iPad: The devices secretly track and record your location. Apparently, this has been going on for 10 months, despite the fact that Apple has never previously disclosed that they keep a record of all their iPhone users whereabouts...

If you have been looking at apps for your new iPad, here is a site I came across the other day. With so many apps available this could help decide what to download. Author Peter Meyers stress-tested thousands of options to put together this irresistible, page-turner of a catalog. Inside these pages, you'll find apps as magical as the iPad itself. Click the "