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There is Microsoft's Windows and theres's Apple's OS X. Plus, don't forget the many different flavors of Linux.

Adobe and Google haven't forgotten.

Sony has had a hard time competing with the likes of Apple, Amazon, Acer, Lenovo and others in the tablet space.

That may be about to change with the PlayStation Vita.

We're hearing from friends in a number of states about a possible problem with Verizon's speedy LTE/4G data services, this morning.

Complaints of a lack of 4G data services are coming in from nearby locations in New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania as well as Maryland, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and as far west as Arizona and Nevada.

More scary cybersecurity research. Intel’s McAfee division released its Fourth Quarter Threats Report on Monday, revealing that malware surpassed the company’s estimate of 75 million unique malware samples last year. More worrying still, mobile malware was on the rise and recorded its busiest ever year, according to McAfee.

As we speculated previously, Barnes & Noble has announced an 8GB version of their popular Nook Tablet which will sell for $199.

That matches the price (and internal storage) of Amazon's successful Kindle Fire tablet.

The new Nook will still come with the same dual-core, 1GHz processor, great 7-inch screen and terrific battery life as its beefier brother.

Remember Research in Motion's Blackberry PlayBook tablet?

When introduced last year it was a nice, capable device – but wouldn't allow Crackberry addicts to get their email and stuff without linking the PlayBook to their BlackBerry smartphones. How could RIM not include BlackBerry mail in a BlackBerry tablet?

According to China's Economic Daily News, the Massachusetts-based E Ink Corporation has received an order in the range of 3 million color e-reader modules - each month – from Amazon.com.

Shipments of the modules and production of the new devices is expected to begin next month.

Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet both utilize color using a different technology - LCD screens.