Week in Review: iPad launch and more piracy

iPad due for arrival

US customers are set to start receiving their pre-ordered iPads. Well some customers - anyone who ordered too late faces a delivery delay, due to heavy demand.

Mac fans aren't the only ones eager to see the device; Apple's retail employees still haven't seen it, despite being expected to sell it when it hits shelves this weekend.

Some have got their hands on the device, with early reviews suggesting the iPad is pretty cool indeed.

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Piracy

This week saw more copyright changes to the Digital Economy Bill, ahead of it winging its way to MPs next week.

The LibDems have already come out swinging against it, so it should be an interesting - albeit short - debate.

Prosecutors dropped charges against a teenager accused of illegally sharing music files.

Best of the rest...

April Fools online is annoying and fun - you can't trust a single thing, but some spoofs are pretty clever. Our favourites this year are the new Labour ads and the next-gen Large Hadron Collider being installed in the Central Line in London's Underground. Our full roundup of the best 1 April jokes can be found here.

Google has decided to integrate Flash into its Chrome browser, which could cause trouble with Apple's Adobe-unfriendly devices.

BT unveiled its next 300 fibre sites, but then saw huge swathes of London lose connections after a fire at an exchange in Paddington.