Newsmaker: Apple Tablet release date today

Apple Hosts Event At Company's Town Hall
In this file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during a "town hall" style event at Apple Headquarters October 14, 2008 in Cupertino, California. Apple's new touch-screen "tablet" computer, expected to be unveiled Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, could give publishers the alternative to Amazon.com they have been craving and give consumers a new way to think about reading books without paper.
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