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Apple will launch its new third-generation iPad in a total of 12 countries this Friday, April 20, while even more countries will get the new iPad a week later.

The full list of countries where the new iPad will debut this Friday is Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, South Korea, St. Maarten, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and on Friday, April 27, one week later the new iPad will also become available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa, and Thailand.

The new iPad also comes available in a model with 4G LTE high-speed wireless Internet, however, customers in the latest launch countries will be restricted to slower 3G speeds as the new iPad is only compatible with 4G LTE networks in the U.S. and Canada currently.

Apple released a software update to remove the Flashback trojan for OS X 10.6 Lion, which reportedly affected some 600,000 Macs worldwide.

According to Apple, the Java security update removes the "most common variants" of the Flashback malware and offers further protection from future iterations by configuring the web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets.

The Flashback trojan created a botnet of more than 600,000 Macs around the world and tracked web browsing information, user IDs and passwords. By exploiting a Java security hole, the malicious software was able to install itself automatically on a user's computer after they visited an offending website.

From Apple's site:

" This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets."

This update is recommended for all Mac users with Java installed.

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Apple's updated all-in-one desktop, the iMac, featuring Intel's latest Ivy Bridge processors, is rumored to debut by June of this year.

Design manufacturer Quanta Computer and chassis supplier Foxconn Technology are expected to be key suppliers for the new iMacs, via DigiTimes.

The new iMacs are expected to feature Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 processors, based on the new Ivy Bridge architecture. Those chips are expected to launch late April . Other rumors also stated that the next iMac will be thinner and feature anti-reflective glass displays.

Current iMacs are powered by Intel's Sandy Bridge processors and AMD Radeon HD graphics. New MacBook Pro notebooks, that will also feature Ivy Bridge processors is also set to launch "at the end of the second quarter".

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A new report claims Apple's anticipated television set could be called "iPanel", and is expected to launch later this year "that is complete with a display, gaming center, media hub, computer, home automator, etc.,"

Analyst Peter Misek said the name "iPanel" would be better for the product than "iTV," as the term TV gives a limited impression of what the rumored device will be able to do. "Also, Apple would likely have difficulty getting naming rights from the UK TV network ITV."

Rumors of an Apple product named "iTV" have lingered for years, and the name was previously tied to the company's set-top box, which remains known as the Apple TV. But the name ITV is also short for Independent Television, a British network that has been on the air since 1955."

Misek believes the Apple television will have an average selling price at $1,250.

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