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The iPad isn't just a hot new consumer device, it's also an increasingly popular tool for business. Each week we take a look at the new or updated business apps for the iPad, and highlight trends in how tablets are being used in the enterprise.

It was a short business week in the U.S. and there were few new application releases this week. But there was one that caught or eye: Oracle Virtual Desktop for iPad. We also found some interesting articles on use cases for iPads in the workplace.

I recently purchased a copy of an issue of the defunct popular science magazine OMNI from 1978 - three years before I was born. In addition to a lengthy interview with Alvin Toffler, a cover by H.R. Giger and an article on human-dolphin communication by John C. Lily it contains an article by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson titled "Computer Lib."

I've read Nelson's book of the same title, but I can't remember if this is an excerpt from the book or if it's unique to OMNI. In a section on lock-in, Nelson describes what may be the first wave of consumerization of IT.