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Screw the iPad – we are starting with what we want. As we noted earlier today, the Macworld Expo kicks off tomorrow and with it we expect a whole lot of third-party accessories. A French blogger indicates that he has been tipped off about a MacBook Pro update tomorrow. Here’s a round-up of your favorite sites regarding Macworld 2010:

• 9 to 5 Mac
• Apple 2.0 (CNN/Fortune)
• Bloomberg
• Computerworld
  
• Cult of Mac
• Macworld (Magazine)
• MacRumors

Despite what the forums might tell you, Apple shockingly continues to lead in customer service quality according to some people that measure quality for a living. Adobe’s Kevin Lynch responded to his own blog post indicating that Adobe was committed to making Flash play nicer on OS X. (We just hope they are more committed then we are to following this story – apologies for the five day late update. TweetDeck (our favorite free Twitter app) got some major updates in version .33.

TechCrunch reports that Apple has began to survey iPhone Developers’ happiness. (We apologize for the lack of joke there) While Medialets found that 14% of iPhone users have updated to OS 3.1.3 and now the jailbreakers can begin to update (with caution, repeat don’t do this) thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team, perhaps they won’t have problems with battery life and playlists. According to PCProUK, Mozilla has killed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Northern Kentucky University has launched the first “iPhone academy” – we aren’t sure what to think either. What we can tell you is that iResQ claims to have gotten the iPhone 4G parts (whatever that is) and it turns out they are taller then the current iPhone. We echo Erik Silvka at MacRumors who indicates that these likely aren’t real. Apparently the Wall Street Journal staff decided to tweet from an iPad and Mr. Jobs made them delete the post (in a top hat.) Inspired by Steve’s recent trip to NYC, it seems that the iHat is coming out. MacInquirer has posted a Dylan ad, as well as a screenshot of the updated Apple site. AAPLinvestors posted some thoughts about how AAPL will fare between now and the launch of the iPad.

Speaking of the iPad… Despite the universal belief, a very trusted source tells VentureBeat that the Apple A4 chip was not a creation of a P.A. Semi. Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co. (we’ll call them SGLBIC for short) is going through with plans to sue Apple, an interview with the newspaper El Mundo indicated that company president is “angry” at Apple for stealing their clone design. The Wall Street Journal is claims that if for some reason the iPad doesn’t sell in numbers, Cupertino is open to lowering prices. In what is essentially a completely opposite theory, Mitch Wagner at Computerworld wrote an interesting piece about how the iPad could hurt the Mac.

Tomorrow marks the start of IDG’s Macworld Expo. While we won’t be attending the Moscone Center, the obvious absence is a company from Cupertino. Staring in 1997, the Macworld Expo has proved to be a vital part of Apple’s strategy with Steve (for the most part) delivering a keynote that was normally considered to be one of the most important for Apple in terms of its yearly structure. A lot of things have changed since 1985 (the first Macworld Expo) and many wonder is 2010 the last? We hope not, some more thoughts after the break.

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Spent the weekend getting ready for the Super Bowl – while then you probably won’t be reading this sober. Anyways, not a whole lot of news as far as the Mac world goes, but…

Some big news at TheMacFeed. First, the addition of our news category, where you can quickly sort through all of our news articles, just follow this link. Second, the launch of TweetBoard, which is that little thing that says “tweets” to the left of where you are looking now. Feel free and try tweeting from it, you know you want to. We also launched a Twitter account for TheAudioFeed, which you can find at twitter.com/theaudiofeed. Charlie has promised to post some behind-the-scenes looks at what’s going on at TheAudioFeed. There will be a couple of other changes to the website, including a link for the news section, sorry Matt and check back later there are some more announcements coming.

If you can’t wait for the iPad to start shipping, Revolutionary Concepts has found a way to bring one to your home, before those sixty days pass. Wired explains how the small SIM is just there to screw you over. John Paczkowski at All Things Digital takes a look at how the iPad might change the face of TV. According to MacNN, 3 Austria will subsidize the iPad with contract.

Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.3 to developers. Apple has benchmarked a Core i7 MacBook Pro for the general public. 9to5Mac explained something involving Microsoft, Apple, iTunes and money. CNN’s Apple 2.0 tried to explain why you should pay attention to Macworld. Game Developer Research claims that the iPhone’s gaming development has overtaken the other mobile gaming devices on the market. Intel’s newest chips are apparently going to be twice as fast as their Nehalem counterparts, but they still need a new name.

Update: The News section has been added. If you are having an issue with the placement of the search bar, please clear cache and restart your browser.