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Is Apple loosening its strong anti-adult content stance? Playboy founder Hugh Hefner announced via Twitter today that his magazine’s content–all of it–will be hitting Apple’s popular tablet.

“Big news!” the robe-clad magazine magnate tweeted. “Playboy–both old & new–will be available on iPad beginning in March.” The content, Hefner confirmed in a follow up response, will be “uncensored,” including the “whole magazine from the first issue to the latest.”

Apple–particularly CEO Steve Jobs–has barred all adult content from its App Store. Last April, Jobs famously told the press, “You know, there’s a porn store for Android. You can download porn, your kids can download porn. That’s a place we don’t want to go–so we’re not going to go there.”

No word on Apple’s end whether the company will be “going there” with Playboy.

Think tablets will kill off the nettop like they’re doing with the netbook? Think again — well, for now, at least. Compulab has released details of its latest little powerhouse, and this one’s faster than ever despite being less than an inch thick and about six inches across. Maximum spec sees the insertion of an AMD G-series T56N processor, aka the Fusion Zacate, offering dual cores at 1.6GHz while pulling down 18W TDP, paired with a Radeon HD 6310, the two running cool enough to not need a single fan. (It’s the same basic setup found in the HP Pavilion dm1z we recently reviewed.) There’s up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, room for a 2.5-inch HDD, HDMI and DisplayPort connectors, a whopping six USB 2.0 ports, and even dual eSATA if you need external storage. No word on price just yet but it’s said to be “competitive” compared to its predecessors, like the PC2, which currently costs between $300 and $700 depending on configuration.

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A Microsoft executive is getting into serious Scrooge McDuck territory with this one. Patrick McCarthy, a Chicago-based VP for the software giant, has given the world a new line of perfume and cologne. It apparently smells like money.

The new, familiar scents go by the name His Money Cologne and Her Money Eau de Parfum. McCarthy believes that spraying liquid money on your body can really affect your outlook on life.

Says the executive-turned-perfumist,

I really feel that people who wear this will feel more confident. I got the idea after reading a story about a Japanese study that showed a significant increase in worker productivity when the smell of money was pumped through vents into factories.

Apparently a trip to the ATM machine also inspired McCarthy to get into the liquid smell business. The stink of cash will run you $35 a bottle online.

Every great gadget needs a great case. Been looking for something a little more high-level to wrap your new iPad in? iKit, a licensed Apple accessory brand, has just unveiled its latest creation, the iPad Exec Case. The case features a sleek look and provides secure protection for the iPad.

The case is slim, so it won’t add much bulk to your tablet, and delivers form-fitting protection. It allows full access to all controls and functions, guaranteeing a durable solution against drops while still maintaining functionality. The case comes in either black or gray for $39.95.

Western Digital has announced the availability of its second-generation WD S25 SAS drives and its latest WD RE SAS 3.5-inch drives for enterprise. Shipping now, the 2.5-inch, 10,000 RPM, WD S25 offers IT pros storage in 450GB and 600GB capacities. The WD S25 line is designed for mission-critical server and storage systems.

The new 3.5-inch, 7,200 RPM, WD RE SAS offers 1TB and 2TB capacities, representing an important addition to WD’s enterprise lineup. The WD RE SAS is targeted at high-capacity data center storage, storage area networks, and cloud storage.