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Pre-caffeine tech: Cassette tape hard drives, historical monsters!

via io9.com
via io9.com

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

So Apple unveiled the iPad Mini, new iPad, new iMac, 13-inch MacBook Pro and a bunch of other stuff yesterday. 

And now for some iPad-onomics: Why Apple priced the iPad Mini at $329.

Oh, and here's iBooks updated with new reading and authoring features

In other news, here's our review the Surface RT: Microsoft's new tablet is a mixed blessing.

Mark Zuckerberg says people spend more time on Instagram than Twitter.

Meanwhile, tomorrow's hard drives, descended from ... cassette tapes?

Hey, political junkies! Grab your iPad for even more coverage.

In related news, here's why e-voting is on the decline in the United States.

Here's the best Halloween ads ever! (You know that creepy Snickers commercial is up there!)

In closing: 15 Obscure Historical Monsters Who Would Improve Halloween Immensely!

Compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.