Morning countdown: iPad 3 approacheth

February 29, 2012, 8:00 AM —

1. Chris Nerney: Average Google+ user spends three minutes a month on the site [ITworld]
2. Server sales will be crimped by hard drive shortages this year [ITworld]
3. Activist group seeks to shorten copyright terms [ITworld]
4. Ericsson joins OpenStack cloud consortium [ITworld]
5. Kevin Fogarty: Physical accidents still threaten the virtual world [ITworld]
6. Dan Tynan: How does LinkedIn know who you now? [ITworld]
7. Schmidt: Google contemplated minting its own currency [ITworld]
8. Will Apple announce the iPad 3 on March 7? Almost certainly! [ITworld]
9. Google's new privacy policy violated EU law [ITworld]
10. Peter Smith: HBO Go coming to the XBox [ITworld