   Yes, the iTablet rumors just keep on coming, with the latest
from Gizmodo being that Apple is in talks with traditional print
publishers -- text books, newspapers, and magazines, to redefine
their industry they way they have music (and are trying to do
with video).  Two people related to the NYTimes have separately
told me that in June, paper was approached by Apple to talk
about putting the paper on a "new device." [...] A person close
to a VP in textbook publishing mentioned to me in July that
McGraw Hill and Oberlin Press are working with Apple to move
textbooks to iTunes.[...] Apple also recently had several
executives from one of the largest magazine groups at their
Cupertino's campus, where they were asked to present their ideas
on the future of publishing.  Gizmodo is also backing the
rumored January announce date. What remains uncertain is, of
course, the market for next generation print media. The Kindle
was recently, and very publicly, panned by Princeton students as
being unusable. Apple will ha