The iPad 2 might be announced as early as this month. The latest rumor comes from Computer World, and backs up Digg founder Kevin Rose’s statement last month that the iPad 2 would be announced within weeks.

Jeremy Horwitz, Editor-in-Chief of iLounge, blogged about how the new iPad would be constructed. He writes: “According to our source, Apple is actively developing new accessories that will communicate with the near-field radio chips reportedly built into new iPads and iPhones. In the most basic implementation, an accessory could announce its presence and potential functions to an iPad or iPhone without the need for a Bluetooth or similar connection; our source suggests that an otherwise simple case could include a radio chip so that an inserted iPhone or iPad could go into power-saving hibernation mode automatically. More complex accessories will go far beyond that.”

The new iPad is said to be lighter, have a higher resolution screen that is anti-reflective, and it is expected to come with two cameras. It may or may not have a home button.

Did CES get you excited about tablets? There is more exciting tablet news coming soon, apparently.

Digg founder Kevin Rose says that the iPad 2 will be announced soon. On his blog today, he wrote: “I have it on good authority that Apple will be announcing the iPad 2 in the next ‘3-4 weeks’, possibly Tuesday February 1st.”

Rose also said that the iPad 2 will feature front and back cameras (which would be great for Skyping), and that the new display would be higher resolution than the current generation iPad.

Rose uses his iPad to read eBooks. Last summer, he posted a video about social features he would like to see introduced into eReading. Since then, Amazon introduced Kindle Lending, fulfilling at least one of his wishes.

Last week, Amazon updated the Kindle App for the iPhone and iPad to version 2.2. If you haven’t already updated, it is worth doing so.

The update includes a free dictionary with 250,000 entries that you can use within a book by tapping on a word in the story. It also includes an improved “search inside the book” tool.

There is also a function to search words from the book on Google or in Wikipedia. Digg founder Kevin Rose should be happy about this update. He made a video earlier this summer, saying that he’d like to be able to search words from a book in Wikipedia and Google.