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8:15 PM ET, May 31, 2010

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Apple:
Apple Sells Two Million iPads in Less Than 60 Days  —  Apple® today announced that iPad™ sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3.  Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Apple Selling Million iPads a Month  —  So much for it being a niche product!  Apple says it has sold two million iPads in 60 days since the launch of the tablet device.  The pace of sales puts it slightly ahead of the initial sales of Apple's other hit product, the iPhone.  There are about 5,000 new apps for iPad.
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
ASUS Eee Pad official: Intel CULV processors, Windows 7, and a 10-hour battery life  —  Computex is really starting to ramp up now, as ASUS has taken the covers off its brand new Eee Pads.  Of most interest will be the 12-inch EP121, which sports Intel's Core 2 Duo CULV processors, Windows 7, and a reputed 10-hour battery life.
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Joanna Stern / Engadget:
ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC and EP121 preview  —  At long last, the ASUS Eee Pads have arrived, but unfortunately they're just not working the way we've been imagining for all these months.  We got a few minutes to toy around with the 10-inch EP101TC and 12-inch EP121, but both were barely working.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
ASUS Eee Tablet preview
Brad Linder / Liliputing:
Asus launches Eee Pad tablets and Eee Tablet note-taking thingie
Discussion: jkkmobile and Engadget
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
The mystery of the disappearing #flotilla on Twitter [Updated]  —  As we know from breaking news right now over 10 people have died after Israeli commandos boarded a convoy of ships carrying aid to Gaza, sparking an international controvery.  But we're not going to get into the politics of that situation.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Stanford Graduates Release Pulse, A Must-Have News App For The iPad  —  Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, two Stanford grads who signed up for the Launch Pad class at the University's Institute of Design (aka d.school), could have hardly chosen a better path to try their hands at startup life.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and OurielOhayon
Dan Frosch / New York Times:
When Companies Respond to Online Criticism With Lawsuits  —  After a towing company hauled Justin Kurtz's car from his apartment complex parking lot, despite his permit to park there, Mr. Kurtz, 21, a college student in Kalamazoo, Mich., went to the Internet for revenge.
Discussion: Screenwerk, Thanks:markmayhew
Financial Times:
Google ditches Windows on security concerns  —  Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.  —  The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January …
Discussion: The Next Web
Joanna Stern / Engadget:
MSI WindPad 110: a 10-inch Tegra 2-powered Android tablet  —  Oddly MSI didn't officially talk about its Android-powered WindPad 110 during the press conference, but it definitely exists.  The 10-inch slate runs Android 2.1 and is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor.
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LAPTOP Mag:   MSI Unveils Wind Pad Tablets, Unique Sketch Book, GT660 and FX600 Notebooks
Thomas Ricker / Engadget Mobile:
Smokescreen makes Flash content visible on iPhone and iPad (video)  —  Mind you, it's just a preview release, but Chris Smoak's Smokescreen does exactly what it promises: enable Flash content to play on Apple's iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad.  Kind of.  Here's how Smokescreen gets around using …
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft bringing Apple battle home with Seattle-area store  —  Microsoft plans to open a store at the Bellevue Square mall, bringing its budding retail rivalry with Apple to its own backyard, according to building permits filed with the city.  —  The filings confirm a rumor reported last week by the Downtown Bellevue Network blog.
Discussion: VentureBeat, Erictric and Neowin.net, Thanks:johnhcook
M.I.C gadget:
Apple Providing Subsidies For Foxconn Workers ?  —  Ok, Apple might be showing their social responsibility for now.  A tech site in China has reported, Apple will provide financial subsidies to Foxconn's employees, the amount will roughly be 1 to 2% of the profits from Apple products.
Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Gets Vague Privacy Inquiry from House Judicial Committee  —  Facebook introduced more features for users to easily increase the privacy of their personal information, last week, following prolonged criticism of changes it made in April.  —  Despite those moves, it is getting new scrutiny around the changes.
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
 
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