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iPad Eclipses 2 Million in Sales, Google Shifting Away from Windows

by Warren Riddle on June 1, 2010 at 11:58 AM

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Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Apple sold 300,000 iPads almost immediately after the device's release, and -- after just two months -- the tablet has reached another noteworthy sales milestone. Consumers have reportedly purchased 2 million iPads, a number that has certainly been aided by the gadget's recent European release. The ability for consumers to pay for the reader with actual cash probably hasn't hurt, either. [From: Engadget]
  • Last winter's massive Google hack prompted an extended standoff between the company and China, but the fiasco has also fractured another significant relationship, as well. After analysts pinpointed Internet Explorer vulnerabilities as the medium for entry, Google reportedly promoted a steady departure from Windows as the company's primary operating system. According to an internal source for the Financial Times, Google has been shifting its 10,000 employees "away from [Windows] PCs, mostly toward Mac OS." [From: The Financial Times]
  • The tragic succession of suicides at Foxconn's Chinese factory could be linked to inadequate pay for employees. Workers typically earn only $130 per month making various, expensive gadgets, so Apple -- after making a public statement -- is admirably going to let its money talk. The company reportedly wants to pay an additional bonus to the Foxconn employees, and will initially begin with workers on the iPad lines. Dell, HP, Sony, Nokia and Nintendo? It's your turn. [From: Engadget]
  • Asus's Eee PC garnered the somewhat unknown and unheralded company significant tech accolades. Asus apparently hopes to follow that success with a new Eee reader, and it just unveiled the specs of the upcoming model. The Eee Pads reportedly feature a 12-inch display, Windows 7 OS, Intel processors and an integrated Web-cam. Prices for the gadget, which reportedly hits the market in 2011, will vary from $399 to $499. [From: Engadget
  • Amazon's Kindle has been the dominant force in the e-reader market for several years, but seemingly every other tech company has now joined the tablet fray -- with Apple's iPad enjoying particularly remarkable success. At this year's BookExpo gathering, industry insiders spoke about the future of portable, digital reading, and the desire for a universal format seemed to be the reigning theme. Publishing exec David Shanks pined for format unification, saying, "Our fondest wish is that all the devices become agnostic."
  • The biannual Top 500 lists the world's most powerful supercomputers, and the U.S. continues to reign supreme. The U.S. boasts more than half of the fastest supercomputers on Earth, including the blazing, unrivaled Jaguar. Dark horse China made a surprising and unprecedented appearance in the top 10, though, with two models, including the Nebulae, which claimed the second spot. [From: BBC and BBC]

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