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Apple announced on Monday that it has sold more than two million iPads since the release on April 3.

Since its release last month, Opera Mini for the iPhone has been used by more than 2.6 million users and is now the third most popular Opera Mini device worldwide.

Apple's iPad made its international debut on Friday, with buyers storming shops -- including Japanese fans dressed up as iPads in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district -- to be among the first outside the US to snap up the long-awaited tablet PC.

Federal investigators are asking questions about Apple's business practices involving digital music and whether Apple used its market dominance to suppress competition from its iTunes rivals, sources say.

Apple has just surpassed Microsoft in market capitalization and is now second only to Exxon Mobil among U.S. companies.

Foxconn, one of Apple's Chinese manufacturers, is asking its employees to sign a pledge that they will not kill themselves as the company tries to control the damage from a spate of suicides.

Since edging out WalMart in 2008 to become the top music retailer, Apple has increased its lead with iTunes and is now outselling both Walmart and second place BestBuy combined, while handling more than half of all digital music sales in the US.

The surprising endorsement by the Federal Trade Commission of Google’s deal for AdMob follows Apple’s purchase of Quattro Wireless, an AdMob rival.

Google is supporting Flash, but Adobe faces a formidable foe in battling Apple.

Apple is making headway in its fight against Adobe as some companies shift away the Flash video and animation technology.