(Business Insider)

It's official: the Microsoft Zune has gone the way of , , and . While Microsoft will not be putting any further juice into developing the portable media player, it will continue to offer the existing versions for sale--which, at the rate they've been selling, should take them well into the next decade without having to build any more.

(iFixit)

If there's a new Apple gadget out, then it's a fair bet that iFixit will take the sucker apart. While the iPad 2 didn't yield much in the way of surprises (sadly, no unicorns on treadmills were found powering this tablet), iFixit didn't stop there. The intrepid crew moved on to , which they discovered contains an astounding 21 magnets (plus 10 in the iPad itself). I suppose it's only a matter of time before Motorola feels the need to one up Apple by turning the Xoom into a giant refrigerator magnet.

(The Independent)