3 Million New iPads Sold; Windows 8 in October; Mass Effect 3 FTC Complaint

The again topped headlines on Monday, as Apple revealed that it of its new tablets over the weekend.

Sales of the tablet have helped Apple amass quite the war chest and earlier in the day, that it would use part of those funds for a dividend and share repurchase program. For more on that, see .

Also on Monday, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft plans to finish up Windows 8 this summer, in time to . Five Windows on ARM devices will also reportedly join the rollout, with more than 40 Intel machines.

Apps also made headlines with two separate reports. A that as much as 75 percent of the power a smartphone application draws is used for third-party ad serving. North Carolina State University researchers, meanwhile, with the ad libraries used in many popular Android apps.

The gaming world was also up in arms over the ending of Mass Effect 3, with one player going to so far as to .

Also making headlines on Monday:

• : NetZero said Monday that it has entered the market for a "free" wireless broadband service - at least until a year is up.
• : New research from Pew finds that tech-savvy news junkies are most likely to give the news industry a boost.
• : Just outside the nation's capital, Hideo Kojima discussed Metal Gear, video game innovation, and artistic merit.
• : Get ready for a shocker: A new survey found that teenagers are texting more nowadays than they did just a few years ago.
• : Seagate said Monday that it was the first hard-drive maker to reach the terabit density milestone, using a technology that it claims will replace magnetic hard drives in the future.