And in other news from Silicon Valley, in what looks like a reaction to Apple's announcement today that they've sold one million iPads in the first month, three technology giants have been found dead in an apparent suicide pact.
Bill Gates was discovered drowned in his own tears in a hermetically sealed room full of Microsoft prototypes, at his home in Medina overlooking Lake Washington.
Former Wall Street trader and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos expired in a gigantic warehouse full of unsold Kindles, after eating an apple laced with a poison yet to be identified.
There is however some speculation whether the death of Microsoft's hapless CEO Steve Ballmer was actually suicide. Witnesses say the 54 year old simply exploded in his office, after hearing the news of Apple's sales results.
Jerry Kaplan, founder of the now defunct GO Corporation was said to be in a thoughtful frame of mind, commenting to reporters: "These guys got it wrong. You've got to know when to get out of the game."
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