We may have had three days off this weekend, but the news doesn't sleep. Here's what's been going on while you've been barbecue-ing your steaks--and we Brits have been sheltering under umbrellas turned inside-out by the biting north wind.

1. Sales of Apple's iPad have reached 2 million [3]. That's a billion bucks [4], folks. Steve Jobs, who's rumored to be working on the iDeathStar [5], must be celebrating. Other firms playing catch-up in the tablet market include MSI [6], Asus [7], and LG [8]. 

2. As BP kills Top Kill, it resurrects the Dome [9] for another run. At the same time, the Obama administration is debating whether to bring a criminal investigation [10] to BP.

3. China is rushing up the supercomputing rankings. Having brushed aside Japan and Europe, The Dawning Nebulae, at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzen, is less than half a petaflop [11] behind Tennessee's Cray Jaguar supercomputer.

4. Pakistan has, as we thought, lifted its ban on Facebook [12], although any pages deemed blasphemous will be a no-go area to its net users. Sunday, however, saw Bangladesh giving Zuck the bird [13] for its publishing of cartoons portraying the Prophet Muhammad. 

5. Come August, Kindle will be rocking a thinner look [14]. Publishers, however, aren't that bothered--all they want is eBook universality [15]. So say we all.