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it's Monday November fifth 2012 I'm adi robertson and this is 90 seconds on the verge from the set of on the verge apples sold over 3 million new iPads and ipad minis and their first weekend of availability the company says that this is double the previous record for 1.5 million Wi-Fi only ipad apple does not break down how many of those three million were iPad minis and how many were 4th gen iPads we think it's safe to say there probably weren't a lot of iPad to sales the iPad Mini is currently sold out with a two week wait for online orders Windows Live Messenger is now the walking dead the verge has learned to several sources that the service will be retired in the coming months and integrated into skype microsoft has slowly been moving people over to the messenger backend for skype over the past few months according to sources the company will announce the retirement of Windows Live Messenger soon possibly as early as this week finally CBS is embracing hulu sort of the network has signed a licensing agreement for over 26 hundred episodes that includes those classics like The Twilight Zone Star Trek's as well as newer shows like CSI Miami some caveats though shows currently on the air like Big Bang Theory are not part of the deal and what shows are available at require a Hulu Plus subscription the deal is non-exclusive so there's no need to worry about CDF's content vanishing from netflix anytime soon considering who's uncertain future it's probably good to keep those options open that's it for today's top stories if you're in New York join us tomorrow for the taping of on the verge and remember to write in soon-to-be overlord ross miller on your ballots