Taiwan plans to invest more than 65 million US dollars in its competitive electronic-book sector over the next five years, the economic ministry's Industrial Development Bureau said.
Business
Dec 2, 2009
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Amazon.com on Tuesday released free software that lets people read the online retail titan's electronic Kindle books on personal computers.
Software
Nov 10, 2009
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Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.
Internet
Nov 6, 2009
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(AP) -- Google Inc. faces a new controversy in China after a Web site run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the U.S. search giant of trying to keep Internet users away following its reports on a copyright dispute.
Internet
Oct 27, 2009
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(AP) -- Some of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.
Internet
Oct 21, 2009
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(AP) -- A Chinese group is accusing search engine powerhouse Google of illegally copying Chinese-language works for its digital library, adding to disquiet about a project to scan millions of books.
Internet
Oct 21, 2009
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(AP) -- The European Commission said Monday it may revise copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google Inc. to scan printed books and distribute digital copies over the Internet.
Internet
Oct 19, 2009
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The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.
Internet
Oct 18, 2009
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(AP) -- It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 13, 2009
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.
Internet
Sep 17, 2009
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