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Google likely next in antitrust push on tech giants

Google is likely the next major tech target of US and EU trust-busters after the US Justice Department sued Apple Wednesday for illegally colluding with publishers in the e-book market, legal experts said.

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Titanic's sinking: Was it more than human folly

(AP) -- After an entire century that included two high-profile government investigations and countless books and movies, we're still debating what really caused the Titanic to hit an iceberg and sink on that ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 9

US book lovers embracing digital editions: Pew study

A Pew study released late Wednesday showed that US book lovers are increasingly turning inkless pages.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bend-it e-books get real with EPD in factory mode

(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Display has set the production clock ticking for a plastic EPD (electronic paper display) product which in turn is expected to set e-book marketability fast-forward. In an announcement ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Harry Potter breaks e-book lockdown

(AP) -- The Harry Potter books are finally on sale in electronic form, and they have a special magical touch to them: In a break with industry practices, the books aren't locked down by encryption, which means consumers ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

PayPal reverses course on e-book sales ban

PayPal on Tuesday reversed a ban on the use of the online payments service for sales of electronic books portraying rape, incest and bestiality.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Harry Potter e-books coming to schools, libraries

(AP) -- Harry Potter e-books are coming to schools and libraries, at a date to be determined.

Technology / Other

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

3Qs: An Apple for the teacher - and student

Last week Apple announced two new eReader platforms – iBooks and iAuthor – that the electronics giant hopes will modernize learning and “reinvent textbooks.” Northeastern University news ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New library e-catalogs offer expanded selection

(AP) -- Library users searching for e-books will soon get to look through a much bigger catalog and help decide what their local branch might carry.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Analyst: Apple sold more than 350,000 e-textbooks in 3 days

Apple's foray into the e-textbook business started off with a bang, according to a Monday report: The company sold more than 350,000 textbooks through its new version of iBooks in its first three days of availability, an a ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption

Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New smart e-book system more convenient than paper-based books

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced today that its research team headed by Professor Howon Lee from the IT Convergence Research Institute has developed a technology that will ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Barnes & Noble falls on guidance cut, Nook review

(AP) -- Barnes & Noble is considering options for its quickly growing but expensive Nook e-book reading business, its latest attempt to regain profitability as the publishing industry adapts to the rising ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kindle Fire software update on the way

Amazon said Monday that a software update to improve the performance of Kindle Fire tablets will be released within two weeks.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

E-book

An e-book (short for electronic book, also written eBook or ebook) is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book, often protected with a digital rights management system. E-books are usually read on personal computers or smart phones, or on dedicated hardware devices known as e-book readers or e-book devices. Many mobile phones can also be used to read e-books.

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