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Struggling US newspapers look to e-readers
As US newspapers drown in a sea of red ink, publishers are desperately searching for ways to survive in a digital future.
May 05, 2009 |
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Electrofluidic Display Technology puts electronic book readers ahead by a wide margin
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thinking about getting an e-reader but not sure if you like reading the dim screen? An international collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Amazon.com buys Stanza e-book app maker Lexcycle
(AP) -- Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon's presence in the electronic book market.
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Publishers embrace vision for a green future
(AP) -- The publishing industry has been fitted for 20-20-20 vision.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits
(AP) -- A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new read-aloud feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reader Tuesday, arguing that the ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Verizon Wireless sees Kindle-type e-readers coming
(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle might soon be getting new competitors in the market for electronic-book devices.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Kindle 2 will no doubt find lots of new fans
The Kindle 2, the second version of Amazon's breakthrough electronic book reader, is cheaper ($359), thinner (0.36 inches), can hold more books (more than 1,500 compared with 200), and has a longer battery ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Fujitsu launches world's first colour e-book
Fujitsu has launched the world's first e-book with a colour display in Japan, the company said Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google
(AP) -- Google Inc. is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp.'s electronic book-reading device, the companies were set to announce Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Discovery sues Amazon.com over Kindle patent
(AP) -- Discovery Communications Inc. says the Kindle electronic book readers from Amazon.com Inc. violate a patent that Discovery registered in 2007. Discovery sued Amazon in Delaware on Tuesday.
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Amazon lets authors mute Kindle books read-aloud feature
Amazon is yielding to concerns of authors by letting them selectively silence a read-aloud feature in Kindle 2 electronic book readers that hit the market in February.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 01, 2009 |
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