News tagged with electronic book
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 ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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The Asus New Folding E-Book Reader
(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has demonstrated a prototype of an e-book reader it is developing. Unlike its competitors, the device resembles a normal book, having two touch screens that will fold up.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...
Oct 27, 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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The future of reading
Emma Teitgen, 12, thought the chemistry book her teacher recommended would make perfect bedside reading. Perfect because it might help her fall asleep.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Long-Awaited 'Alex' Android eReader Ready For Pre-Orders
(PhysOrg.com) -- You can preorder the first Alex Reader today... finally! Alex, the first Google Android-powered eReader will ship to preorders in mid-April, five months after its announcement made a huge ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Fury in Frankfurt at Google's global library project
"Garbage" and "hysterical propaganda" was one angry reaction at the world's biggest book fair this year when Google, the world's biggest Internet search service, defended plans to turn millions of books into ...
Oct 18, 2009 |
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E-books need a common language
I never need to worry about whether I can read a book. As long as a book's a book, that is -- printed on paper, in English. I know I can pick it up and read it no matter how long it sits on my shelf after ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Google to start selling electronic books
Google on Tuesday said it will soon begin selling electronic books that people can read on any Internet-connected device including Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet computers.
May 04, 2010 |
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Oxford English Dictionary may never be printed again
The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the word reference bible of the English language, may never appear in print and instead be accessible only online, its publisher said Tuesday.
Aug 31, 2010 |
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No Speeding Reading with eBooks?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many think that ebooks could change the way we interact with the written word. They are convenient, and ereaders provide mobility -- as well as the ability to store thousands of books in a ...
Jul 07, 2010 |
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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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Apple begins taking iPad orders in US
Apple fans flocked online Friday to be among the first to order iPad tablet computers slated to begin shipping in the United States on April 3.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 07, 2009 |
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IPad could be Kindle's first big threat in e-books
(AP) -- Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2010 |
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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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