Next gen eBook readers may feature F-Origin's touchscreen tech (TechJournal South)MORRISVILLE, NC—F-Origin, which closed a $5 million third round of capital a few months ago, sees eBook readers such as Amazon's Kindle as a natural market for its touchscreen technology, which provides tactile user feedback.
New Stock Trading or Share Trading System Developed by New Zealand Company (PR.com)Traders eBooks Limited has just published an eBook entitled “Advanced Stock Trading System” which delivers to share traders detailed education on the application of a complete share trading system or stock trading system. The new trading system, developed over many years, has consistently produced outstanding financial returns and is low cost and easy to use. In testing, the “Advanced Stock ...
Open source and the Kindle (CNET)Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Open source and the Kindle --The Kindle reminds Matt Asay of why we pay for open source, even when we can get it for free. Get Dell's wireless all-in-one printer for $60 shipped --The new Dell V305w prints, copies and scans, all without wires. Save $69 off the list price and get free shipping. Cozy three-seater with optional 50 caliber ...
Hear ye, hear ye book lovers (Rocky Mountain News)Avid readers too time-stressed or cash-crunched to buy and read all the titles on their summer lists have a free audio option that's catching on fast. Whether classic Jane Austen or the latest John Grisham, literature lovers can listen to their favorites with just a PC and a library card.
Price will have to fall for Kindle's fortunes to rise (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)The Kindle would probably never be as popular as the iPod, but Amazon.com thinks it has potential to be as industry-changing. But before that can happen, electronic book devices will have to cost a lot less.
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Sun Joins Role-Based Provisioning Fray (Enterprise IT Planet)The company's ID management package adds support for business roles -- and follows a slew of competitors aiming to cash in on compliance.
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Dual-display e-book concept mimicks reading, makes complete sense (Engadget)Filed under: Displays , Handhelds It's no surprise that more displays is always better, but when it comes to mimicking the act of reading a book, dual displays is a clear step forward. Researchers at Maryland and Berkeley Universities developed a prototype dual-face, modular e-book reader that allows readers to fan pages to advance in a book or via trackball. If you're doing some ...
Bookhabit announces Unpublished Competition Winner (Scoop.co.nz)Bookhabit.com is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Bookhabit Unpublished Competition is Matt Fullerty's book The Pride and the Sorrow. The international competition received nearly 300 unpublished books from authors vying for the $5000 prize.
Colombia signs up for XO laptopThe Caldas region of Colombia is buying 65,000 XO laptops for schoolchildren throughout the state.
Design revamp for '$100 laptop'Future versions of the OLPC laptop will be a dual-screen, e-book device that will cost just $75.
Factfile: XO laptopClick your way around picture to find out what does what on the & #34;$100 & #34; laptop.
When private locks shackle public worksRegular commentator Bill Thompson is worried about what Microsoft's Zune will do to works in the public domain.
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US leisure firm to buy EbookersUS hotels and car-hire firm Cendent is to buy UK internet-based holiday company Ebookers for $404m (£201.2m).
Ebookers sees 'encouraging' signsInternet-based holiday company Ebookers says second-quarter loses have been cut compared with the same period a year ago.
UK publishers 'ignoring e-books'UK publishers are ignoring a growing market for e-books, a leading online e-bookstore says.
Ebookers' sales up but jobs to goThe internet-based holiday company says first-quarter sales are up nearly 50% but adds it is to shed jobs in Europe and India.
No to tech for tech's sakeNot wanting the latest gadget does not make you a Luddite, argues technology analyst Bill Thompson.
Ebookers snaps up TravelbagThe UK online travel agency goes back on the acquisition trail, buying rival agency Travelbag for £55m.
Ebookers drops the .comThe UK online travel agency is leaving the dot.com revolution behind - in name, at least - in a bid to boost shareholder confidence.
Book industry: Big stars, steady growthThe UK book industry relies on bestsellers and steady growth, and has so far weathered the fallout from the attacks in the US.
The world in your handsThe much-heralded e-book format is not making much of a dent in the sales of the traditional novel, say publishers - yet.
From deep space to cyberspaceThe creator of science-fiction TV series Babylon 5 is turning to the web to publish his latest work.
Ebookers shares soar on debutThe UK online travel agency, ebookers, which reported a loss of £2.2m in the first six months of 1999 sees its value rise to £276m after its shares' stock market debut.
