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Entries from June 23rd, 2010

Morning Links 22 June 2010

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · links post

A Link! A Link! My kingdom for a Link!

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It looks like a limp iPad

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · humor

This is yesterday’s Doonesbury: source

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Previously unpublished Archie spinoff now available online

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release: Archie Comics–publisher of the world’s most beloved teenager from 1941 to today, Archie Andrews–is on the verge of a new renaissance! In the upcoming issues of ARCHIE (#610-613), Andy Andrews, the never-before-published star of his own 1950s comic, will make his print debut. To celebrate Andy’s first print appearance, the entire [...]

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Review : Pocketbook 301+ & Buyer’s Remorse

June 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews, pocketbook

by spideyak Editor’s note: I’m reposting this review from MobileRead Forums because I agree with several of the points made here. There are a lot of positive reviews out there for the 301+, which is what convinced me to buy the Pocketbook to begin with; however, had I been able to handle the item, I [...]

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iBooks 1.1 out now, breaks dictionary

June 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Apple, ipad app

iLounge is reporting that the new version of iBooks brekas the dictionary look up feature. This problem appears to only be affecting ebooks that weren’t purchased from the iBookstore.  If you’ve converted ebooks using calibre (or bought ebooks elsewhere) then you might encounter this bug. iLounge also has instructions on how to fix it. Unfortunately [...]

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Gourmet Magazine comes back to life on the iPad (video)

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app, video

From the press release: Condé Nast will introduce Gourmet Live, an entirely new digital content product, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O. of the company. Gourmet Live is an immersive and interactive content experience built on an ever-expanding collection of articles, menus, photos, videos and more, encouraging social connectivity and [...]

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Little Mermaid iPad App is truly a fairy tale (video)

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app, video

Game Collage just uploaded a trailer for their new iPad app on Youtube. The app is a collection of stories by Hans Christian Andersen. It looks impressive, but I’m not sure it’s a good idea to have young children smacking around a $500 piece of electronics.

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Borders fire next volley in e-reader price war

June 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · borders, hardware news

They haven’t dropped the price of the Kobo e-reader, but they are offering a $20 gift card with the device. From the press release: Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced that the Kobo eReader will now be bundled with a $20 Borders gift card, and double Borders Bucks that can be used towards a [...]

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Bookeen release new firmware update for Cybook

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Keeping with their tradition of releasing firmwares on Tuesday*, Bookeen have just uploaded the latest firmwares for the Cybook Gen3 and the Cybook Opus. Each of Bookeen’s e-readers has 2 firmware options. One supports Mobipocket DRM and the other supports Adobe DE DRM. You can download them here.

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PSP Digital Comics Reader v2.01 now out

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · software news

The Playstation blog has announced the release of the new Digital Comics Reader for the PlayStation Portable. Improvements include: browse by publisher delete comics genres improved database support for right to left reading automatically advance to next issue

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