From the announcement: From the announcement: Pixel Qi and CPT (Chunghwa Picture Tubes) announce today their LCD manufacturing partnership. Together the companies are developing three new screens of various sizes which will reach the market at various times in 2011.
Entries from December 21st, 2010
Pixel Qi and CPT (Chunghwa Picture Tubes) announce manufacturing partnership
December 21st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, press release
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Kno tablets to ship this week
December 21st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
So last night everyone in the blogosphere got an email about how the Kno 14? dual screen and single screen tablets will finally start shipping this week. But how is this news, exactly? No, seriously. We knew they had taken pre-orders and we knew the orders would ship this month. Now that the Kno tablet [...]
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Adobe announce first quarter with $1b plus in revenue
December 21st, 2010 · No Comments · press release
So they have all that money and what, they can’t spend any of it to fix Adobe Digital Editions? From the press release: In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, Adobe achieved record revenue of $1.008 billion, compared to $757.3 million reported for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and $990.3 million reported in the [...]
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NookColor firmware update now available
December 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
I wouldn’t rush out and get it just yet; v1.0.1 is a minor update that fixes some bugs with Wifi and the browser. The only serious change is that it will de-root your NC and possibly block you from hacking it again. Barnes & Noble is providing a minor update to NOOKcolor firmware that will [...]
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Aldiko 2.0 now available in the Android Market
December 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
I’ve just heard that the paid version of Aldiko has been updated. I haven’t found it yet, but I do have confirmation from another source. It’s selling for $3. This new version is the one that Aldiko announced back on 8 December. It is supposed to have an improved UI, support for Adobe DE DRM, [...]
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Media Markt to launch ebookstore
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, Uncategorized
The German retail chain Media Markt have opened an ebookstore today. If you’re not familiar with the company, think Best But (only with nicer employees). They have 30k titles with prices starting at 1.49 euros. I couldn’t find specific info on DRM, but I checked several titles and all were encumbered by Adobe DE DRM. [...]
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Monopoly app available for the Kindle (& it’s on sale now)
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · apps & games
A friend just tweeted that the classic game MONOPOLY is now available on the Kindle. This edition was made by EA s0 it’s also on sale right now for $2.50. You can play against your Kindle or with a combination of up to 3 friends with Pass ‘N Play multiplayer. Choose between 3 different difficulty [...]
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Maria Pallante named acting Register of Copyrights
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Maria Pallante, currently the Associate Register, has been named to fill the position as Register of Copyrights on 1 January, 2011. Ms. Pallante joined the Copyright Office in 2007 as deputy general counsel, and was promoted to her current position in 2008. Prior to joining the Copyright Office, Ms. Pallante worked for eight years for [...]
Wiley-Blackwell to launch new apps for health science journals
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is launching new mobile applications for selected health science journals, accessible via iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Symbian, PalmOS, and WAP devices.
Freescale to have a couple dozen tablets on display at CES 2011
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
At CES 2010 Freescale had a booth in the e-reader area. Next month they’re going to do much the same, only they plan have upwards of 25 tablets on display (according to my source). From Computerworld: The tablets all use Arm-based processors from Freescale’s i.MX family of chips and many of them run Google’s Android [...]
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