So I was in my local dollar store the other day and I happened across this cheap junky book light. I’ve never bought a book light before because I’m too cheap, so this one appealed to me. And to be honest, I know I’m going to lose it, break it, or the batteries will run [...]
Entries from March 18th, 2011
New LCD e-reader pops up in Germany
March 18th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news
Mike Cane tipped me to this e-reader when he somehow managed to find it on Amazon.de. It’s from a consumer electronics company I’ve never heard of before, and so far as I can tell this is their first e-reader. The SVP EB701 is based on a 7″ LCD screen. I’m not sure of the resolution, [...]
Pioneer Computers bringing a new Android tablet to Australia
March 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware news
A few days ago Pioneer Computers (not the electronics giant) posted the first details on their new Android tablet. The DreamBook ePad H10 HD is based on a 10 (1280×800) capacitive touchscreen, and it’s running v3.0 Honeycomb on a Tegra 2 CPU. It has 3G, Wifi, Bluetooth, 2 cameras (2mp and 5MP), speakers, microphone, and [...]
Borders Store Closings March Madness Bracket (PDF)
March 18th, 2011 · No Comments · humor
Evil Wylie created this bracket over on EvilReads. It pokes fun at how Borders are closing stores by comparing it to the elimination rounds of NCAA basketball. All the stores on this bracket come from the first list of 200 stores scheduled for closure. If you want, you could track the stores as they close. [...]
A History of browser support: IE from 1.0 to 9.0
March 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I found this video last night, and if you work with ebooks then I really think it’s worth your time. In this video you’ll be able to see the growth of html, css, and related web technologies from before they existed to until the current day. It’s fascinating.
Borders closing 28 more stores (map)
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · borders
I’ve just come across another list of store closures which Borders released just yesterday. Once again, I have made a map, and it’s embedded after the break. The stores on this map will be closing in late May. It looks like 4 clusters, doesn’t it? I don’t think the ones in the midwest are close [...]
Please Help Support this Project
March 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve just come across a video of a fly-by of the planet Saturn This video is being made from photographs taken by the Cassini space probe, and it’s entirely funded by contributions. It’s very shiny. Watch the video and then visit the site if you think it’s worth supporting.
Augen’s The Book is on sale TODAY Only – $65
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
The site 1SaleAday have Augen’s first e-reader on sale today. You have under 8 hours left to get it, so you might want to act fast. But I wouldn’t get it if I were you. AUGEN introduced this e-reader last summer, and at the time it was a decent e-reader. But it’s not so great [...]
NY Times unveil their paywall
March 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · paywall
It’s about what I expected. They’re not going for the strict paywall; instead the NY Times will be using one based on the freemium model. You’ll be able to read up to 20 articles a month for free before being asked to pay, and if someone sends you a link you’ll still be able to [...]
Gajah to release Android based e-reader
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
You might recognize this e-reader; I mentioned it when I covered Gajah at CES 2010. The BK7005 is based on a 7″ (800×480) resistive touchscreen, and it has Wifi, a microSD card slot, speaker, and it ships with support for Adobe DE DRM. It’s running on Android v1.5 a RockChip CPU, but the amount of [...]
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