There aren’t any details yet, but it appears that Steve Jobs as retired from his position as the CEO of Apple. Say what you will about Steve (and I did like making fun of him), you will have to admit that he was a genius who turned a dying company into one of the strongest [...]
Entries from August 24th, 2011
First look at the new Thalia Oyo II e-reader
August 24th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
I happened upon an image today that I suspect is a previously unseen ebook reader, the Thalia Oyo II. Update: nope, I was wrong. When Thalia announced the Oyo II a few weeks back they neglected to include a picture. I didn’t think anything of it at the time; companies do this sometimes. And since [...]
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Prestigio launched a new 8″ Gingerbread tablet
August 24th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
The European gadget company Prestigio have just unveiled the MultiPad 5080B, their latest Android tablet. This looks like your fairly ordinary 8″ Android tablet, but it caught my eye because I’ve seen it before. Last week I posted about a pair of tablets on the FCC website. One of those tablets, the Next8, looks an [...]
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Amazon continue to mess with tech bloggers – new Kindle URL registered
August 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Amazon
With the registration of 3 new URLs in just a few weeks, either Amazon is going to binge on new products or they’re trying to mess with our heads. They just registered a new website address at www.kindlewave.com. No, the site doesn’t do anything; it’s just a placeholder. Unlike some bloggers, I don’t think any [...]
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Spanish e-reader maker BQ Reader to use Neonode touchscreens
August 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Neonode announced this morning that they’ve signed up yet another ebook reader company. Mundo Reader S.L., the parent company of bq reader, have decided to use Neonode’s IR touchscreen tech in their next ebook reader. Mundo also announced that they have an agreement with Telefonica, the Spanish telecom, to provide e-readers in all of Telefonica’s [...]
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On the Rising scourge of textbook pirates
August 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
There’s an article today The Chronicles on Higher Education about a new pirate textbook site. Textbook pirates have struck again. Nearly three years after publishers shut down a large Web site devoted to illegally trading e-textbooks, a copycat site has sprung up—with its leaders arguing that it is operating overseas in a way that will [...]
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HP TouchPad now in stock at BestBuy
August 24th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Daily deals
But you’re going to need to have a business account before you can buy one. I’ve just read a message posted over on the Fatwallet forums. The poster reports that he bought HP’s cancelled 10″ tablet at the clearance price. I cannot see the page he ordered from (no login info), so I don’t know [...]
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Introducing the FrankenKindle (video)
August 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
One industrious Kindle owner has hacked together a new accessible Kindle design. Ben Heck, eat your heart out. The FrankenKindle was created for the hacker’s sister, who is suffering from Cerebral Palsy. It uses several custom circuit boards, a sliced and diced Kindle, and buttons which were ripped from an educational toy. I’d call it [...]
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New free app for the Kindle – Jigsaw Words
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · free ebooks, kindle app
Amazon have just released another free app for the Kindle. Jigsaw Words is a cross between a jumble, hangman, and a crossword puzzle. You’re given a set of clues and a set of word fragments. Your goal is to assemble the fragments and solve each clue. It’s fun, and I’m really glad that the game [...]
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Jashanmal Books to launch e-reader, ebookstore in Dubai
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
Jashanmal Bookstores, a chain of 5 bookstores, recently announced that they’d soon have an ebook reader. But there’s a catch. Given the complications of languages, local laws, customs, and rights issues, they don’t feel that they could launch a website based ebookstore in the middle east (like the Kindle Store or pretty much any other [...]
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