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Kindle breaks the Great (fire)Wall of China

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Here’s an interesting anecdote from Me and My Kindle: And the free wireless internet access played an even bigger role for Sophia Chiang, a San Francisco entrepreneur on an extended trip through China. She reports the Kindle was a great way to buy “uncensored English magazines like Newsweek, The New Yorker, The New York Times, [...]

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Ribbon Hero – a great training tool for Office 2007

May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I just came across this nifty game that helps you get used to the new ribbon menus in MS Office 2007. I so wish they had released it back in 2007. I might not have switched to Open Office. Ribbon Hero via O’Reilly Radar

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Kindle not all that great as a Digital Textbook

March 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, Uncategorized

The Financial Times had an article yesterday on the Kindle textbook pilot projects. I already knew most of the details just from my personal experiences, but it’s good to have confirmation from another source. Here is an excerpt from the article: The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business was one of the first to [...]

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