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Asus eeeNote has serious issues with its screen (video)

February 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews, video

One of the early buyers of Asus’ new e-reader, the Asus eeeNote, has posted a video showing that the screen on the eeeNote is exceptionally picky about lighting. But I don’t know much about lighting a video so I’d appreciate a second opinion. Does this looked rigged? I’m having trouble believing that the screen could [...]

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Digital Rights issues coming to a head in China

August 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · publishing news

Do you remember the lawsuit between Rosetta Stone and Random House about 9 years ago? It was the first lawsuit in the US over whether or not contract written before ebooks existed could also convey ebook rights. Rosetta won, btw, because the literal statements of the contract outweighed the implied agreement. We’re seeing something like [...]

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Ways around (the Australian) e-book blockade: copyright issues

May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the Australian: GRAEME SAMUEL, chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, is one very peeved Australian citizen. A confessed gadget freak, he recently bought a Kindle e-book reader from Amazon.com to gain access to the latest titles at low prices — only to find, like many other Australians, that he couldn’t download many [...]

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