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Courier-Microsoft’s Latest Tablet
Sep 23rd
Courier: First Details of Microsoft’s Secret Tablet – Microsoft courier tablet – Gizmodo via kwout
To be fair to Microsoft this is much more than just a tablet. There are some exceptional features and some questionable ones. Regardless, when you combine this anouncement with the other recent announcements from ASUS, Toshiba, Sony and Amazon there is no doubt that we are on the cusp of the “Next Big Thing”.
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More than an ebook
Sep 22nd
The french publishing group Editis’s short fictional video is about the likely future of books.
Filmed in 2007, this is the latest version with english subtitles.
Google Book Deal Rejected by US Justice Department
Sep 21st
Whether you are for or against the Google Book Deal, this latest rejection by the US Justice Department raises some significant doubts.
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- Department of Justice Urges Federal Judge to Reject Google Books Settlement (mediabistro.com)
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- State AGs file objections to Google Books settlement (news.cnet.com)
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ASUS ebook reader
Sep 21st
At a proposed price of $150 this could be the start of the heated competition in the ebook reader space. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until the end of 2009 to see the device and the price point. Looking forward to seeing how this whole ebook market evolves.
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Did You Know 4.0
Sep 19th
The folks at xplane.com have updated Karl Fisch’s original Did You Know. 2.0.
Just in case you haven’t see the original or want to see just how much has changed in the last 2 years.
