Before, a lot of people thought ebooks will never really be a hit and ebook readers aren’t a necessity. All of that changed with the introduction of Amazon’s Kindle.
For the first time ever, Amazon shoppers on Christmas day bought more books for their Kindles then they did the traditional paperbacks and hard-bounds.
Usually, on Christmas day, [...]
Although Barnes & Noble is still keeping mum as to how many devices they are manufacturing, it seems very obvious to point out that it’s not just a measly number.
In a statement posted on the company’s Web site Sunday night, the book retailer says there will be a delay for the retail arrival of the [...]
Since Barnes & Noble’s Nook are making huge waves in the market even before its release, Amazon’s Kindle has to keep up if they want to stay on top.
Announced today, Kindle now has an improved battery life when the wireless connection is turned on. Compared to its previous 4-hour battery life, the Kindle can now [...]
Is this finally the device to challenge the Kindle’s reign in the eBook reader market?
It sure looks like it, as Barnes and Noble, distributor of the Nook eReader, announced that it is experiencing production delays because of the huge demand for the device – and they haven’t even started shipping the devices yet.
Compared to Amazon’s [...]
Another player in the Ebook market dominated by Amazon’s Kindle and Sony reader will be coming in from Plastic Logic.
Yesterday, the company announced that they are preparing to release an ebook reader that’s aimed at business professionals.
Prototypes of the QUE were demonstrated last month at the DEMOFall 08 conference. The device is set to make [...]
Posted on September 11th, 2009 in Tech News
Albert Gonzalez faces a sentence of up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty today.
The 28-year-old man from Miami admitted to federal charges in New York and Massachusetts. He also faces charges in New Jersey.
Gonzalez’s hacking activities in the past years were so huge that it could be the most notorious computer hacking including [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2009 in Tech News
Quamut, Barnes a how-to site, has been quietly shut down by its parent company Barnes & Noble.
The site previously featured simple instructional pieces ranging from professionally made how-to-guides and user-created wikis about all subjects. It was launched March 24, 2008.
The 1,685 guides from the site however, will still be available for sale at Barnes & [...]
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