The most notable feature of the Kindle 2 (Amazon.com’s long-awaited update to its groundbreaking but somewhat flawed electronic reading device) is that it’s possible to pick it up and not turn the page. This sounds like faint praise, but anyone using the original Kindle quickly found the oversized buttons covering both sides of the device made …
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Kindle 2 fever hits as shipments of new e-book reader begin
Computerworld By Matt Hamblen February 24, 2009 (Computerworld) The Kindle 2 began shipping Sunday, ahead of schedule, and even before customers received the new e-book reader from Amazon. Kindle 2 arrives, but books aren’t going anywhere Christian Science Monitor How Amazon's Bezos Sparked Demand for Kindle 2 BusinessWeek PC Magazine – Washington Post – CNET News – NewsFactor Network all 195 news articles |
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Read-aloud feature on Kindle has people talking
USA Today The Kindle 2 electronic reader that Amazon is now shipping has a new read-aloud feature. And for authors and publishers, that's a potentially troublesome development. Amazon's Kindle 2: Delight Is in the Details BusinessWeek Six Alternatives to the Amazon Kindle 2 PC Magazine New York Times – Xinhua – CNET News – Wall Street Journal all 134 news articles |
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Amazon e-reader Kindle 2 is a nifty, if costly, second act
USA Today By Emmanuel Dunand, AFP/Getty Images By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY The second edition of Amazon's (AMZN) best-selling electronic reader looks better, reads better and addresses the first Kindle's (metaphorically speaking) torn pages. Kindle 2 Arrives, and So Do Rivals Wall Street Journal What's the average age of Kindle owners? CNET News PC World – PC Magazine – The Associated Press – Mobile Magazine all 119 news articles |
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Kindle 2 Starts Shipping a Day Early
PC World Amazon.com on Monday began shipping its Kindle 2 e-book reader a day earlier than originally planned. Amazon said Monday that Kindle 2, introduced two weeks ago for preordering, is already the number-one seller on its Electronics Web site. Amazon.com Ships Kindle 2 a Day Early PC Magazine What's the average age of Kindle owners? CNET News The Associated Press – ChannelWeb – Northwest innovation – Forbes all 86 news articles |
theodp writes “Pressed on Amazon’s 1-Click patent, then-USPTO Chief Q. Todd Dickinson got testy: “I make this challenge all the time. If you’re aware of prior art out there that invalidates a patent that is existing, file a re-examination. We’ll be happy to take a look at it.” Really? It’s been 3+ years since unemployed actor Peter Calveley submitted prior art that triggered a USPTO reexamination of the 1-Click patent. Still no “final answer” from the USPTO. To put things in perspective, 1-Click inventor Jeff Bezos once proposeda three-year lifespan for patents (later retracted), let alone patent reexams. In the meantime, other patent examiners have repeatedly smacked down 1-Click — the latest (non-final) rejection was issued on Feb. 10th with Sandra Bullock’s help.”
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If there were any lingering doubts about whether Amazon Web Services were enterprise ready they dissolved this week once IBM became a partner. And now that Amazon and IBM have teamed up a picture of multiple computing clouds is emerging.
If there were any lingering doubts about whether Amazon Web Services were enterprise ready they dissolved this week once IBM became a partner. And now that Amazon and IBM have teamed up a picture of multiple computing clouds is emerging.
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E-books: coming soon to a BC library near you
Globe and Mail – 10 Feb 2009 The publishing industry is waking up to the possibilities of electronic books. But even as companies such as Google Inc. and Amazon. |
stoolpigeon writes in with news that ought to kindle Amazon’s attention: “O’Reilly announced recently that they are now hosting Bookworm, an online ePub reader. ePub is composed of three open standards (OPS, OPF, and OCF) that allow users a great amount of flexibility without any lock-in. Bookworm lets users upload ePub files, read them online from a PC or mobile device, and also export them to mobile devices that support ePub. Bookworm can also export directly to Stanza. Once a user has uploaded their ePub books to Bookworm, they can track progress through them even across multiple devices.”
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