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Kurzweil to demo Blio eBook reader at CES
Futurist Ray Kurzweil is scheduled to demonstrate a software-based electronic reading program at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. The software, called Blio, will be licensed by vendors for... Read more...
Amazon plays coy on Christmas Kindle sales figures
Amazon is going to a lot of trouble to tell the industry that its Kindle eBook reader is popular. However, Amazon is withholding one minor detail: How many of the damn things they've actually sold.... Read more...
Barnes & Noble introduces Nook: Wireless, color eBook reader
Barnes & Noble became the latest eBook reader player today, introducing the Nook, a wireless eBook reader with a color screen. At $259 it's the exact same price as Amazon Kindle US wireless... Read more...
Amazon lowers Kindle price, introduces international version
This morning Amazon made a couple of big announcements around its Kindle eBook Reader. First of all, they are lowering the price of their best-selling Kindle from $299 to $259, and they are also... Read more...
IREX eBook reader boasts powerful partners
IREX Technologies introduced a new eBook reader last week along with a powerful partners: Verizon, Qualcomm, Best Buy and Barnes and Noble book stores. The IREX DR800SG sports an 8.1-inch,... Read more...
Salesforce integrates with Facebook & Amazon
Salesforce.com announced this week, at its Dreamforce developer's conference, that it was getting into the web hosting business. Customers will also be able to build new applications via Facebook API... Read more...
Amazon announces new content delivery service
Amazon announced this week that it would soon be getting into the content delivery business. Companies that deliver lots of content such as online video need more than a content management system,... Read more...
