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HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
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For more than 15 years, the debate continues: Should airline passengers be allowed to use personal electronic devices, such as e-readers or tablets or even cell phones at all times?
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HARDWARE, SECURITY
NEWS
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There you are, reading on your Kindle by the river, nearing the climax of an exciting mystery story when your battery begins to grow dim. With the SolarKindle e-reader cover, no problem.
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SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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At Amazon, students have the option of renting a book for a month or as many days as necessary to complete the class. Amazon claims renting can save up to 80 percent over buying the book at list price.
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SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
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A simple hack makes it possible to read e-books from the Kindle Store on the rival NOOKcolor from Barnes&Noble. In fact, you can now run both e-book stores on a single device, play games, download Android apps, and more.
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SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Amazon.com bought Shelfari, a Seattle social networking startup around the same time it acquired AbeBooks out of Victoria, BC which held an equity stake in Shelfari’s rival, Library Thing. Shelfari is going onto the Android Kindle.
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