The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. These were first delivered to the same ascetics he had been…
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Noah Levine: THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PATH TO FREEDOM
July 30th, 2009 |
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Sony to Offer 1 Million Google Books Through its Readers
July 29th, 2009 |
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Sony agrees to offer 1 million digital books from Google’s Book store, which is also being leveraged by Barnes and Noble. Its early days, but Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle are positioned to win the war digital hanhelds users download digital books to for reading. Google meanwhile continues to face scrutiny over its ambitious book search project.
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Sony proved that it isn’t spooked by the fact that the Department
of Justice is
formally investigating the settlement that lets Google scan books online and
grant access to them for a fee.
TheSony eBook store, which offers digital books consumers may download and read
via Sony’s R…
Barnes and Noble, ATandT Partner on In-Store Wi-Fi
July 29th, 2009 |
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Bookseller Barnes Noble partners with AT T to provide customers in all U.S. stores with free access to Wi-Fi Internet service and its e-bookstore, which boasts 700,000 titles.
– Bookseller Barnes amp; Noble has announced a partnership with mobile
carrier AT amp;T to provide complimentary Wi-Fi Internet access in B amp;Ns
stores across the United States.
Customers can also use the in-store Wi-Fi to access B amp;Ns collection of
700,000 titles, which it claims is the wor…
Plastic Logic Reader, Competitor to Amazon Kindle, Will Use ATandT 3G
July 23rd, 2009 |
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Plastic Logic Reader, an eReader scheduled to be released in early 2010 with a larger screen than Amazons Kindle DX, will feature a wireless broadband connection via the AT T 3G network. Plastic Logics device is being specifically aimed at the mobile business professionals segment, with the company playing up its ability to download and display Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents. As the eReader market becomes more lucrative, players such as Google and Sony are also moving into the space.
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An upcoming eReader from Plastic Logic, aimed firmly at the
SMB (small and midsized business) and
enterprise market, will utilize AT amp;T’s 3G network to wirelessly download
material onto the device. The July 22 announcement followed on the heels of news
that Barnes amp; Noble would manage P…
Barnes and Noble Announces eBookstore
July 21st, 2009 |
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Barnes Nobel jumps into the eReader market with eBookstore, which offers 700,000 digital books that can be viewed on a variety of mobile devices, computers and eReaders.
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Book chain store Barnes amp;
Nobel announced the launch of the Barnes amp; Noble eBookstore, which the
company claims is the worlds largest, on the companys Web site. The service
enables customers to buy eBooks and read them on a range of platforms,
including the Apple iPhone a…
Businessbriefs
November 12th, 2007 |
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hyflux doubles q3 profit
Water-treatment firm Hyflux’s third-quarter net profit climbed to $4.2
million from $1.9 million a year earlier, while revenue rose to $51.9
million from $29.4 million. Hyflux’s China operations contributed about
68 per cent to its revenue while sales in the Middle East and North Africa
accounted for 27 per cent.
Noble group triples Q3 profit
Noble Group’s net profit nearly tripled to $60.6 million in the third
quarter from $23.5 million a year earlier because of rising demand for
commodities. A recent expansion in its operations – to take advantage of
low production costs in source markets – and its shipping fleet also
helped its bottom line. Turnover of the energy segment, Noble’s largest
business, rose to $2.2 billion from $1.8 billion on higher returns from
clean fuels, coal, coke and carbon credits activities. – AGENCIES