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Read in Style with Sony’s Sleek Reader Pocket, Touch Edition E-Book Readers

August 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Sony introduced two new e-book readers on Aug. 5 that will be available in late August. The Reader Pocket Edition features a 5-inch screen, a physique trim enough to slip into purses and shirt pockets, and a price of $199. The larger Touch Edition, priced at $299, has a 6-inch touch-screen thats handy for navigating the device, underlining passages and writing notes in the margins of e-books. Sony additionally announced it had lowered the price of best-sellers and new releases to $9.99. The two Readers come to market just as Amazon has dropped the price of the Kindle 2, Plastic Logics announced it has a model with a nearly 10-inch screen in the works, and even Apple is expected to join the competition soon.
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How to see detailed statistics of your Google Reader usage?

August 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Google Reader is an easy to use online RSS reader tool from Google. You can add any number of RSS feed of different blogs and websites. It allows you to view latest updates from RSS feed of subscribed websites or blogs. Over a period of time, Google Reader user might be interested in knowing reading [...]

Sony to Offer 1 Million Google Books Through its Readers

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

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…

SNE-50K: Samsungâ€™s e-book reader sets out in S. Korea

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Going downright bureaucratic, Samsung Electronics has crumpled up and cast aside its catchy codename for its first e-book reader.
The SNE-50K reader that was earlier known by the working label of Papyrus, will be sold first only in South Korea from today onwards.
But according to a Samsung spokesperson, the device is expected to reach the other [...]

Daniel Krotz: On The Collecting of Books

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

The single piece of advice I give to a prospective collector is that if a book makes you cry, collect it. I suppose that’s why I own nine copies of The Sun Also Rises.

Should I ditch my secret millionaire?

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

A reader wonders whether finding out about her new boyfriend’s hidden wealth will jeopardise their relationship

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out â€“ a selection of the best answers will appear in Saturday’s paper.

This week’s question

I have been seeing a lovely guy I met on a dating website. We get on ridiculously well but, unknown to him, I’ve found out he’s a millionaire. I’m uncomfortable that our lives are so very different, and worry he might see me as a “gold digger”. My friends say I’m in a flap about nothing and it’s a no-brainer! How do I resolve this? Do I finish it? Or am I being prejudiced against the rich?

What are your thoughts?

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ACLU, EFF Demand Reader Privacy Protection in Google Book Search

July 24th, 2009 | No Comments

The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Berkeley Law Public Policy Clinic call for Google to institute strong reader privacy protection in the design and policies of the Google Book Search project. The groups ask the search engine to erase reader logging data after 30 days, allow readers to erase their reading records and protect reader records from law enforcement officials.
– Fearing that Google has not instituted adequate privacy measures to protect
readers in its Google Book Search initiative, three consumer rights groups have
asked Google to let users delete their book purchase records, erase reader
logging data after 30 days, and only disclose reader records for l…

Plastic Logic Reader, Competitor to Amazon Kindle, Will Use ATandT 3G

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

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…