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Kindle battery life extended; PDF support added
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-11-24 15:29:41
A firmware upgrade boosts Kindle battery life and provides a native PDF reader.


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Can't get no Nook (til next year)
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-11-20 20:33:21
Barnes & Noble's announced that its new Nook e-reader is out of stock until 2010. The next projected shipping date is early next January.


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Creative Technology supposedly readying new e-reader
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-11-02 17:00:50
The burgeoning market for e-book readers is about to become even more crowded, as Creative Technology demonstrated its MediaBook reader to attendees at its Annual General Meeting.


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Kindle piques Aussie interest in ebooks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Search engines

2009-10-28 23:14:36
While there's no indication yet of how many Australians have ordered a Kindle, there are signs of considerable interest.


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Santa’s Kindle shoppers hedge on the $A
Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-10-25 22:47:52
In less than three weeks the price Australians can expect to pay for a Kindle e-book has dropped from $314 to $280. If the $A achieves parity with the $US it could fall another $21 – leaving local Christmas shoppers literally hedging their bets about when to buy.
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Barnes & Noble e-reader due next week?
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-10-14 15:43:27
Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble is reportedly about to release an e-book reader to compete with Amazon's Kindle. The device is expected to make its debut on October 20, but possible photos have leaked out in the meantime.


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Kindle e-book goes international
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-10-06 23:54:53
Amazon is expanding the availability of its Kindle e-book device to more than 100 countries, including Australia. Hundreds of thousands of titles are offered, mostly at prices below the print editions.


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Kindle lawsuit settled
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-10-02 14:18:42
The student who sued Amazon after the company deleted his Kindle copy of 1984 -- along with all his notes -- has agreed to drop the suit. But the settlement agreement, which has been made public, spells out exactly what Amazon can delete and when.


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Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol out of print and doing well
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-09-18 06:49:58

Everyone expected the new Dan Brown book to smash sales records, but who knew it would do so well 'out of print' in the online world?


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Amazon gives back 1984
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-09-04 14:48:20
In early July, Amazon remotely deleted copies of 1984 from users' Kindles, creating a PR firestorm. Now the company has offered to return the books or give the affected users an Amazon gift certificate.


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Student claims Kindle ruined his reading project, sues Amazon
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-07-31 17:50:11
A U.S. high school student whose copy of 1984 was remotely deleted from his Kindle is suing Amazon, claiming that the action had "rendered useless" the notes he'd been taking on the book.


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Google preparing to become an e-book seller
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-06-02 00:37:19
Having agreed a settlement of its book digitising dispute, Google has revealed it plans to enter the e-book market before the year is out.


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Amazon optimizes Kindle store for iPhone
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-05-11 14:08:27
There's a new Kindle store specially designed to work with the Kindle iPhone app.


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Kindle DX debuts
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-05-06 17:10:16
At a press conference in New York, Amazon introduced a new, larger version of its Kindle e-reader aimed at magazine and newspaper readers.


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Larger Kindle expected this week
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-05-04 16:17:54
Observers expect Amazon’s press conference scheduled for Wednesday in New York to see the introduction of a larger-size Kindle suitable for magazine and newspaper reading.


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Sony, Google to offer 500,000 free e-books
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-03-19 20:50:56
The Google library of scanned public-domain books will be available for free download to the Sony Reader Digital Book, giving it a larger available library than Amazon's Kindle.


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Fujitsu introduces first consumer color e-reader
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-03-19 00:47:15
Consumers in Japan are now able to purchase what Fujitsu calls "the world’s first color e-paper mobile terminal" -- the FLEPia, a handheld e-book reader similar to Amazon's Kindle (but in color).


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Discovery Channel owner sues Amazon alleging Kindle infringes ebook patent
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2009-03-18 16:17:49
Discovery Communications, the owner of the popular Discovery Channel, has filed a patent infringement suit against web titan Amazon.com alleging infringement of a patent for electronic book technology. The suit names the Kindle and Kindle 2 e-book readers and Amazon's e-book delivery system and seeks damages and royalty payments for continued use of the technology.


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Amazon Kindle looks to DMCA to block the use of a subsidiary's e-books
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2009-03-16 01:18:31
Amazon is wielding the DMCA in an attempt to stifle software designed to allow the Kindle to display legitimately-acquired e-books. The way the company championed the sale of unprotected MP3 music files playable on any device might have led us to expect something better from it.


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Amazon Kindles a friendship with iPhone, more buddies to come
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2009-03-04 07:21:46
The word around the traps is that Amazon is about to announce a free application for the iPhone that will enable the same e-books available on Kindle to be read on the popular Apple device, as well as the iPod Touch. What's more, we may have announcements of Kindle being available on other platforms in the future.


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