iTunes Rewind 2011 - their choices and yours

What was hot in the iTunes Store and App Store during 2011? Some of the answers may surprise you.
 

Tablet owners: you’ve already got a Kindle

Although some are excited to finally see Amazon’s soon-to-be-superseded B&W Kindle 3 models set for sale from month’s end in Big W, Dick Smith and Woolworths, if you already have a tablet, why swindle yourself by spending yet more on outdated Kindle hardware?
 

Google opens web-book source

Google has released the source code to its '20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web' web-book.
 

Kindle books outselling paper editions

The popularity of ebooks continues to soar - Amazon is now selling more Kindle books than paper editions. And that doesn't count the ebooks it gives away.
 

Sony to enter tablet market with Sony Tablet

Sony might not be the first to arrive for the Android tablet party, but at least it's bringing something different.
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'Underground' revised and republished

A revised edition of Underground, a book co-authored by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has been released.
 

New Bioshock novel to shock readers

A recent listing on Amazon has confirmed that Bioshock: Rapture is on the way, a 448-page prequel novel that tells of the history of Rapture, Bioshock’s fictional underwater world.
 

Smaller publishers want in to Apple’s iWalled book garden

Yesterday, Apple announced a list of who’s in at the Australian iBookstore, and by virtue of doing so, announced a list of who’s currently out of the Australian iBookstore too, causing a furore among smaller publishers who feel miffed at thus far being left out of the crunchy kingdom and away from all its digital iCitizens, and right before Christmas, too!
 

Apple's iTablet/iSlate - why the delay

The latest rumours have Apple's fabled tablet device shipping two months after a supposed announcement in late January. Why might that be?
 

Book review: Windows PowerShell 2.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Microsoft has been putting greater emphasis on its PowerShell scripting language since Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2008. For professionals who want to master PowerShell this book is a must.