The range of ebook readers for the iPad just got bigger - but this one is aimed at professionals such as accountants and lawyers.

The European Commission is investigating whether five major publishers have breached European Union rules by engaging in anticompetitive activity affecting the sale of ebooks, "possibly with the help of Apple".

COMMENT: Since his death, the life, myths and reality of Steve Jobs all too short a time with us have bombarded the airwaves and cyberspace, generating a growth industry that’s sprung up around the late co-founder of Apple.  It’s hard not to think much of the activity is about cashing-in on the death of Jobs, not unlike the latest book offering launched today.

The eBook market continues to record strong growth with the upsurge in usage of tablet devices, with revenues from eBooks delivered to portable devices forecast to be pushed to $9.7 billion by 2016, up from just $3.2 billion this year.

Google eBooks are now available to Australian customers. Two local booksellers are already onboard, and an affiliate program is open for website operators.

Compuware has just brought out a new ebook providing information for all you ‘dummies” out there who want to learn all about web load testing.

Amazon's much-rumoured tablet has been announced. The Kindle Fire is an aggressively priced 7in colour device with a new approach to web browsing.

While Amazon has been happy to sell its Kindle ebook reader to Australian customers, it hasn't been available locally. That's about to change: the Kindle will soon be available at Woolworths, Big W and Dick Smith Electronics.

Apple's forthcoming iCloud service will replace the existing MobileMe. While there are some interesting new features, questions remain about the fate of some of the existing facilities offered by Apple's online service.

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