http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. will add two features to the Kindle e-book reader to make the gadget more accessible to blind and vision-impaired users. http://www.physorg.com/news179428198.html Electronics Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:40:02 EST news179428198 Taiwan plans to invest more than 65 million US dollars in its competitive electronic-book sector over the next five years, the economic ministry's Industrial Development Bureau said. http://www.physorg.com/news178963114.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:59:29 EST news178963114 (AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup. http://www.physorg.com/news177140017.html Electronics Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:50:01 EST news177140017 Amazon.com on Tuesday released free software that lets people read the online retail titan's electronic Kindle books on personal computers. http://www.physorg.com/news177102297.html Technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:01 EST news177102297 The threat of growing competition in the e-reader market does not seem to have cooled demand for Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, but the online retailer will likely face its toughest test in the coming holiday season. http://www.physorg.com/news175808024.html Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:34:23 EST news175808024 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer. http://www.physorg.com/news175442786.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:20:01 EST news175442786 (AP) -- It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news174670605.html Electronics Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:37:44 EST news174670605 Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle. http://www.physorg.com/news174198686.html Electronics Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:00:04 EST news174198686 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field of competitors. http://www.physorg.com/news174109918.html Electronics Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:52:41 EST news174109918 Amazon.com has settled a lawsuit that sprang from a Big Brother-like move of deleting books by George Orwell from its Kindle electronic readers as a quick fix for copyright concerns. http://www.physorg.com/news173639229.html Technology Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news173639229 Sony opened its electronic bookstore to would-be authors Tuesday in a partnership with two self-publishing companies. http://www.physorg.com/news173465178.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:00:02 EST news173465178 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is offering free books or $30 to Kindle customers whose copies of the George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" were deleted from their electronic reading devices in July. http://www.physorg.com/news171296518.html Technology Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:40:02 EST news171296518 Maybe now it's an actual competition between Amazon's Kindle and Sony's forlorn "Reader" e-book. http://www.physorg.com/news170530128.html Electronics Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:00:02 EST news170530128 (AP) -- Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing market. http://www.physorg.com/news170421161.html Electronics Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:30:01 EST news170421161 (AP) -- A few weeks ago, Pasquale Castaldo was waiting at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport for a delayed flight, when a man sitting across from him pulled out an Amazon Kindle book-reading device. http://www.physorg.com/news169477345.html Electronics Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:03:01 EST news169477345 Sony, in a challenge to Amazon's Kindle, unveiled plans on Thursday to do away with the proprietary software on its electronic Sony Reader and convert its e-book store to an industry standard format. http://www.physorg.com/news169392591.html Technology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:40:01 EST news169392591 (AP) -- James Patterson's latest best seller, "The Angel Experiment," is a little different from his usual hits. The novel isn't new; it came out four years ago. Its sales aren't happening at bookstores, but mostly on the Kindle site at Amazon.com. http://www.physorg.com/news168849765.html Technology Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:20:01 EST news168849765 (AP) -- A high school student is suing Amazon.com Inc. for deleting an e-book he purchased for the Kindle reader, saying his electronic notes were bollixed, too. http://www.physorg.com/news168268312.html Technology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:30:01 EST news168268312 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos has apologized to Kindle customers for deleting pirated copies of George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" from their e-reader devices. http://www.physorg.com/news167628450.html Technology Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:40:02 EST news167628450 (AP) -- Following in the footsteps of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, another e-book reader is set to get a wireless connection from a cellular carrier, letting it access books anywhere there's a signal. http://www.physorg.com/news167459743.html Electronics Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:00:01 EST news167459743 (AP) -- Barnes & Noble Inc. on Monday stepped up its fight in the small but highly competitive market for electronic books with the launch of a new e-bookstore offering titles to be read on a variety of devices. http://www.physorg.com/news167331663.html Technology Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:09:45 EST news167331663 (AP) -- A pirated e-book of "1984" led to an Orwellian moment for Kindle customers. http://www.physorg.com/news167112141.html Technology Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:02:57 EST news167112141 I am holding in my hands a device that some think could be the salvation of the beleaguered newspaper industry. It's the Amazon Kindle DX, a large-screen version of Amazon's popular e-reader that's specifically designed for papers and textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news166984807.html Electronics Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:40:01 EST news166984807 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. has lowered the price of its Kindle electronic book reader by $60. It's now selling for $299, in an effort to attract more bookworms to the device. http://www.physorg.com/news166284644.html Electronics Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:11:01 EST news166284644 (AP) -- E Ink Corp., the maker of the innovative display for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by a Taiwanese company for $215 million. http://www.physorg.com/news163072422.html Technology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:54:42 EST news163072422 Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said Thursday that the online retail giant may never reveal sales figures for the Kindle and a color version of the electronic reader is "multiple" years away. http://www.physorg.com/news162740980.html Electronics Thu, 28 May 2009 14:50:09 EST news162740980 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. hopes a bigger version of its Kindle electronic reading device can be a hit, even if it's more expensive, and the company is aiming it in part at college students who are eager to save money on their textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news160842961.html Electronics Wed, 06 May 2009 15:36:30 EST news160842961 Online retail giant Amazon.com unveiled a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader on Wednesday designed for newspapers, magazines and textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news160831260.html Electronics Wed, 06 May 2009 12:23:16 EST news160831260 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. will release a larger - and more expensive - version of its Kindle electronic reading device that is geared toward periodicals and textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news160827414.html Electronics Wed, 06 May 2009 11:17:24 EST news160827414 Amazon.com is widely expected to lift the wraps on a new large-screen Kindle device this week, which could be the first in a line of electronic reading devices geared toward newspapers and textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news160681757.html Electronics Mon, 04 May 2009 18:49:53 EST news160681757