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HP, Amazon to sell paperback versions of e-books

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Some of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.


Anyone can now download files relating to the EU dating back to 1952

EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book Fair

Technology / Internet

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.


Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal (AP)

Deadline in Google book deal extended to Friday

Technology / Internet

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google says it needs until Friday to come up with a new proposal that would give it the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.


Tech and teens

Tech and teens

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 8 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Digital media use is transforming the way young people learn, UCI researcher Mizuko "Mimi" Ito has found, and schools should take note.


Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.


Philips announces breakthrough in fully digital light detection technology

Philips announces breakthrough in fully digital light detection technology

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Royal Philips Electronics today announced that its scientists have developed a highly innovative digital silicon photomultiplier technology that will allow faster and more accurate photon (the basic quantum ...


Roku adds more 'channels' of video and other digital content

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Owners of Roku's digital video player will soon have a bunch more channels to choose from.


Toshiba launches portable fuel-cell for mobiles

Toshiba launches portable fuel-cell for mobiles

Technology / Energy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- For people fed up with their mobile telephone or iPod batteries running out, Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced Thursday the launch of a portable fuel-cell that can power up digital gadgets on ...


Locals will be able to access the Internet without paying line rental or a connection charge

British town to offer free wi-fi to all residents

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swindon has become the first place in Britain to offer free wireless Internet access to all its 186,000 residents, in what is thought to be the first such scheme, officials said on Tuesday.


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Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.


World's first album of Twitter music available now

World's first album of Twitter music available now

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For the first time, you can now download an album of digital music written exclusively for Twitter.


Dartmouth professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked

Professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 72

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, digitally ...


BSkyB will launch its Sky Songs service on October 19

BSkyB says to launch online music service

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British pay-TV giant BSkyB said Monday it will launch an online music service next week which offers consumers access to more than four million tracks, rivalling Apple's iTunes.


US media giant Hearst Corp. on Friday launched LMK.com, a free online magazine that scours the Internet for news

New Hearst e-magazine weaves tales from Internet

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US media giant Hearst Corp. on Friday launched LMK.com, a free online magazine that scours the Internet for news and photos and presents the information as topic pages.


Chinese group says Google violating copyrights (AP)

Chinese group says Google violating copyrights

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Chinese group is accusing search engine powerhouse Google of illegally copying Chinese-language works for its digital library, adding to disquiet about a project to scan millions of books.