The TechCrunch tablet is deadThe tablet computer planned by TechCrunch was supposed to be the next big thing in e-Readers, but the site’s founder Michael Arrington says the entire project has self destructed due to “greed, jealousy and miscommunication”.
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The 20 best gadgets of the decade
iPods, flash drives, smart phones and eReaders: the noughties was truly the decade gadgetry came into its own. Paste looks at the 20 most innovative and important gadgets of 2000-2009.
Why e-Readers are not the future of magazines
The Kindle and its ilk may be taking the newspaper and book worlds by storm, but they’re not going to revolutionise the way we read magazines anytime soon: the screens, formatting and lack of interactivity just aren’t up to the task.
The Kindle in Australia: the good, the bad and the crippling
Stubborn Mule is one the Australians who snapped up a Kindle as soon as it became available on our shores. It may be a whizz-bang bit of tech, but there are some pretty significant limitations placed on the Aussie version. So is it worth it?
The next big e-reader
US book retailer Barnes & Noble has launched its own e-reader. Called the “nook”, it’s a purty-lookin’ dual screen little gadget, but the real thing that sets it apart from other readers is that it lets users share e-books with each other
Arrr! Prepare ye landlubbers for book piracy
With the arrival of the Kindle around the world, the publishing industry is preparing for an onslaught of black-market e-books, as people share them illegally online. Will it be the mp3 wars all over again?
E-paper: the real “Kindle Killer”
Everyone (and by “everyone”, we mean “geeks and the media”) is fixated on what the Next Big Thing in e-readers will be. But what if e-readers aren’t the Next Big Thing at all? Check out e-paper, which allows hi-res, full-colour imagery.
The Kindle won’t kill libraries
Aussie Publishers may be worried the predicted surge in e-reader sales will damage the book industry, but news from the States shows libraries needn’t share their concerns, with “digital lending” booming in public libraries.
2010: year of the e-reader
The world’s media pundits are predicting a huge Christmas boom in sales of e-readers — spurred by the release of the new Kindle. Will 2010 become known as the year the book died?
Book industry has to accept the Kindle: it may be a bumpy ride
Australian publishers may not like it, but e-books are not going away. And with the launch of the Kindle in Australia, the industry’s going to have to adapt.
