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Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting

Online library offers 1.5 million works and countingKnowledge needs to be free!Microsoft, Colleges and University's don't want that to happen!Use the new TOOLS as they should be used! FRICK THEM and get the know-how to improve our universe!Thou shalt not pay for knowledge granted by GOD!Wonder if they could work...

Tags: Gutenberg, Online Library

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Reflections on the first decade of blogging

Reflections on the first decade of bloggingGutenberg's and Dave WinerJust like Gutenberg , who is not the inventor of the movable type printing but got the credit of printing press, Dave Winer has nothing todo with the invention of RSS Rahul Guha of Netscape or XML-RPC (Dave...

Tags: Gannet, Gutenberg, Bemes, blogging, media, blog, genie

Discussion threads 2007-02-25

Additional Resources

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers

Maybe "law" can become a GDP driverNow that America has seen virtually every domestic industry go down the toilet, maybe it can provide law services to the rest of the world.If this self-righteous lawsuit is any indication, the is no need to fear the loss of American innovation and savvy;...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, EULA, Microsoft Corp., cheater, contractual obligation, terms of service, law firm, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Amazon's Kindle for PC app available; It's a handy download

Open formatYou say the Kindle is less open than the Sony or B&N readers. Are you saying that a Sony book can be read on the Nook? Or that a Nook book can be read on a Sony reader? I think you're pretty well mistaken on...

Tags: E-books, Cellular phones, iSlate, e-book, ebook reader, PC App, Amazon Kindle, handy download, Amazon.com Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure

The market knows best, right? Markets are bloody paths to progress. At this writing there are approximately 52 e-reader devices coming to market in the next 12 months. Fifty-two different devices coming to market (Here's what I wrote about Steve Jobs' approach to reader devices when there were just 45...

Tags: E-reader, Sales, Hardware, Markets, E-books, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser

Kindle Format?Did they also say how they propose to display Kindle's proprietary format in your browser?Oh myDunraven, go get a good strong cup of coffee, drink it down, and read the article again. You just aren't awake yet.This is cool!NTRE: Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browserAnyone...

Tags: Web browsers, E-books, e-reader, Web browser, Google Inc., e-book

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Hands-on with the Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600

BooksDid you get the Cory Doctorow books from Project Gutenberg? If so, what format did you download them in?Connectivity?The Sony sounds like it's worth a look, but I didn't see much about connectivity. Does the PRS-600 include lifetime free wireless like the Kindle, or must it be tethered...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Adobe PDF, Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600, Sony Reader Touch Edition, Hands-On

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Open Book Alliances opens up assault on Google's book settlement

NOTHING is ever freeAnd Google is going one step further, trying to monetize works that have been in public domain for years, this is truly a despicable business move.There are too many ulterior motives here,the books should accessible to allLet examine these "gotchas" * Google is the...

Tags: Project Gutenberg, Despicable, alliance, Google Inc., public domain, Open Book Alliance

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOUNo Kindles for us...This goes along with my statement in the other article on this subject.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66909&messageID=1266075We will not purchase any Kindles for family members nor for ourselves. With Amazon having this much power over a persons Kindle why would anyone consider to purchase it. This Kindle...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, JEFF BEZOS IS, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far away

Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far awayBut for use outside education?I'm interested in an e-reader because I like to read books on my train commute, or even just at home, and an e-reader would fit better in my purse than a netbook (it would be lighter too!).I know I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Interead Cool-er, e-Reader

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Cat Got Your Tongue: How Gossip Will Become The New Media

If you believe the profile, there is a cat that twitters. And has 512,733 followers, as of mid-afternoon May 18. Of course, this cat â€" alternately known as “Sockamillion” or “Sockington” â€" and his voice really belongs to Jason Scott, who lives in Waltham, Mass. ...

Tags: Media, Social Media, Conference, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?

Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?When you download PDF booksYou have none of these fears, and none of these issues. The illegal method is more convenient and has less problems associated with it than the legal method.The removal of items and features from a device I have purchased should...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Amazon launches iPhone-optimized Kindle storefront

Amazon launches iPhone-optimized Kindle storefrontBooks????Who wants to read a book on that piddly little iPhone screen?And isn't the iPhone really for fun yet mindless apps, like "Fart Bomb"?RE: Amazon launches iPhone-optimized Kindle storefrontIt's certainly a cool-looking app. I'll say that much for it.I actually got my first look at...

Tags: E-books, Digital media, iPhone-optimized Kindle storefront, iPhone-optimized Kindle, Apple iPhone, e-Reader, storefront, phone, e-book, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

All ebook readers must tear down this wall

All ebook readers must tear down this wallPublishers don't get itGood post Dana.The publishing industry is having a hard time. they don't understand what direction to go in.But the more they tighten their grip, the more sand will run out between their fingers.JamesMy preferred format?Paper. Hard or soft back...

Tags: E-books, INTERNET, Construction, Branding, hardcover book, ebook reader, e-book, wall, media

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Screw Kindle...just give me a decent app for textbooks

Screw Kindle...just give me a decent app for textbooksI agreeI have to agree with you there. The Kindle is a nice gadget, but completely superfluous. Heck between MobiReader Pocket and the Gutenberg Project, I can read the classics on my BlackBerry (one of my personal projects. I...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), E-books, Tablets, Notebooks, textbook

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

Just say no to the DSi in Ed Tech

Just say no to the DSi in Ed TechStupid netbook trickUbuntu on an Acer Aspire One.Create user "reader".Rotate display 90 degrees.Opera browser set to "fit to screen".Texts from Project Gutenberg.Read your html texts in portrait orientation. No horizontal scrolling necessary. Downsides: Very confusing trying to navigate with a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Web browsers, DSi, Just Say, Ed Tech

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Amazon Kindle 2

Amazon Kindle 2Kindle 2 - not goodThe biggest repository of free e-books on the net is Gutenberg: but Amazon don't want you reading free e-books - they want you to pay for their e-books so no support for plain text or pdf on Kindle 2. Bit of a waste of...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Amazon Kindle 2, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle 2, Amazon Kindle

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

On Bookworms and open source eBooks

Leave it to O'Reilly to head up open source eBooks. Bookworm, an open source platform for reading eBooks online is now in O'Reilly Labs. Having the free reader is great -- but how will we get the content? The project is open source, though developer Liza Daly...

Tags: O'Reilly Labs, E-books, Open Source, Personal Technology, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-02-16

(Gallery: Amazon releases Kindle 2.0)

(Gallery: Amazon releases Kindle 2.0)Thousands of FREE books!You're right, it is expensive. But also keep in mind that with a Kindle you get access to thousands upon thousands of FREE books from sites like: http://manybooks.net/.So that kinda helps the initial pain a bit.Yes, too expensive!One can buy a netbook...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Keyboards, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle 2.0, Gallery, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-02-09