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Plastic Logic unveils Que capacitive touchscreen e-book reader; aims at business professionals

Little Late for this Xmas season...NTI want to hear how crippled it is with DRM...IF this one is shackled with insane DRM like all the others, then it's a deal breaker regardless of the features.RE: What about book rental instead?What about all of the people that still like to read...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, E-books, Plastic Logic, e-book Reader, touch screen

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Plastic Logic unveils Que capacitive touchscreen e-book reader; aims at business professionals

Plastic Logic, the company that struck up a deal with Barnes & Noble for an e-book reader, on Monday unveiled a capacitive touchscreen e-book reader named Que. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Touch Screen, Plastic Logic, E-book Reader, E-books, Keyboards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Barnes & Noble ebook reader named the QUE, coming 7 January

Back in July I posted on the Plastic Logic eReader device that would be coming in 2010 in partnership with Barnes & Noble. Today, Plastic Logic revealed a name for their ebook reader, the QUE, that will premiere at CES in January 2010. I will be covering CES for my...

Tags: Plastic Logic, Barnes & Noble Inc., E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Plastic Logic e-reader photos

Logic Plastic e-reader is not out on the market it but its maker, Logic Plastic, has been busy signing deals and making partnership with punishing companies. by CNET News.com

Tags: E-reader, Plastic Logic, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-08-13

News to know: Amazon-Zappos; eBay earnings; Windows server; AMD; Plastic Logic Reader; Apple-AT&T

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights,...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Plastic Logic, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, Matthew Miller, Earnings, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Team Management, E-books, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Plastic Logic Reader will connect via AT&T and WiFi

Plastic Logic Reader will connect via AT&T and WiFiRE: Plastic Logic Reader will connect via AT&T and WiFiI wonder how it will compare with Bebook2?native PDF and Office file support?Can you say King of eBook readers?Wireless is something I could take or leave-- especially the 3G. But the format support...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Palm Pre, Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Plastic Logic, AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Plastic Logic Reader will connect via AT&T and WiFi

Larry posted the news on the Plastic Logic eReader device that will launch in early 2010 in a partnership with Barnes & Noble. We received news today that the Plastic Logic Reader will also connect wirelessly to the Internet like the Kindle, but through the AT&T 3G data network. Unlike...

Tags: Plastic Logic, AT&T Corp., Wireless LANs, 3G, Business Structures, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets Kindle

Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets KindleThank you Jeff BezosThanks to the Kindle, the once declared moribund e-book market, is getting interesting again. What is Steve Job's opinion now? That people don't read anymore? or that People do not want to read for long period of...

Tags: E-books, Microsoft Windows NT, Plastic Logic, Barnes & Noble Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets Kindle

Updated: Barnes & Noble has outlined its answer for Amazon's Kindle: A partnership with Plastic Logic, which will launch an eReader in early 2010, and plans to open its e-book sales to multiple platforms. In a statement Monday, Barnes & Noble said its e-book store will allow...

Tags: Plastic Logic, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Chances, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Photos: Plastic Logic displays

Developer of flexible displays aims to change the way we use portable electronic devices.

Tags: Plastic Logic, photograph

Image galleries 2007-01-04

Time for plastic electronics?

Plastic Logic, a Cambridge UK startup, is getting $100 million in venture capital to build plastic electronics on a commercial scale. The facility "will produce flexible active-matrix display modules for take anywhere, read anywhere electronic reader products. It will utilize Plastic Logic’s unique process to fabricate active-matrix displays...

Tags: electronics, Plastic Logic, plastic electronic, Science, Mobile, Personal Technology, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-01-03

Next-gen chips: Silicon or plastic?

Cambridge University researchers are developing plastic processors that can be used on disposable items such as price tags or tickets. Researchers at Cambridge University are developing cheap microchip technology using plastic that some pundits believe could lead to a revolution within the processor industry. Plastic...

Tags: Silicon, University Of Cambridge, Plastic Logic, Microchip, Transistor, Microprocessor, Chip, Amadeus Capital Partners, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Will Knight, Technology News

News items 2000-11-28

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Hacker scores by posting East Anglia global warming emails

Control over eating a hamburgerGood grief please stop the madness of all of these un-truths about global warming trash.I want a burger I will eat a burger, if I want to drive to town to ride around so be it, if I want to raise cattle and have them pass...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, burger, PCB, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

E-book reader news and releases round-up

The last two weeks have been especially busy for the e-book reader industry and probably pretty frightening for Amazon. Here's a quick round-up of what's been released and what we have to look forward to this holiday season: 1. Barnes & Noble Nook:...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., E-book Reader, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., E-books, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-28

2010 Scion xB

Photo gallery:2010 Scion xBWith funky styling and a reputation built around the tuner crowd and the sound-off set, the Scion xB almost single-handedly established the market for little boxy city cars in the North American market. However, the current generation xB faces stiff competition from the likes of the even-quirkier...

Tags: Performance management, Scion xB

Product reviews 2009-10-27

Tritton AX900

Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested a...

Tags: Games, Tritton Technologies, headphone, headset

Product reviews 2009-10-22

More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse

The crack engineers at iFixIt are at it again. Yesterday I posted their teardown of the new "unibody" (a.k.a. poly) MacBook which revealed a relocated Bluetooth antenna and a larger 60 watt-hour battery. Today's installment includes teardowns of the new Fall 2009 iMac and the mysterious Magic...

Tags: Mouse, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Ultrasone Edition 8

We've reviewed a number of Ultrasone headphones over the years--everything from iPod-inspired iCans to the luxurious HFI-2200s. But the new Edition 8s are, in so many ways, a very different Ultrasone. First, the Edition 8s have, according to Ultrasone, a completely original design that doesn't share any parts with...

Tags: Ultrasone, headphone

Product reviews 2009-10-21

A word of warning on hard disk recovery by swapping logic boards

Freezing it?"Popping it into a sealed plastic bag and freezing it for a few hours."Pardon my ignorance - what does this do to help?Except in this case, the problem is almostcertainly fried electronics because of the method in which the drive failed.Strange. Hu?I can't say how it works, but I...

Tags: logic board, hard drive, hard-disk recovery, Cooling

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary

In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...

Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-20