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Jeff Bezos introduces the Kindle 2

Amazon.com introduces the Kindle 2 at a New York press conference featuring a special reading by author Stephen King.

Tags: Stephen King, Jeff Bezos, News

Videos 2009-02-09

Kindle day: Amazon preps new e-book

Amazon is expected to unveil its latest Kindle Monday and will reportedly offer a new Stephen King novel that is exclusive to the device.  Kindle 2.0 is expected to be announced Monday in New York. I'll be blogging live from the press conference. It's unclear whether Amazon...

Tags: Stephen King, Amazon.com Inc., E-books, Blogging, Pricing, Marketing Research, Personal Technology, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Palm's eBook sales growing

Palm's digital media unit sold nearly 180,000 eBooks in 2001, up more than 40 percent from the previous year, the company said Wednesday. Palm offers about 3,500 titles and is averaging about 1,000 new customers a week, the company added. The handheld giant also released its...

Tags: Stephen King, Palm Inc., Sales, E-books, Personal Technology, Natalie Weinstein, Technology News

News items 2002-01-02

Stephen King's cyber nightmare, more Napster nuttiness

Carnivore bites Congress as the Supremes dig Microsoft. Also, hacker heaven looms in Las Vegas. If you're hungry to learn more about Carnivore, the week ahead is going to be your week: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to learn more about the FBI's no-longer-so-secret e-mail...

Tags: Stephen King, Carnivore, Napster Inc., Human Nature, Charles Cooper, Technology News

News items 2000-07-22

Stephen King e-book pirated

Hackers give e-book publishers the horrors -- cracking encryption key for PDF version of King novella and distributing it free online. The Stephen King novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been even more popular online than was previously thought. The story, exclusively...

Tags: Stephen King, E-books, Personal Technology, Margaret Kane, Technology News

News items 2000-03-29

Stephen King e-book pirated

The Stephen King novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been even more popular online than was previously thought. Hackers cracked the encryption key for the PDF version of the King novella and distributed it free online. Full story. -- Margaret Kane, ZDNet News by ZDNN Staff

Tags: Stephen King, E-books, Hacking, Security, Personal Technology, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2000-03-29

Coop's Scoop: Turning an ear to e-commerce

Internet taxes by the grassy knoll, Linux IPOs and the Yahoo!/eBay deal-that-wasn't enliven the week fore and aft. The Commission on Electronic Commerce holds its third and -- thank heavens! -- final meeting, this time in Dallas. This traveling road show is supposed to present a proposal to Congress...

Tags: Stephen King, RealNetworks Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-business, Coop, Internet, Linux, E-books, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Charles Cooper, Technology News

News items 2000-03-18

Stephen King rewrites e-book biz

Best-selling horror writer's 'Riding the Bullet' takes the e-book world by storm. Author Stephen King touched off an explosion in the electronic book world this week, breaking records and crashing Web sites as readers rushed to get a copy of his new novella. The short...

Tags: Stephen King, Barnes & Noble Inc., E-books, Personal Technology, Margaret Kane, Technology News

News items 2000-03-16

Stephen King novella a fairytale for e-book business

Author Stephen King touched off an explosion in the electronic book world this week, breaking records and crashing Web sites as readers rushed to get a copy of his new novella. The short story, "Riding the Bullet," a 16,000 word ghost story, was published this week on the Web,...

Tags: Stephen King, E-books, Personal Technology, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2000-03-16

Stephen King to publish new story as e-book

Stephen King will release a new story exclusively in e-book form, publisher Simon & Schuster said Wednesday. The 16,000-word ghost story, "Riding the Bullet," will be available for $2.50 on March 14. e-book vendors include Glassbook Inc., netLibrary, Nuvomedia Inc.'s Rocket eBook, Peanutpress.com, SoftBook Press and SoftLock.com. -- Margaret...

Tags: Stephen King, E-books, Personal Technology, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2000-03-08

Additional Resources

McSweeney's introduces iPhone app, literary nerds rejoice

Today's news will make both tech nerds and literary nerds very happy. McSweeney's, a publishing house founded by writer/editor Dave Eggers, has released an iPhone app. If you're scratching your head trying to figure out why the name McSweeney's sounds familiar, or you just don't know...

Tags: Apple iPhone, McSweeney, App, Small Chair, McSweeneys.net, Internet, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Bing, Wolfram Alpha agree on licensing deal

On Microsoft-Wolfram DealI think we are gradually seeing web dominance shifting from Google. Facebook now have bing search on their site, Microsoft has a search deal with Yahoo and now Wolfram. Rather than a dominante force that Microsoft once imparted on the Windows, peharps we would see a number of...

Tags: SEARCH, Bing, Wolfram Alpha, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., licensing deal

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Could open source have built Silicon Valley?

Could open source have built Silicon Valley?Silicone Valley?Isn't "Silicone Valley" down in Orange County, where all the plastic surgeons are? ;)By your own admission, it's Constitutional.I think Silicone valley would exist only they would be a lot poorer for it. The turnover rate for companies would be higher. We also...

Tags: patent, Silicone Valley, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?

Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?yeah....we're just talking about search engines, not about having a frenzied commitment against a single company taking over your life.Just a search discussion. Deep breaths. Not a Vista thread. There you go. Clueless kid!Do you even know what...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Twitter premium account hoax fools Twitterverse

Ever been to Brian Briggs' fake tech news site BBSpot? A whole lot of people have today after it was reported that Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams "today announced part of the company's long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts." Part clever, part stupid, Briggs' post filled...

Tags: Twitter, Brian Briggs, Celebrity Follower, Strategy, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Dark Castle 3D Screensaver 1.1 (Windows)

Fill your home or office with moonlight, flashing torches, rumbles of thunder, sound of rain and great mysterious music. Captivating and relaxing scenes of Dark Castle 3D screensaver will definitely immerse you into a Gothic fairytale and evoke a storm of emotions. The night Castle in the mountains recalls the...

Tags: 3D, Rixane Interactive, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-18

Why did Amazon downplay the most important part of Kindle 2?

Amid all of the hullaballoo about Amazon's Kindle 2--the cheesy Stephen King novella, a thinner design and software improvements--the most important feature was reduced to 51 words in a press release. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos glossed over this feature in probably fewer words. That feature is called...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Kindle Economics 2: Why Amazon should not be Apple, and Jeff Bezos is not Steve Jobs

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos presents the Kindle 2 to a packed auditorium. What sort of product rollout does this remind you of? So the Kindle 2 has now made its debut, with everything you'd expect of a gee-whiz product launch -- a packed auditorium filled with media types, a...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, 3G, Wireless LANs, Sales Strategy, Storage, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Amazon's Kindle 2: 5 burning questions

Amazon unveiled its Kindle 2 in New York Monday and the device looks impressive, but may not enough to inspire gadget lust in a down economy. Meanwhile, Amazon's press conference was a bit of a let-down since Kindle 2 is really just an iteration of the company's first e-book. ...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Kindle 2, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Wireless And Mobility, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle 2.0

10:59 a.m.: That's it! The official press release is out. 10:51 a.m. If you're a Kindle 1 owner and order in the next 24 hours you are moved to the front of the line. Translation: Amazon will still have a line and hasn't figured out its manufacturing...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Novella, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Sales Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-09