Mon October 04 2004
Sunrise 0.3.5 released |
05:58 AM by Laurens in Archive | Sunrise Another week, another Sunrise release. (This will be the last release for a while.) The major new feature in this release is the Showcase: a special SDL with predefined documents for sites such as BBC News, New York Times and Reuters. Many other, smaller changes and fixes were made as well. |
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Adobe Reader 2.0 for PocketPC |
05:16 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Adobe has released an updated version Adobe Reader 2.0 for PocketPC. New features include mobile data entry, which allows you to submit form data using handheld devices over a wireless connection; wireless printing; slide show viewing; downloading of digital editions of your favorite e-books in PDF format. I am curious to hear if anyone of you is actually using the Adobe Reader. I've never become friend with its too bloated and too slow interface. |
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TomTom Navigator 4.40 Free Update for PalmOS |
03:18 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones An update for the navigation software TomTom Navigator is available for download here. The update will be automatically installed over your current version. You will not need to re-activate your software. What is new in TomTom Navigator 4.40? - Points Of Interest (POI) management |
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Tungsten T5 disappointment: OS 5.4 and no WiFi |
02:55 AM by Laurens in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Major disappointment: it's running OS 5.4. (And no WiFi either.) |
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Sun October 03 2004
eReader 20.04% Promo Discounts 10/01-11/05 |
07:14 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No... Simply participate in a weekly online poll at eReader.com and receive a 20.04% discount on any e-book title! Or, use these (my thanks to freepolls.com): 10/01/04 - 10/07/04: VOTE2004 |
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Dom Perignon IV Speed Contest |
06:25 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge Textware Solutions, maker of the Fitaly alternative keyboard, announced the Dom Perignon IV Speed Contest, starting October 1, 2004 and ending November 6, 2004. The contest seeks those who can enter data the fastest on a Palm or Pocket PC, using a stylus. The Grand Prize winner in each category – Palm devices and Pocket PCs – will be awarded a prestigious bottle of Dom Perignon. Past contest participants cruised at an average speed of 50 WPM, with contest winners approaching or even surpassing 80 WPM, and repeatedly providing a factual demonstration that doing fast text entry on a PDA is a realistic proposition. Thanks to Michael for submitting the news. |
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Sat October 02 2004
NexConcepts Mobile Note Taker |
08:30 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Ever wish you could write on a pad of regular paper during a meeting without a laptop around, and then magically send the results to your computer? Check out the NexConcepts Mobile Note Taker web site to see a flash animation and specs of a device that claims to do just that. It runs for about 100hrs of continuous note taking before the pen's battery needs to be replaced. And it has an LCD screen that shows you what you're writing as you write it, so you know it's being recorded. Previous solutions have required a special tablet to write on, or a computer to attach a base unit to. Now you can do the same thing on the run with just a unit that clips to your pad of paper and a special pen. One of these days, maybe tablet computers will be cheap and as easy to write on as paper. In the meantime, it's good to see alternatives. Source: PC Magazine October 19, 2004 |
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Fri October 01 2004
eReader DRM Flowchart |
10:18 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book Software | Reading and Management When we discussed Violano's (VP of eReader) view on digital right management (DRM) yesterday, I had the idea to make a flowchart of how eReader DRM appears to work. You can find the chart attached. I hope it sheds some light... Some important notes that I have also mentioned in the chart: - the decryption process is continuous; the eReader software doesn't decrypt the entire e-book at once (this would take too long, and total memory twice the size of the e-book). Instead, only blocks of a fixed size are decrypted as the user turns the pages of his book. - the flow chart doesn't show additional steps such as inflating (decompressing) of the e-book. eReader e-books are compressed to reduce the final file size. The inflating process happens on-the-fly after the decryption. - the credit card number is not stored for later decryption; only the computed hash is needed since it is the actual key to the decryption process. - even though the credit card number is not stored on your device, it is stored on ereader.com's database server. A potential hacker may thus obtain this number by hacking the server (in other words, your card number is not 100% safe!). |
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