Thu September 30 2004
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04:34 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge
You can save 10% on any software at Handango.com if you use the following promo discount code: 51F5FA75! |
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03:25 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | News
James first analyzes why e-books are not dead yet as many pundits would have predicted in 2001. His main argument is the jump in e-books sales experienced since 2003. He then goes on citing authors why they generally prefer p-books: Neil Gaiman: "(I like) The smell of paper, the way the book feels, the look of it, the heft." Well, you cannot sniff e-books. So what? It is only a question of time before some crazy hardware developer announces the first hardware e-book reader with articifical book fragrance. The third paragraph of the essay is the strongest. Here James talks about the functionality of e-books: Ebooks are almost infinitely mutable. You can turn them into webpages, send them to a publisher to be printed on paper, format them at home however you please (large print, double columns), have your computer read them aloud to you or send them to your cousin in Stuttgart. You can carry hundreds of them around on a flash memory stick the size of a Bic lighter. You can find any ebook in your elibrary at the tap of a few keys and search that book in an instant for a place or a character or a memorable quote. He forgot at least one more benefit: You don't have to breath in anymore the toxic fumes of dusty paper books |
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Wed September 29 2004
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08:53 AM by ignatz in Miscellaneous | Lounge
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08:09 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Portable Audio/Video
I came to the VGF-AP1L with some hostility - I'm pro iPod, anti Sony's stance on MP3 - but it won me over. I found it far more pleasant to use than I had been anticipating, less bulky and better designed. It's compact, well-built and its audio quality is superb. I liked it. Pros: Superb audio quality, well-designed and constructed, nice colour screen with album cover art support Cons: no native MP3 support (possibly... we'll see), expensive even compared to iPod, screen too small to make the photo feature worthwhile |
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05:14 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
Offered by J&R, the PalmOne 3175WW Hard Case shows a Tungsten T5. The case sells for $39.88. Looks very stylish |
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Tue September 28 2004
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08:02 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge If you happen to still use Internet Explorer, you better read this information at Easynews and seriously consider switching over to Firebird. Once this virus has overflowed GDI+, phoned home, connected to an ftp site and downloaded almost 2megs of stuff, it installs another trojan as a service on your Windows machine. Real evil. The isolated virus file is also available there for download, so you can test if your latest virus killer can detect this one. |
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07:37 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
Reliable sources familiar with the company's plans suggest that the new Tungsten's launch could come as early as next Monday. The new machine is expected to be dubbed the Tungsten T5, skipping past the T4 moniker to avoid offending buyers in nations for whom the number four is held to be bad karma. |
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05:27 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...
So for instance you can buy The Family: The Real Story Behind the Bush Dynasty by Kitty Kelley for $4.97 after rebate. Great deal, especially now when the US Presidential race heats up |
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