Sun September 19 2004
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04:06 PM by JongJungBu in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Screenshot: http://www.trisystech.net/images/aod8.jpg Aeon of Discovery has been updated to version 1.3. The update includes multiple save slots, delegating multiple times per turn, changes to diplomacy, and a few cosmetic fixes. Aeon of Discovery is a turn-based strategy game for the Pocket PC involving four major maritime powers during the Period of Exploration and Discovery of the New World. More information about the game and the latest version changes can be found on the Trisystech website: Dont forget if you purchase Aeon of Discovery through our Handango-Powered Store, you can immediately purchase Giza or Medieval Folk Healer for 20% off! |
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08:10 AM by Laurens in Archive | Sunrise I just released Sunrise 0.3.2. This versions contains several bugfixes, including one for cookies and NY Times. Also, the New Item Wizard can now automatically discover RSS feed links in web pages. For instance, if you point the wizard to http:///www.mobileread.com/ it will detect that there is a feed link in the web page and give you the choice of using the original URL or the feed URL. Finally, you can now select a custom character encoding, enabling you to convert non-Latin text. |
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Fri September 17 2004
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11:42 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones BBC runs a story how Totalhotspots.com has joined up with phone services firm Mobile Commerce to let UK people consult a directory of hotspots while on the move. Anyone using the service can find their nearest hotspot by texting the word "hotspot" to the 84140 SMS short code number. In return they will get data about the name, address and telephone number of the nearest wi-fi locations I hope this Wi-Fi finding service will soon become globally available! |
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08:56 AM by ignatz in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...
PyGE (Python Gutenberg E-text Project) is an exciting SourceForge project to make it easier to use Project Gutenberg books. It consists of three component desktop programs:
Being python based, this software can run on Windows and Linux, but there is no Mac-native version as yet. This is pretty exciting stuff, since Project Gutenberg is a cornerstone of modern ebooks. I'm curious to see where this technology can go. My only disappointment is that I cannot find any ebook readers for the PPC that support zTXT. Not that you need it. You can just use PyGETS and then either read the raw txt book, zip it up (µbook supports zipped files), or convert it to iSilo and read it that way. |
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Thu September 16 2004
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07:56 PM by cbarnett in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...
I had a bit of a love/hate relationship with these books at the time; they were great to read, with detailed characters and plot (the main character is one of the most flawed I've ever encountered), but the writing style of Donaldson was very challenging for me at the time, and I really needed a dictionary to get through it (and English is my first language!). Having said that, these books helped set my on the path of fantasy reading (along with LOTR), and I've never looked back. It appears, though, that the story isn't over yet, and 20 years later, a final trilogy is being released to complete the story of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever. This partial interview with Stephen Donaldson reveals a little about it, and the first book, The Runes of the Earth, will be released next month. I'm certainly looking forward to it. Craig. |
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08:05 AM by Mobipocket in E-Book Software | Reading and Management
Only $29.95 |
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06:10 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News
My worry is that I don't know what to do with my purchased books if I might switch to another platform one day, for which eReader is unavailable (for instance Linux-based PDAs). Trust me, I would hate losing my previously bought e-books! So I was thinking about alternative DRM solutions. Mobipocket Reader is available for several PDAs, including Palm, PocketPC and Smartphone. That is perhaps better than eReader, but it still misses some platforms that might become important in near future (Linux). Worse, both DRM formats, eReader and Mobipocket, force me to stick to the original reader software. What if I bought my e-books in eReader format, but actually prefer Plucker or iSilo to read them? My solution to this dilemma is to purchase e-books in Microsoft's .lit format from now on. Yes, you have heart me right, evil Microsoft can also be a friend! DRM-protected Microsoft Reader e-books are the only ones I know that can be reversed to non-DRM-protected HTML code by using publicly available tools such as Dan Jackson's MS .Lit Cracker. Is it legal? That probably depends on which country you are living in. But I think as long as you do it for your own personal use with e-books that you have also personally purchased, you are on the safe side ("fair use"). Please correct me if I am wrong! |
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04:48 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
Unfortunately, it turns out that porting Skype to Palm is extremely difficult because the platform is completely different from the platforms Skype runs on today. So if you want to use Skype, you have to either wait, or switch over to the 'dark side' (which looks even lighter to me day by day). |
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