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Why the iPad Marks the End of Price Controls for eBooks—and Why Publishers Have Won

The iPad moves electronic reading to a multi-function device, marking the end of proprietary interfaces controlling commerce for e-reading.

  • By Michael Clarke
  • Feb 17, 2010
  • 12 Comments

Are Google and Microsoft Squaring Off Over Public Domain Works?

Why Google apparently gives government documents more protections than 19th century texts is just one of the puzzles in their usage guidelines.

  • By Alix Vance
  • Feb 9, 2010
  • 8 Comments

A First Look at the Nook: An Also-Ran That Can Barely Get Out of the Box

The new Nook is over-packaged, and has design and technical issues that keep it from competing well with the Kindle. Too bad.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 10, 2009
  • 12 Comments

Abbott & Costello in the Modern Era — An Update on “Who’s On First”

If Abbott & Costello were around today, they’d have a great time talking tech. Here’s how it might go.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 27, 2009
  • 3 Comments

The Original Macintosh — A Review from the Wayback Machine

Stumbling across an early review of the first Mac shows how far we’ve come.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 28, 2009
  • 4 Comments

Bing and Wave: New Technologies with Different Aims

Two new technologies are introduced, with very different scope and aims. As publishers, we need to think more like Wave and less like Bing.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 8, 2009
  • 3 Comments

iNap@Work – Next Killer App or Killer Nap?

Small, cheap and democratic. Is the bazaar model of software production the next killer ap?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 24, 2009
  • 0 Comments

Microsoft’s Free Tools for Scholarly Research

Microsoft’s External Research Group unveils 5 new tools for scholarly researchers.

  • By Howard Ratner
  • Jul 29, 2008
  • 2 Comments
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