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PC Magazine
February 1, 2008
Dan Costa |
E-Book Readers Can Do Better The printed book is best for presenting lengthy text, so why try to reinvent a technology that has been around for thousands of years? Do something new instead.   |
Information Today
October 2000 |
Microsoft Pushes Products and Alliances in E-Book Market Microsoft Corp. has announced that it has made the Windows version of Microsoft Reader for desktop PCs and laptop computers available as a free download. In addition, major publishers are making best-selling titles available in Microsoft Reader format... |
Information Today
August 2000 |
Publishers Participate in Launch Program for Microsoft Reader E-Books Microsoft Corp. has announced that more than 30 book publishers have participated in a production launch program for Microsoft Reader with ClearType display technology, ensuring the availability of over 800 of their books for Microsoft Reader when it launches later this summer.... |
Information Today
November 2000 |
IT Report from the Field: Electronic Book 2000 The leading topic of Electronic Book 2000, the third annual e-book conference and show, was digital rights management (DRM) and protection... |
Information Today
May 9, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon Finally Begins Work to Make Kindles ADA-Compliant On May 1, 2013, ebook giant Amazon announced new accessibility features for the Kindle reading app, making it easier than ever for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate their Kindle libraries, read and interact with their books. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Step Aside, Kindle More cool e-book readers are coming. |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
E-Books, Round Two The Sony Reader plays music and displays PDF files so people can own a device designed to read downloaded books. |
InternetNews
January 21, 2005
Jim Wagner |
IBM Magnifies Talking Browser Increasing government regulation and aging Baby Boomers spark Big Blue's continued investment in its Home Page Reader, a browser to address the needs of blind, visually impaired or elderly people using the Internet. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Curling Up With a Good E-Book Is this the year that e-book goes mainstream? Nope. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Kate Rockwood |
Can e-book Readers Like the Sony Reader Dominate the Industry in 10 Years? Steve Haber of Sony Electronics discusses whether electronic readers will replace books. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Sony's Bookish Turn After a launch delay, Sony's bid for bookworms is back on track. Sony's early start in getting the Reader to market remains commendable, but an even earlier launch would have been better. |
PC Magazine
October 18, 2006
Dan Costa |
Sony Portable Reader System (PRS-500) This is the best eBook reader that has ever been made, but it could still use some tweaks when it comes to ease of use and performance. |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2002
Donald T. Hawkins |
Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated It is now apparent that the e-book shot missed its mark, and the e-book revolution has fizzled. Indeed, it never really got off the ground. But despite all the gloom and doom surrounding them, e-books are not dead. Indeed, some e-book market segments appear to be stirring to life. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Amazon Buys iPhone E-Reader App Maker In a bid to extend e-reader reach beyond Kindle, Amazon scoops up firm behind the most popular eBook reader application for Apple's iPhone. |
CIO
September 15, 2002
Carol Zarrow |
E-Pilogue for E-Publishing Two years ago, e-book evangelists were warning traditional book publishers that they'd better get on the e-book wagon fast, since the next two years were going to make or break them. But despite the tenacity of promoters, the future is uncertain. |
Macworld
July 2000
Frith Breitzer |
Judging E-books by Their Covers Format Still Has Hurdles to Overcome |
Information Today
September 2002
Paula J. Hane |
Open eBook Forum Releases Industry Report In late July, the Open eBook Forum released a report that provides industry statistics, which the organization says show solid growth in electronic publishing and a positive significant shift in the perception of electronic book publishing. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
A Big Bid for E-Bookworms Sony and Borders are hoping for a blockbuster hit in digital books. Investors will have to wait a few quarters to see how it turns out for these companies. |
Search Engine Watch
May 19, 2005
Matt Bailey |
Don't Disable Your Site for Handicapped Users Are you designing web sites that are accessible to disabled users? If not, you're overlooking a powerful market segment of millions of searchers and potential buyers -- including 1.3 million legally blind and 10 million visually impaired Americans. |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Gutenberg 1, Sony 0 Sony's Reader is hurt by clunky software and a clueless bookstore. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Amazon's e-Book Reader Set For Gala Debut Online retailer Amazon.com is expected to reveal Kindle, its new e-book reader device, at a gala event in New York City. |
PC Magazine
December 15, 2008
Dan Costa |
Sony Reader Digital Book (PRS-700) With the Amazon Kindle sold out, Sony's Reader is the best e-book reader you can buy right now... Stanza... |
New Architect
March 2002 |
Rights Management Under Fire A conversation with Adobe's James Alexander on e-books and digital rights management... |
PC World
October 1, 2006
Yardena Arar |
Sony Reader: An E-Book Worth Reading High-resolution, no-glare E Ink is easy on eyes, but only the Sony Connect e-store sells books for the Reader. |
CRM
February 1, 2007 |
The Pulse: Which Group of Workers in Your Company Relies Most on Mobile Technology? A reader poll: Sales -- 65%... Service/Support -- 22%... etc. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Barnes & Noble Strikes Back The bricks-and-mortar bookstore giant takes a page from Amazon.com. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Sony's and Borders' Book Club The electronics giant will distribute its Sony Reader through Borders. Sony may have missed the boat when Apple's iPod revolutionized the way consumers listen to music, but apparently it is trying to get in on the ground floor of e-books. Investors, take note. |
CIO
July 1, 2002
Michael Goldberg |
Does Biometrics Work? We'll Soon Find Out NIST is slated to tell Congress in October which biometrics products, if any, work as advertised. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2013 |
R.I.P. Google Reader We think the phrase "we think" could be used in every announcement to consumers: It allows a company to make a statement that can't be proven false. Google, which on July 1 officially closes down Google Reader, just might be the "we think" master. |
InternetNews
December 1, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Times To Go Commuters can now read the New York Times beta-style on their laptops instead of getting ink on their fingers. |
BusinessWeek
December 3, 2009
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
The Intel Reader: As Big a Boon as Braille? Intel's device for the blind or visually impaired combines a digital camera, OCR, and speech synthesis, with impressive results. |
BusinessWeek
September 3, 2007
Jenna Goudreau |
Making Digital Books Into Page Turners Despite tepid response to its Reader, Sony sees potential in the market - and Amazon may agree. |
Wired
July 20, 2009
Brendan I. Koerner |
Mr. Know-It-All on Flirtatious Texts in Court, Books for College, Braille for Kids Using text messages in court... Is Braille an antiquated system?... Downloading textbooks for class instead of buying them... |
Information Today
August 31, 2009 |
Sony Announces Wireless Ebook Reader and Library Finder Sony Electronics, Inc. announced the third member of its new ebook Reader family, the Reader Daily Edition, a wireless model with 3G connectivity. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Lucia Snowhill |
E-books and Their Future in Academic Libraries: An Overview This article briefly summarizes task force findings, and outlines issues and recommendations for making e-books viable over the long term in the academic environment, based on the long-term goals of building strong research collections and providing high level services to its users... |
PC World
November 2002
Brad Grimes |
Read Any Good E-Books Lately? Me neither, but here are some reasons you might want to try one. |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
What's The Perfect Shade Of Red? Inside Square's Detail-Obsessed Creation Of A New Reader As a way to engage customers, the receipt Square sends via email urges customers who swiped on the Red reader to join the fight, with a special message on the bottom and link to donate to the Global Fund. |
Information Today
August 2000 |
NIST Awards $500,000 Grant to ANSI The American National Standards Institute won a grant to further "U.S. interests in areas of international standardization and conformity assessment"---technical areas that define the terms of access to global markets. |
Metropolis
April 2007
Henry Petroski |
Uncomfortable But Comforting Despite its many flaws, the book remains one of our most enduring and endearing objects. |
Wired
June 2001
Brian Alexander |
Atomic Rulers of the World Nanoscale optics, quantum computing - the battle for technology supremacy is being fought inside the labs of a national standards agency called NIST. And the new enemy is in the White House... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
Patricia Panchak |
The Low-Cost, High-Return Production System The American Printing House for the Blind credits the Toyota Production System for turning around its manufacturing operation... |
Information Today
December 4, 2006
Richard W. Wiggins |
Times Reader Transforms Online, Offline The New York Times on Screen Times Reader may tempt loyal readers of the print edition to get their daily Times fix on a laptop, desktop, or tablet PC. |
Chemistry World
July 31, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US government science institute's one time police chief linked to campus meth lab A methamphetamine lab was discovery at the NIST's Maryland facility, prompting questions over security at the institute. |
