Like the idea of the Kindle or the Nook but don’t want to shell out $260? Borders has you covered with the $150 Kobo eReader. It’s lacking the all-over 3G wireless connections found in its competitors but it costs over $100 less and features a Bluetooth connection that can be used to synchronize it “wirelessly with select …
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Updated Nook Software Features Web Browser and Games
Barnes & Noble Nook, you take the lead in e-book readers this round. Amazon, we’re awaiting your counterpoint software update.
The Nook’s version 1.3 software update, available today, brings the following new features to Barnes & Noble’s e-book reader:
– Improved page turn speed.
– Updated home screen featuring new Web, …
Dispatches From a Public Librarian: Technology Gaps and Library Fights
Continuing with Techland’s mini-celebration of Library Week, I chatted with Scott Douglas, author of hilarious McSweeny’s column Dispatches from a Public Librarian, which later became a book published in 2008 ($16.50, Amazon). Who better to talk to about the plight of the everyday librarian, who is – sometimes comically – a bridge …
Pride & Prejudice & Prequels: Mash-Up Author Talks Austen & Zombies
Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, or too …
Barnes & Noble And Best Buy Sitting In A Tree, N-O-O-K-I-N-G
Best Buy will begin selling Barnes & Noble’s NOOK eBook reader starting this Sunday, April 18th. Aside from merely selling the $260 device, Best Buy will also be preloading Barnes & Noble’s free “BN eReader” software on “select PCs (laptops and desktops), netbooks, tablets and smartphones,” according to a recent press …
The 2010 Hugo Awards: The Best in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The nominations for the Hugo Awards, given for achievement in sci-fi and fantasy writing, were announced in London on Sunday. On this year’s ballot are top sci-fi names: Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon and James Cameron, as well as Paolo Bacigalupi, whose debut novel The Windup Girl earned a nod for Best Novel.
The nominations are cast by …
The Daily Dose
Monday, April 5, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter got mail from Iron Man. (No, really.) Doug prepped for baseball season. (You’ve got to see these baseball gizmos.) And me, I spent all day re-watching Red Letter Media’s scathing review of Attack of the Clones. Hilarious. But just in case that’s not enough …
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Monster Madness: The Elite Eight
The fields have been narrowed. The battles have been tough. Only the most diabolical will advance. Who will win our Monster Madness tourney and claim the bragging rights to the most villainous foe of all-time? Stay tuned to see.
Click on the photo to enlarge the bracket or download a printable PDF version here.
See WHY these …
Lightsaber Bookends Light Up, Cost $50, Ship Next Wednesday
Do I really even need to type anything here? We’re looking at bookends with Darth Vader’s lightsaber piercing either side, creating the illusion that he came to your house, saw your Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book in plain sight on your bookshelf, and decided to create a paperback shish kabob. Then he got on the bus! You’d …
Frankenstein on Film, 100 Years Later
In March, 1910, the first film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was released by Edison Studios. (Yes, that Edison.) The 12-minute silent film is most widely seen as the version most true to Shelley’s work, featuring a brash, young Dr. Frankenstein and a creature of enormous size, but minus the green skin and neck …
Would You Read Books In 3D?
2010 is the year of 3D.
If you didn’t already know this about 2010 then you’re in complete denial like I am. Everything from movies, TVs and video games will be moving to the third dimension and now books could very well be on their way, too.
Researchers at South Korea’s Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology have been …
Kobo Reader To Sell For $150 At Borders, Looks Like The Kindle
This Kobo e-book reader looks like a Kindle without a keyboard. It also lacks the Kindle’s 3G connection and $260 price tag, although it will have access to a nice variety of content thanks to its partnership with Borders.
The device will sell for $150 this summer (no hard-and-fast launch date yet) and supports the ePub format. …