Amazon.com to capitulate to Macmillan price demand (AP)
AP - Amazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high.
AP - Amazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high.
AP - Even as Apple’s iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic readers.
AP - Even as Apple’s iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic readers.
AP - Getting to space is about to be outsourced.
AP - President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.
AP - New copies of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall,” Andrew Young’s “The Politician” and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices.
AP - New copies of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall,” Andrew Young’s “The Politician” and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, apparently the biggest rift yet in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices.
Yay! Maybe cell phones aren’t going to kill us after all.
In fact, the opposite may be true: Florida researchers say that experiments performed on mice indicate that cell phone radiation may actually have a beneficial effect on the brain, <a href=”http://news.bbc.co. …
AP - A new insurance industry study has found that state laws banning the use of handheld devices to make calls or send text messages while driving have not resulted in fewer vehicle crashes.
I feel like something of a freak for not liking the original “Mass Effect” that much, but it’s true. I rented it about a year ago, played it for about a week, got bored, and sent it back. Then I tried again about a month ago, played it for a day, and gave up again.