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The staff at Sound Fix seems a little confused about the crush of customers flowing into the back corner of the music store in northern Brooklyn, which would otherwise be a slow weekend night. "We're not a gang," offers a store clerk, half jokingly, the faces looking expectantly at the counter. Curiously, when Scott Hutchison and Gordon Skene Scottish band Frightened Rabbit arrives, the volume keeps a respectful distance, despite the infamous courtesy of the group and relationships with their fans....
http://t.co/NKjxZDWThe staff at Sound Fix seems a little confused about the crush of customers flowing... more
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Sharp's Katayama spoke some fierce revelations about the latest iPad competitor.
When Sharp's President Mikio Katayama utters a word, he means it. He is known for his bold statements and recently he revealed that his company is unleashing the latest rival of iPad. The new Sharp product seems to be a very promising device. Online sources report that this e-reader will feature color display, new XMDF file format for e-books and video and music player.Sharp's Katayama spoke some fierce revelations about the latest iPad competitor.... more
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Yes indeed, no matter how wonderful the holiday visits and trips were, it always feels good to be back at home, sweet home. And this high-resolution photograph captures a lovely, comfortable mood of that scene, even with a tiny piano sitting right there on the big piano. I'd say that this is great old fashioned photography on display here.
The wonderful photograph is accompanied by Motley Crue and Chester Bennington's touching music video about post-Katrina New Orleans, “Home, Sweet Home.”
Please visit my website to view this superb photograph, and to watch the music video:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/photo-of-the-day-home-sweet-home/Yes indeed, no matter how wonderful the holiday visits and trips were, it always feels... more
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10:05 AM: We’re live on the scene here at the flagship New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue for Sony’s press event for its two new Reader e-book reader devices.
The two new devices, a $199 “Pocket Edition” Reader and a $299 “Touch Edition” Reader, will be unveiled officially today here in the Trustees Room of NYPL.
The two devices are as follows:
Pocket Edition (PRS-300SC)
* 5 in. display
* 512MB internal memory
* physical buttons
* up to 7,500 electronic page turns
* 7.76 oz.
* PC & Mac support
* 3 text sizes
* Colors: Rose, navy blue, silver
* $199
Touch Edition (PRS-600BC)
* 6 in. display
* 512MB internal memory
* Memory Stick Pro Duo SD card for external memory
* Touchscreen
* Up to 7,500 electronic page turns
* 10.1 oz.
* PC & Mac
* 5 text sizes
* Audio player
* Picture viewer
* Colors: Red, black, silver
* $299
The two devices join Sony’s existing Reader Digital Book (PRS-505/SC), which sells for $279.
Read the rest of the live blog here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2318710:05 AM: We’re live on the scene here at the flagship New York Public Library... more
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Touch, it's the panacea of e-book readers, right? Sure, just so long as readability isn't sacrificed in the process. Flickr user Doodlydood uploaded some pics and video of Sony's new $300 PRS-600 (on the left above) reader and did a quick comparison with his legacy PRS-505.
Unfortunately, the glare from the plastic resistive touchscreen is an issue and the weak contrast, like the touchscreen PRS-700 before it, pales by comparison to Sony's two year old PRS-505 with glass display. On the flip side, page turns on the new 600 were fast and "work extremely well" compared to the PRS-505. Unfortunately, that's a minor victory when the whole purpose of an e-reader it to well, you know... read.Touch, it's the panacea of e-book readers, right? Sure, just so long as... more
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Barnes & Noble has just announced that they will be opening their very own e-bookstore, where for only $9.99 a book users will be able to obtain all the latest best sellers. Barnes & Noble plans to offer more than 700,000 titles, which include more than 500,000 public domain books from Google. These numbers are expected to increase to more than one million within the next year.Barnes & Noble has just announced that they will be opening their very own... more
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This makes no sense...
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Baby-in-arms refused entry to R16 movie
A Marlborough mother was turned away from Oscar-winning R16 movie The Reader because her five-week-old baby was underage.
Instead, a staff member at the Blenheim Top Town Cinema recommended she see the M-rated Terminator Salvation.
Anna Straker, 33, went to the cinema on Monday morning with baby Emma, her mother-in-law, and a friend, she told the Marlborough Express.
After buying her ticket, a staff member saw her with the infant waiting in the foyer and told her the baby was too young to see the movie.
Top Town Cinema manager Duncan Mackenzie said staff had no choice in the matter and had to follow the law, lest the theatre be fined up to $35,000.
Ms Straker said that "discretion and common sense" should have come into play.
But Mr Mackenzie replied: "I have no more discretion here than a publican has with someone trying to get into a pub a day before they turn 18."This makes no sense...
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Baby-in-arms refused entry to R16 movie
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Now, this is a really exceptional portrait of this older man, it's a classically iconic visual narrative of the act of reading. Looking at the striking way colors and light are captured here, I'd say that the photographer of this reader “writes with light." It's wonderful and reminds me of the collection of photographs by Andre Kertesz in his book "On Reading."
I just hope I'll be reading in that book store when I get to be his age. The guy looks extremely captivated by something in that book. One of the greatest satisfactions old book stores can offer is the joy of the chase. Looks like he had decided he wanted that particular book, and then spent weeks, or months or even years searching for it. Every store he entered held out the hope that at last it would be there. And finally, here it was. He can hardly believe it.Now, this is a really exceptional portrait of this older man, it's a classically... more
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America beware: Prepare for less sex from Playboy Magazine. The bunny branded publication is cutting back. Apparently the recession is taking a toll on America's labido which means less readership (from men and lesbian alike). In order to save on printing & distribution Playboy is doubling up issues and may even reduce how many issues they publish. So get used to getting off with the same pictures twice.
PLAYBOY ANNOUNCED A NET LOSS OF 13 POINT 7 MILLION DOLLARS DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. THAT IS MORE THAN THREE TIMES WHAT THEY LOST A YEAR AGO.America beware: Prepare for less sex from Playboy Magazine. The bunny branded... more
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As the One Laptop Per Child project scrambles to revitalize itself after numerous setbacks, staff layoffs and dismal sales, it could find the footing it needs to survive by playing to its product's hidden strength as a low-priced, take-it-anywhere e-book reader.
The OLPC's XO Children's Machine is still a little clunky around the edges, and the availability of free, modern e-books is slim. But several open source projects are emerging that promise to improve the XO's capability as an e-book reader.
Once the kinks around software and content are ironed out, the XO could be pitched to commuters, students and travelers as a purely consumer device — "it's the rugged Kindle!" — the OLPC project can generate much-needed revenue to fund its educational, open-hardware goals.As the One Laptop Per Child project scrambles to revitalize itself after numerous... more
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