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Andrea James / Andrea on Amazon.com …:
New version of Kindle in development & more — Amazon is working on a new version of the Kindle, and sees a big opportunity to market its e-book reader to college students, McAdams Wright Ragen analyst Tim Bueneman said Friday in an e-mailed note based on meetings with management.
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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Amazon: Kindle Isn't *That* Big A Hit; College Edition In The Works — Amazon still won't tell anyone how many Kindles it's sold, or how many it thinks it will sell. But it's distancing itself from blockbuster numbers thrown out by TechCrunch and Citi analyst Mark Mahaney, according to a new report.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Amazon Confirms Student Version Of Kindle — Amazon confirmed our speculation that they are planning to target colleges and universities with a new version of the Kindle, reports the Seattle PI. Textbooks are a $5.5 billion annual market, and most publishers now offer electronic versions of their textbooks.
Kevin Rose:
New iPods Coming Very Soon — Latest rumors: — Revamp of entire iPod line. — Small cosmetic changes to Touch, Nano to see significant redesign (see pic below). — iPods to see fairly large price drops to distance itself from the $199 iPhone. — iPod touch 2.1 software, iPhone to get update very soon after.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Kevin Rose unearths redesigned iPod nano, digs for more? — Kevin Rose of Digg origins claims to have the scoop on the latest iPod nano. Mind you, this is the same Kevin Rose who notoriously claimed that a generation one iPhone would launch in both CDMA and GSM version with a pair of batteries and slide-out keyboard.
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
NBC Didn't Cash In on Olympics Video — NBC's decision to limit the amount of Olympics footage on its Web site has ticked off sports fans. But that decision could also dog the network in another way: NBCOlympics.com will generate just $5.75 million in video-ad revenue from the Games …
Brendan / Brendan's Roadmap Updates:
TraceMonkey: JavaScript Lightspeed — I'm extremely pleased to announce the launch of TraceMonkey, an evolution of Firefox's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine for Firefox 3.1 that uses a new kind of Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler to boost JS performance by an order of magnitude or more. — Results
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Brandon Bailey / LinuxInsider:
Is Sun Microsystems Primed for Purchase? — A sliding share price and gloomy forecasts have prompted speculation that Sun Microsystems might be a tempting takeover target for acquisition by Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu or another tech giant. A sale would be momentous, involving billions …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
No VoIP In New Nokia N-Series Phones? Is Nokia Turning Its Back on MobileVoIP? — Nokia, the leading handset maker, has been a favorite of ours for two reasons — it ruthlessly promoted and added Wi-Fi connectivity to its handsets and added VoIP functionality to its devices.
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Jon / p2pnet:
Is the ESA planning an RIAA-type attack? — p2pnet news view Games | RIAA News:- Is the Entertainment Software Association gearing up to launch a massive RIAA-style attack on file sharers? — Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG's RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) …
Ed Kohler / Technology Evangelist:
What Does Twitter Followers per Tweet Tell Us? — I had a chance to attend a Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy's corporate headquarters in Richfield, Minnesota this morning. The topics ranged from Twitter to, well, Twitter. — There were some strong opinions expressed on how Twitter should be used.
Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:
Newegg Stops Collecting NY Sales Tax — Consumer electronics retailer Newegg announced Friday that it would no longer comply with a New York state law requiring the collection of online sales tax. — “After careful review and consideration, we are pleased to inform you that we have stopped collecting …
Agam Shah / Computerworld:
SSDs are hot, but come with security risks — IDG News Service) Solid-state drives are fast becoming popular replacements for hard drives, especially in laptops, but experts caution that SSDs aren't as secure as commonly thought. — SSDs may offer better data security than traditional hard drives …
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Arn / MacRumors iPhone Blog:
iHologram Looks Remarkable, but Is it Real? [Update: Not Real] — Macenstein points us to an interesting video which claims to create a “holographic” effect on the iPhone by performing real time adjustments to the image based on rotation: … Our only confusion is its apparent ability …
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