IPAD VERSUS NETBOOK VERSUS KINDLE

Pros and cons of iPad versus netbook or Kindle.
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KINDLE FOR PC IS HERE

You don’t have to own a Kindle to get Amazon’s digital books on your PC.

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FAST PENCIL

FastPencil.com puts your book on the Amazon Kindle for free, or in hard cover for $20.

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KINDLE FOR WINDOWS

Now you don’t have to buy a Kindle to get some of its advantages. A free “Kindle app” lets you read over 360,000 books on your Windows laptop or desktop.
There are extra features for Windows 7 users.  They can  touch the screen to choose books, or zoom in and out of text with a pinch [...]

BARNES & NOBLE’S NEW NOOK

New digital reader from Barnes & Noble offers half a million free books and another half million you can buy and share with friends.

LET’S DO LUNCH

A new social networking site called Lunch.com is a cross between Yelp.com, which is great for reviews of restaurants, movies, gadgets, music, etc. and Facebook, which is for connecting with people you know. Its chief focus is reviews of life, letters and anything else that crosses your mind.

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THE NUMBERS REPORT AND THE NEWS

Amazon.com now has 125,000 book titles available for wireless download to its popular Kindle e-book reader. This is up from 90,000 titles just a few months ago.

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LP TO CD

Forget about the ION turntable critics raved about last year. A new one from Audio-Technica is far superior and costs less than $100.

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PAY FOR VIEW

Amazon has started a program for people with free web sites to earn back a little of their costs. By “free” we mean the kind of sites that carry no ads, and hence earn no revenue to offset the costs. A small “click box” can be placed on the site and people who wish to can make contributions of a dollar or more.

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SHOPPING

Where to go for reviews and shopping organizers: DigitalAdvisor, CNET, Amazon, Epinions, kaboodle, Dealio.

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