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Alex Reader Hands-On Lusty Pictures

1:23AM Jesus Diaz | There was a lousy video, but coming from the generation that had crushes on girls with staples on their belly buttons, I find these pictures of the Alex Reader yummy. I don’t mind its extra thickness. I like them curvy. More »
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Barnes & Noble’s Nook Violates Spring Design’s Alex Reader IP

3:05PM Rosa Golijan | Spring Design’s Alex reader seemed very similar to Barnes & Noble’s Nook. I thought that Spring Design was the copycat, but based on the lawsuit they filed for violation of intellectual property, it may be the other way around. More »
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First Flexible eBook Reader Developed By Tyre Maker Bridgestone

4:00AM Rosa Golijan | When not making tyres, Bridgestone is working on eBook readers so flexible that they’d probably survive being driven over. They’ve even got a prototype ready for testing, but no plans to commercialise the slender and bendy device at this point. More »
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Plastic Logic Que Is Going To Nuzzle Nook In B&N Stores

1:03AM Matt Buchanan | I asked at the announcement if the Nook would get exclusive perks over other Barnes & Noble readers, like Plastic Logic’s Que. Shelf space ain’t one of them, since Que will cosy up with Nook in B&N stores next year. More »
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Apple Pitches Tablet To Australian Media

12:26AM Rosa Golijan | There’s excitement that Apple is in talks with Australian media companies to get content for a touchscreen reader-style product. It’s not news to us, but at least there’s a laugh in the size details given for the mystery device… More »
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MSI’s eReader Will Have Nvidia Tegra Graphics in 2010

10:09PM Danny Allen | That rumour about an MSI eReader looks good-to-go: their chairman acknowledges a reader with Tegra graphics is coming, but they’re ironing out some problems at the moment. Meanwhile, Asus also has some cool-sounding readers in the works. [DigiTimes]
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Barnes & Noble Nook Won’t Be Sold In All B&N Stores

6:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Barnes & Noble has a leg up on the Kindle, since they’ve got over 700 brick-and-mortar stores in which to sell their Nook reader. But B&N will only be selling the Nook in certain stores, pushing delayed-gratification online sales instead. More »
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Don’t Get Too Excited About The Nook’s Lending Feature

2:40PM Dan Nosowitz | One of my favourite details about the Nook—the 14-day “lending”—just got a lot less enticing. Turns out there are very specific rules about this lending process, and they pretty much nullify the feature’s promise. More »
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Amazon Drops The International Kindle Price By $US20

7:51AM Sean Fallon | Amazon has responded to the release of Barnes and Noble’s nook eReader by price matching their International Kindle down to $US259. Eh, I’m not reading eBooks overseas. I still want a Nook. [NYT]
Software

Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Colour Kindle (With This App)

2:25AM Matt Buchanan | Nook better watch it. One of the “surprises” at the Windows 7 keynote: a multitouch Kindle app for Windows 7 from Amazon. Ebook reading with pinch text zooming, and yes, colour photos. Looks great. More »