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Barnes & Noble Ruins Nerd Christmas
4:41AM John Herrman | Nobody has any idea if the Nook is actually any good yet, but no matter: It’s the perfect Christmas gift, in theory! Or at least it was until Barnes & Noble ran out of them. More »
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Qualcomm Ebook Display Ups The Ante With Full Colour And Video
4:58AM Mark Wilson | Qualcomm has developed a 5.7-inch display for ebook readers that not only renders colour and video; it does so with enough power efficiency to challenge a black and white, still Kindle. More »
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First Sight Of Nook At Barnes & Noble
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Demand For The Nook Is Pushing Pre-Orders Into December
3:21AM Sean Fallon | If you were thinking about grabbing the Nook for the holidays, you had better make up your mind soon. High demand for the e-reader is pushing the second wave of pre-orders into the first week of December. 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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Creative Zii MediaBook Could Combine eBook And PMP Features
6:45AM Jack Loftus | Details are sparse at the moment, but we do know this afternoon that Creative is hard at work on developing a “MediaBook” device that will combine video, pictures and text with what’s being described as an eBook form factor. 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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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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Week In Review: Apple, Microsoft, Nook And More — It Was Nuts
11:00AM Chris Jacob | What didn’t happen this week? We saw the Windows 7 release, new Apple hardware, Barnes & Noble’s eReader, the beginnings of major net neutrality legislation and more. It was so crazy, we thought we’d round up all the highlights. More »
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