Wednesday, August 9, 2000

Online electronic bookstore

<A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2612515,00.html">ZDNet</A> reports that Microsoft, along with Simon and Schuster, Time Warner Inc., and Barnesandnoble.com have announced the creation of a new online electronic bookstore. The announcement coincided with the release of the final version of Microsoft Reader for desktop computers using the Windows operating system. However, the article also reports that version 1.0 of its reader, now shipping on the Pocket PC, is missing support for security needed to view certain ebooks.

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