Barnes & Noble Launches World’s Largest eBookstore

Barnes & Noble, Inc. opened the Barnes & Noble eBookstore allowing customers to buy eBooks and read them on a wide range of platforms, including the iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry smartphones, as well as most laptops or desktop computers.

Posted on: July 21, 2009 9:00 am

O’Reilly Webcast – iPhone Forensics: Live Recovery of an iPhone 3G[s]

In this free, hour-long webcast on Wednesday, July 29th at 10 am PT, Jonathan Zdziarski will demonstrate the latest forensic method to do a live recovery of an iPhone 3G[s].

Posted on: July 20, 2009 9:00 am

Mobile broadband Fails Miserably to Live Up to Consumer Expectations

Just one in ten consumers (11.5%) think mobile broadband is fast enough due to unrealistic speed claims from providers in their advertising.

Posted on: July 20, 2009 9:00 am

Sync Your Palm Pre with iTunes. Again

Last week Apple “fixed” the bug that allowed you to sync your Palm Pre with iTunes. Now there’s a third party workaround to let you sync again.

Posted on: July 20, 2009 9:00 am

Amazon Removes E-Books From Kindle Store, Revokes Ownership

George Orwell’s books, “1984” and “Animal Farm” are no longer available through the Kindle e-book store. And, if you purchased a copy, Amazon has now erased it from your device and digital locker. Long live George Orwell’s vision.

Posted on: July 20, 2009 9:00 am

Author Releases Novel, 140 Characters at a Time

Author Matt Stewart is publishing his novel, “The French Revolution”, on Twitter. Stewart estimates it will take some 3,700 tweets to post all 480,000 characters in the novel.

Posted on: July 16, 2009 9:00 am

Would Apple and AT&T Cripple a Google Voice iPhone App?

Google Voice may be getting an iPhone version of its mobile phone app ready but will AT&T and Apple let it fly or will they clip its wings? Skype was forced to disable the free phone call feature of their service before it would be allowed on the iPhone.

Posted on: July 16, 2009 9:00 am

Amazon Will Replace Cracked Kindles

Under threat of a PR nightmare, Amazon has changed course and will now replace Kindle readers with cracked cases if the cracking was caused by the “official $30 protective case”.

Posted on: July 16, 2009 9:00 am

12% of e-mail users have actually tried to buy stuff from spam

The survey results may be skewed, after all how many of us want to admit to being duped, but it does help explain why spam messages don’t go away.

Posted on: July 16, 2009 9:00 am

Visa dings teen for $23-quadrillion restaurant charge

Visa is blaming a 17-digit technical glitch for bills sent out for astonishing amounts.

Posted on: July 15, 2009 9:00 am