Elgan: What's wrong with eBooks?
Can someone explain this to me? Since 99% of the value of a book is created before it's spun off into multiple formats, why does that additional 1% of value cost between 30% and 300%?
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Facebook will shut down Beacon to settle lawsuit
Facebook has agreed to shut down its much maligned Beacon advertising system in order to settle a class-action lawsuit.
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DOJ says court should reject Google book search settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company's book search program.
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DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company's book search program.
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Asus UL30A
Take everything we liked about the Asus Eee PC 1005HA (a well-designed, seashell-shaped netbook) and marry that with the CULV-laden Acer Timeline 3810T. The result: Asus's stab at a good, low-cost ultraportable computer--the UL30A. (OK, low cost is relative. Our review unit sells for $800 as of 9/16/2009.)
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DOJ on Google, PC demand takes off
The big news of the week is still to come at this writing, with the U.S. Department of Justice expected to weigh in on the Google book-search deal. We were otherwise taken by the astounding percentage of spam and malware posted by "users" at blogs, chat rooms and message boards. The main news of note for a whole lot of people who love "Star Trek" and Macs, perhaps in equal measure, will undoubtedly be found at the bottom of our list, though.
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Billionaire SAS co-founder keeps on coding
John Sall doesn't have to work. As one of SAS Institute Inc.'s four co-founders, the 60-year old has a net worth of $3.1 billion, according to Forbes' estimate, ranking him the 196th richest person in the world.
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Improving Excel and Yahoo Pipes
You know how Excel is mostly really good but weirdly weak in a few areas? Mark Gibbs has found a fix for one issue: String concatenation. And while he's on the subject of data manipulation he begins taking a look at a remarkable Web service, Yahoo Pipes.
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Report: FCC will formalize net neutrality rule
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is planning to create formal rules against Internet providers selectively blocking or slowing traffic, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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NASA: Lunar orbiter begins mapping, studying moon surface
A pair of NASA spacecraft launched in June have started sending data and photographs of the moon back to earth as part of its mission to map the lunar surface.
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