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Microsoft and Toshiba to Jointly Specify and Develop Advanced High-Resolution LCD for eBook DevicesScreens to Deliver Digital Photographic-Quality Display Toshiba Corp. and Microsoft Corp. announced they will jointly develop specifications for a color, low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) that both companies believe will become widely adopted for midsize electronic book devices. The two companies recently completed the basic specifications for the new line of products and plan to have the displays integrated into prototype devices by the end of this year. (July 10, 2000) Pocket PC -- The Wireless Wonder Turns 1 REDMOND, Wash., April 18, 2001 -- Last year, Keith McNally leapt at the chance to work with Microsoft and make life a little easier for businesses and consumers. "The people at Microsoft have helped us in every way we've asked, and together, Microsoft and my 25-person company have made a big impact on the wireless world," says McNally, founder and vice president of business development for Ameranth Wireless, Inc., a San Diego-based wireless system software provider to the hospitality industry. read more.. The onHand PC provides all the popular features of palm-type devices at a fraction of the size.  http://www.onhandpc.com  Microsoft Announces Beta 1 of "Talisker," the Next Version of Windows CE SAN FRANCISCO -- April 10, 2001 -- Today at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) San Francisco 2001, Microsoft Corp. announced the release of beta 1 of "Talisker" (the code name for the next version of the Microsoft® Windows® CE operating system). "Talisker," a robust real-time embedded operating system, will deliver the latest wireless and multimedia functionality to enable embedded developers to quickly bring to market smart connected devices. Microsoft also unveiled the Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 Innovation Alliance Program, which gives systems integrators (SIs) increased source code access that will enable them to provide greater service to their customers. In addition, Microsoft announced 18 new board support packages (BSPs) for the Windows CE 3.0 operating system, further reducing time to market for OEMs, as well as new Windows CE 3.0 worldwide training programs..more Microsoft offers taste test of "Talisker" (04/10/01) E Ink Demonstrates First Active Matrix Electronic Ink Display  E Ink Corporation, the leading developer and marketer of electronic ink technology, announced April 10 that it has demonstrated the world's first active matrix electronic ink display capable of producing high resolution illustrations and text. This innovative research and development milestone for electronic ink is a step toward a new generation of highly mobile devices such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and reader devices with screens as easy to read as ink on paper. Newstream/E Ink Tablet PC: The Platform for the Next Generation Laptop (March 26) Find out why the upcoming Tablet PC is well positioned to become the next primary PC for business users. See a prototype and discover how the Tablet PC couples the simplicity of paper with the power of a PC. april 2nd 2001, eBookNet.com, an extremely important and popular website in the eBook community, was closed down. Now, all that appears on the site is a message that reads, "Thank you for visiting eBookNet.com. The site is currently unavailable." It is not immediately known whether the closure is permanent, however, its days as an editorial site have definitely come to an end. Read more... Mobile Devices Fast Becoming as Indispensable as the Stethoscope for Family Practice Doctors .read more Microsoft Windows-Pocket PC Platform Attracts Top Palm Applications and Content. Expands Existing Library of Pocket PC Applications and Content Titles by More Than 6,000. Demonstrating rapid growth in the number of applications and content titles available for its Microsoft Windows Pocket PC platform, Microsoft Corp. today announced that HanDBase, a leading Palm database application, and MemoWare, a leading Palm content site, are moving to support the Pocket PC and together will add more than 6,000 new applications and content titles to the thousands already available for Pocket PC devices. HanDBase and MemoWare offer a rich array of content and applications -- from databases for managing a wine cellar or car maintenance records to travel guides and sports schedules -- bringing Pocket PC customers an even wider range of solutions for their personal digital assistants (PDAs). read more REB vs. ReB Review of the RCA eBook REB1100(03/28/01) Up close and personal with the RCA's REB1100. How does it compare to the Rocket eBook? Is it worth the money? Read the Review in Knowbetter.com Pocket PC CASSIOPEIA with Integrated Communications Compatible with DoPa Packet Communications Service of NTT DoCoMoCasio Computer Co., Ltd. will release in Japan the CASSIOPEIA E-707, a next-generation mobile network terminal that incorporates data communications functions in a Pocket PC. The Pocket PC is a high-performance information terminal that couples powerful hardware with the Windows CE platform, an operating system with a superior development environment and high compatibility with personal computers (PCs). Corporations in particular have given the CASSIOPEIA high marks for its ability to integrate with existing systems and effectively use currently deployed software assets. read more... Acrobat 5 announced! Annotations within a Web browser, simultaneous online collaboration, more options for  repurposing PDF content, and improved forms capability top the list of new features. The new Acrobat 5.0 allows you to create "tagged" PDFs, greatly improving repurposing and accessing documents, and reflowing capabilities. In essence, structured PDF allows the author to "tag" parts of the page content to explicitly define its type. For eBook publishers this means greatly improved accessibility for all readers, as well as enabling a PDF to reflow its content. Download Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader 2.0 Try out new eBook reading software from Adobe. Acrobat eBook Reader 2.0 is the latest version of the former Glassbook Reader.   www.Peanutpress.com, has been acquired by Palm, Inc. and will henceforward be known as Palm Digital Media. The Peanut Reader that you've all come to know and love will now be called the Palm Reader and will be included in the box when you purchase your next Palm. The marriage of the two companies makes perfect sense in light of the fact that peanutpress.com boasts the most extensive selection of popular fiction and nonfiction eBooks from top publishers, and Palm is the  de facto eBook platform in the emerging eBook industry. There will be no changes with respect to customer accounts or the operation of our site and, just as Peanut Reader did before, Palm Reader will continue to support both Palm OS handheld computers (Palm OS 3.0 and above) and Pocket PCs. The Palm Reader will ship in the box with the just announced Palm m500 and Palm m505 along with two eBooks, Tarzan and the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and 12 Valuable Ways to Use Your Palm from Velocity Business Publishing. Palm Reader can also be down- loaded from the website at: www.palm.com/ebooks Palm is on the move and its products have evolved from personal information management tools into multi-functional media devices. Palm is a pioneer in the eBook industry with an installed base of 11 million handheld units on which to develop a viable eBook market. Palm Digital Media will be concentrating its efforts in the following areas: * Consumers -- This is the target audience for fiction and non-fiction leisure reading. Palm already has a strong presence in this space, and Palm Reader is a very popular application for novels and business books. * Education -- This is a largely untapped area for eBooks and one with great potential. Palm provides an ideal reading platform for education. The Palm Reader can be used for a variety of reading applications, including textbooks, study guides and classroom handouts to name a few. We expect that students and teachers in K-12 schools and universities will readily adopt eBooks as more academic books and materials become available in this format. Academic eBooks are expected to span the curriculum and include specialty areas such as law books, medical text, and SAT and GMAT preparatory materials. An added benefit: eBooks will greatly reduce the number of books carried in students' backpacks, which now weigh an average of 20 pounds. More..... Palm debuts slim handhelds Following through on a promise to add versatility to its product line, Palm on Monday is unveiling two slim new models that add a postage stamp-sized expansion slot.As previously reported, the $449 color m505 features 8MB of memory, a Secure Digital expansion slot and a 16-bit color screen. The $399 black-and-white m500 is slightly thinner than both the m505 and the Palm Vx and is roughly the same height and width as the Vx. Both units feature the new version 4.0 of the Palm operating system and a new lithium-polymer battery that offers much improved battery life. Both also come bundled with Palm's mobile Internet kit, which allows a handheld to use a nearby cell phone as a wireless modem either by using a cable or by beaming data through an infrared port. read more... The new Visor Edge™ has arrived! Handspring brings now the new Visor Edge.  Despite its compact size, the Visor Edge packs all of the usual features you would expect from a Visor. The unique detachable Springboard slot lets you snap in a digital camera, MP3 player, wireless modem.It's easy to transfer your data from other Visors and Palm organisers. The Visor Edge is available now EUR 458 excluding tax. Third Generation eBook Device The 'hiebook' combines an XML based, OEB-compliant eBook reader, an MP3 player, a digital audio recorder, PDA functions and games in one affordable, portable, and lightweight device. Designed from the ground up for reading eBooks, the device features a 5.6-inch diagonal backlit touch screen LCD capable of displaying crisp text and graphics at a resolution of 320 X 480 pixels. Upgraded from its first model, the 'hiebook' will ship in the U.S. and Canada later this year and will be fully loaded with 16 MB of flash ROM, plus an additional 2 MB of RAM. The memory can be expanded to 128 MB with SMC memory. www.eBookAd.com Korea ebook, eBookAd.com Team Up to Market New 'hiebook' in North America In the beginning there was the Rocket eBook and the SoftBook Reader. Then came the RCA REB1100 and REB1200 and the Franklin eBookMan. Now, by way of Seoul-based Korea ebook Inc., comes an intriguing new "third-generation eBook device": the hiebook, which will ship in the United States and Canada later this year. Toronto-based eBook portal eBookAd announced today that it will act as Korea ebook's strategic partner for North American distribution. "For eBook content, the device will use yet another new format, 'hiebook Reader.'" The Gigaset 4600 SIMpad LAS VEGAS -- At CES jan.2001, Siemens International Mobile Computing Group debuted its sleek and slim Web pad, the Gigaset 4600 SIMpad. The unit provides both wireless Internet access and email capability. The Gigaset supports the HomeRF wireless spec, which allows you to access your PC from up to 150 feet away. Though certainly not the first to offer wireless access, Siemen's Web tablet arrives at a time when companies hope these devices will gain mainstream acceptance. Intel is also debuting a similar unit at CES read more.... Feb 16, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL) announced this week that the award-winning Franklin eBookMan(R) is currently shipping to selected outlets for retail sale. Audible(R) is the leading provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio ( www.audible.com(TM)) for computer-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(TM) PC-based portable digital audio players. more.. Franklin Ships eBookMan February 13th, 2001 Franklin Electronic Publishers  announced today that they began shipping the eBookMan. 3 Models are available ranging in price from $129.95 to $229.95. The devices will be available at Staples, Amazon.com and other retailers. Microsoft Reader FAQ released  Digital Worm has been working hard to bring you the first independent Microsoft Reader FAQ online. The  questions and answers included form the beginning of what we hope will become a comprehensive resource for those of you wanting to get up to speed with the key issues surrounding Microsoft's (relatively) new eBook software: Microsoft Reader. more..www.digitalworm.com eBook-List Archive Now Available  We are pleased to announce that Digital Worm is now hosting a fully searchable Web-based archive of the eBook-List: the Internet's largest, oldest, and most prestigious forum devoted to discussion of all topics related to eBook authoring, publishing, marketing, archiving and reading. We will be regularly updating the 10,000+ page archive with the most recent discussions. Currently it includes all posts between 5 January 1996, and 11 February 2001. more..www.digitalworm.com   Adobe Systems Incorporated announced two products that address the growing demand for the online purchase of digital content: the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) eBook Reader(TM) 2.0 and the Adobe Content Server(TM) 2.0 for eBooks. Both products result from the company's recent acquisition of Glassbook, Inc. and further Adobe's eBooks mission -- to help the publishing industry sell compelling digital content and provide consumers with an engaging electronic reading experience...more. Acrobat eBook Reader 2.0 is available for download today at no charge from the Adobe.com Web site at www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/main.html or the Barnes and Noble.com website at www.bn.com. The product is available in English for both the Windows(R) and Macintosh(R) platforms.   ebrary Announces Strategic Content Agreement with Amsterdam University Press, Leading Academic Publisher in the Netherlands. Academic and Popular titles to be Made Available Online Through ebrary.com. Mountain View, Calif., January 16, 2001 — ebrary™, the authoritative source for online research, today announced that Amsterdam University Press will make all its titles available through ebrary.com. English books, including high level academic research works as well as more popular titles, will be the first priority. more... eBookNet Spotlight: 000 for eBooks When great progress is matched by even greater hype, a backlash is inevitable, and what was true for e-commerce this year is also true for eBooks. So says eBookNet managing editor Wade Roush in his review of the biggest news stories of 2000, from 'Riding the Bullet' to the Frankfurt fiasco. "If the industry is willing to learn from history, 2001 could become the year when eBooks finally find their niche," Roush predicts. Chicago – Dec. 19, 2000 – goReader, Inc., an electronic book and reading device company focused on education, announced today that it will partner with Addison Wesley (AW), a part of the Pearson Education family of companies and a leading publisher of higher education textbooks, to provide electronic textbooks to college and university students nationwide.This agreement provides goReader with exclusive access for e-book devices to 134 of AW’s best-selling business, computer science, mathematics, liberal arts and science titles. The titles will be available on the goReader electronic e-book device for students to purchase beginning in summer 2001.[more...]   eBook Insider Shopper's Guide Use this independent site to find the lowest prices for eBook reading devices, PDAs, and Pocket PCs.   "Microsoft Reader is coming to eBookMan in spring 2001" say: www.franklin.com/ebookman/ The reader eBookman: Amazon.com predicts delivery in January, 2001.     RCA Announces the Next Generation eBook Devices RCA, the world's fourth largest consumer electronics company, has announced the introduction of the REB1100 and the REB 1200, two new eBook products that promise to "shed a whole new light on reading". As the first licensee of the Gemstar eBook technology, RCA brings eBook the finest manufacturing and retail marketing resources available in the US. Learn more about these exciting new products and visit RCA.com to buy your very own eBook. Kids eBooks At 9:00am (EST) December 14, 2000, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing released President George W. Bush, an eBook biography of president-elect George W. Bush. The release of an eBook biography, either President George W. Bush or President Albert Gore was originally scheduled for the night of the election, but was forced to remain on hold until the election’s uncertain outcome was resolved. President George W. Bush: Our Forty-Third President Release Date: December 14, 2000 by Beatrice Gormley eBook ISBN: 0-689-84410-7 ($5.00) JUVENILE FICTION/Biographical / United States Read the First Chapter! Cappelen med flere e-bøker (lees eens een noors e-book) Three books were released as e-books in Norway  (5 December 2000). The book are 'Evas oye' (Eva's eye) by Karin Fossum; 'Blind gudinne' (Blind goddess) by Anne Holt and 'Blackout' by Fredrik Skagen. The books were published by Cappelen, a Norwegian publisher. eBook Tools List eBook-related tools of your dreams! Browse by the category lists below, or just do a search. Nice Australia site with news, ebook tools, forum on: www.digitalworm.com Annual Mibrary Awards: The Alan Kay Award for eBook Innovation. Award Presentation: Dec 11, 2000, BookTech Expo West, San Francisco. Mibrary is pleased to announce that Microsoft Corporation is the winner of the Inaugural Alan Kay Award for eBook Innovation. The award recognizes the largest contributor to the advancement and popularization of electronic books in the past year.   Deadbeats Prompt King To Yank Internet Book Stephen King has pulled the plug on "The Plant," his self-published online serial novel. The experimental and prolific author is taking a break to complete other projects but, according to his assistant Marsha DeFilippo, King is also suspending the project because too many people are downloading the work without paying for it. Stephen King's 'Plant' Uprooted In a personal note posted on his website, Stephen King said that the next installation of his e-serial, "The Plant," will be the last. At least for the time being. AAP Releases Recommendations for Ebook Standards New York, NY: The Open Ebook Standards Project, led by the Association of American Publishers, several leading publishers, and Andersen Consulting, has released the results of an intensive effort to establish recommendations and voluntary standards that will promote the development of a robust, competitive ebook market and make it easy for consumers to find and use ebooks. Create Your Own Pocket Reader eBooks Are you a writer? If you are writing your books or articles on your personal computer why don’t you convert the documents to the Microsoft® Reader format to read it on your desktop personal computer and on your Pocket PC. Distribute your eBooks using your Internet home page or e-mail it to your friends or colleagues. Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store. Offering Unique and Exclusive Content to Customers -- By Bringing Together the Strengths of Amazon.com, Microsoft and Audible.com, New Store Makes Shopping for Digital Content Easier Than Ever.  Q&A: Tablet PC Brings the Simplicity of Pen and Paper to Computing LAS VEGAS, Nov. 13, 2000 -- Last night in his Comdex/Fall 2000 keynote address, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates demonstrated a prototype of a Tablet PC, a major evolutionary step in PC functionality and usability. To find out more about the Tablet PC and the future of tablet-based computing, PressPass spoke with Alexandra Loeb, general manager of Microsoft’s Tablet PC effort. Comdex: Gates unveils Tablet PC Microsoft's latest software-to-software message is overshadowed by a two-pound prototype of one of its next - generation form factors. Inside Microsoft's Tablet PC Bill Gates calls it 'one of the most amazing projects we've ever done.' Here is what is inside the company's prototype.  ZDNet News November 13, 2000 E-book maker waits on Web to debut device Franklin Electronic Publishers is putting off the launch of its new eBookMan device because of delays related to its Web site. IBM rolls out high-resolution screen Big Blue claims its high-definition flat-panel display reads like the printed page. But it won't be available to consumers for five more years. First wireless Pocket PC At a joint press conference today, SAGEM and Microsoft announce the SAGEM WA 3050, the industry’s first wireless Pocket PC with demonstrated GSM/GPRS technology. The SAGEM WA 3050 is a full dual-band GSM phone with GPRS technology by SAGEM and is based on Microsoft’s Windows Powered Pocket PC platform. This will enable customers to have real-time wireless access to information including email, the Web, time-sensitive corporate applications as well as voice capabilities and high-end mobile phone features.  [read more..] ebook links : http://ebook.start4all.com or dutch http://ebook.pagina.nl Reciprocal First Digital Clearinghouse To Offer Outsourced DRM Solution for Secure eBooks and Digital Text on Palm Pilots NEW YORK , November 6, 2000 _ Reciprocal  announce an outsourced DRM solution for secure eBook and digital text for Palm Pilot devices. Leveraging the Open eBook (OEB) format in secure HTML, Reciprocal™ will provide DRM services and support for eBooks and digital text downloaded to Palm Pilot devices. Electronic Literature Awards The Electronic Literature Organization will award two $10,000 prizes for electronic fiction and poetry in the first annual Electronic Literature Awards   E-publishing: The Wait for an E-book Format With a single format nowhere in site, publishers seem content to let consumers decide (6-11-2000)   21-10-2000 Publishers to reward e-book author E-Books Meet World E-Books Create Buzz at Book Fair "E-Books and Libraries: A Discussion of the Present and Future"  Rocket-eBook.com & SoftBook.com are now eBook-Gemstar.com   01-11-2000 October 30, 2000 Fonix Allegro to Enable Handwriting In RCA REB1100 eBook  SALT LAKE CITY, UT (October 30, 2000) -- Fonix Corporation (OTC BB: FONX) a leading provider of human-user interface technology solutions for wireless and mobile devices, Internet and telephony systems, and vehicle telematics, announced today that THOMSON multimedia (NYSE:TMS) will integrate the Fonix Allegro handwriting recognition (HWR) technology into the new RCA-brand REB1100 eBook.  Fonix TimeTalk for Pocket PC Now Available Online Fonix Utility Empowers PDAs to Speak the Time of Day  Japanese market soaks up e-books Morning News Over Easy November 01, 2000  Franklin's eBookMan® Wins eBook Technology Award at Inaugural Frankfurt eBook Awards The Star Trek S.C.E. Starship Corps Of Engineers Series, Published Exclusively As eBook Editions, Is Now Available Directly From NewMediaPublishing.com, Through The Softlock Secure Download Merchandising Network eBook History (Microsoft)   22-10-2000 Rocket-eBook.com & SoftBook.com are now eBook-Gemstar.com "E-Books and Libraries: A Discussion of the Present and Future"  E-Books Create Buzz at Book Fair E-Books Meet World Publishers to reward e-book author Book Addicts to Get New E-Fix Toshiba Readies LCD for E-Books E-Book Industry Must Prep for Piracy  E-book maker eyeing European market  Ebook awards herald new age Winners for Inaugural eBook Awards Announced Independents Create Counterpoint to Frankfurt eBook Awards After the Frankfurt eBook Awards: Whither ePublishing? Handspring Unveils Color Organizer boek over ebook [lees verder...]     22-10-2000 Publishers to reward e-book author E-Books Meet World E-Books Create Buzz at Book Fair E-Books and Libraries:  A Discussion of the Present and Future David Dorman, 16 October 2000. Rocket-eBook.com and SoftBook.com are now eBook-Gemstar.com The Free E-Book Market Economy : A new study reveals that Americans will read e-books; Gemstar EBook Out Next Month Gemstar-TV Guide International Announces Exclusive Best-Seller Titles from Top U.S. Publishers in Conjunction with Launch of Gemstar eBook NetLibrary Offers 1,500 E-Book Titles to 100 Large Public Libraries in Trial Program  Do You Still Need a Library Card?

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