There’s something about dual-screen gadgets that makes any geek warm and fuzzy inside. Take, for instance, the latest announcement from Asus: they’re planning to release an e-book reader with two distinguishing characteristics: two screens, and low price… Tweet This Post

Asus, the computer manufacturer best known for its Eee PCs, is getting ready to enter the eReader market. According to an article in the Times Online this morning, Asus plans to launch two devices: a budget and a premium version. At least the premium version will most likely feature dual screens. The article is extremely [...]

As time runs short for comments on the proposed Google book settlement to be filed, Amazon has filed its objections: it’s Congress’ job to sort out copyright issues, the deal will create an illegal entity, and (worst of all) it’s bad for Amazon’s business model… Tweet This Post

Google has released a more detailed privacy policy for its Google Books product, a move demanded in recent weeks by several critics of its settlement with publishers and authors. The company announced the new policy in a blog post late Thursday afternoon, saying it developed the policy following conversations with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. [...]

Google is clearly moving fast in setting up partnerships with ebook reader manufacturers and store operators to give some weight to its threat to Amazon and the latter’s Kindle product line. First, the company teamed up with Sony, adding about 1 million public domain books to the technology giant’s eBook Store… Tweet This Post

Germany has declared itself an enemy of Google’s ambitious and controversial plans to digitise millions of out-of-print books, fearing the creation of an unfavourable “new copyright regime”. In a filing to a New York court on Tuesday, Angela Merkel’s administration urged US authorities not to green light Google’s settlement with publishers reached last year as [...]

E-book prices will have to come down to meet consumer demand and grow the market, Sony has warned. The company gave the warning at a roundtable this week to discuss the launch of its two new reader devices. Sony’s general manager for content and services development, Richard Palk, said consumers were confused about why e-book [...]