Blogs Posts in Books category; 13 blog posts

Kindle e-books now available through libraries

On Wednesday, Amazon announced that Kindle books will be available for lending at more than 11,000 public and school libraries, allowing readers with Kindles or the Kindle app to download Kindle e-books free of charge. Although librari [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

MSI rolls GT640 notebook with Core i7

Taiwanese PC maker MSI has recently announced a new addition to its G Series of gaming notebooks with the 15.4-inch GT640. It ships with Intel's mobile quad-core Core i7 processor, though which models aren't known. The portable represents o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Nokia Booklet 3G Opens the Lid on Notebooks

Super-small, low-powered netbook computers are about the only segment of the computing market that seeing any growth at all during the economic downturn—and apparently that business has been robust enough to lure the world's top phone [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Apple Netbook Wishlist

Yesterday the tech wire was abuzz with rumors about a new Apple netbook, according to Chinese newspaper, the Commercial Times, Taiwan-based company Wintek is in the process of manufacturing touch-panel displays for a forthcoming A [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Recent Books

This photo book depicts Westerners' lives during the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) from the 1880s to 1930s and includes stories such as that of an American cowboy who shot the topknot off a man's head. Robert Neff, historian and long-time resi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Recent Book

B.F. Skinner; Translated by Jung Myung-jin from English to Korean; Boogle Books: 320 pp., 15,000 won This book is a landmark of 20th century thought originally published in 1971 by experimental psychologist B. F. Skinner, and deals with t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Do electronic books threaten the future of traditional publi...

Why are we asking this now? Because we are about to see a big step forward in the development of an electronic book that might actually rival the traditional way in which we consume literature. From today Waterstone's is to offer Sony's e-b [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Book sale on brink of setting sales record

The Calgary Book Drive and Sale is poised to shatter another record. As it heads into its second weekend, already more books have been collected than during any other year, more volunteers are helping than in the past and record numbers of [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

CRIME BOOKS

It's a good thing this novel is short enough for me to read in one long day. I couldn't put it down. I love Ken Bruen's Irish books with detective Jack Taylor, but this one, set in Galway, is simply the best yet. Taylor is convinced that e [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Review: Asus EEE PC

Asus intended its little Eee PC laptop for classrooms and kids at home but it's become a surprise hit with grown-ups. No one expects this super compact subnotebook to replace a full-blown laptop but the tiny footprint (the screen is a mere [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Creative ZEN 8GB - Black - 70PF216000111

his is the new Creative ZEN at a glance. Decked out in an all-black suit, the Creative ZEN is smaller than your average credit card and sits snugly right in your palm. With an attractive 11.3mm thickness, this sleek player weighs a mere 6 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Sony VAIO CR Series VGN-CR120E/R Laptop Computer Notebook

The VAIO C Series VGN-CR120E/R Laptop Computer Notebook from Sony is the perfect blend of mobility, style, and performance. This notebook PC will become the center of your digital entertainment universe, whether you're home, at school, wo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2007 | Comments : 0

Seven Samurai (Criterion) (1954)

One of the most beloved movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabits hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandi [...]