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Publishers Short-Sighted in E-Book Price Fight

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February 7, 2010
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Publishers Short-Sighted in E-Book Price Fight Amazon's struggle with book publishers seeking a bargain could bust the e-book market in its infancy.
Apple's Bans Go Way Too Far Apple seems to be able to get away with things that Microsoft, at its worst, never dreamed of.
Intel's Geek Pride to Surface in Super Bowl Ads The chipmaker is boosting its Core processor with geek chic ads during Sunday's show.
15 Super Bowl Twitter Feeds to Follow The official Twitter hashtag is #SB44, but a few others should be in a fan's feed as well.
How Wi-Fi Attackers Poison Browsers A security expert at the Black Hat conference warns about the dangers of public wi-fi.
Top 10 Super Bowl Tech Ads Here's the best of a great selection -- 10 top tech ads and 2 that made us cringe.
iPad Study: The More You Know, The Less You Want One Retrevo study finds people liked the iPad more before it was introduced than after. But, are we being too hard on the new device?
50 Smartphone Blogs to Watch Here's a whirlwind tour of iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm, and Windows Mobile sites that track phone apps and action.
iPad 'No Tablet,' Says Ex-Apple Exec It's too big and "smarted out," says maker of the Modbook, which morphs MacBook laptops into tablets.
After Super Bowl, the Who Heads to Rock Band A "special recording" of the halftime performance will be available for the music game on major consoles.
Smartphone Sales Score Record Smartphones are shipping at record levels -- 39% over last year's fourth quarter, results reveal.
Internet Overuse Invites Depression, Study Says Analysis: So digital addiction is linked to depression? Sigh.
Time to Rethink Google Books? It is a great idea, but runs against the law. Maybe it's time to rethink Google Books as the search engine meets its match.
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