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Borders Books insanity

So you now have your iPad and are looking to fill it with great ebooks you can read anywhere using the free Borders ereader. Right?
Go to the Borders website, click on ebooks at the top and do a search for the book Blind Fury by Lynda La Plante. In case you are lazy, click here.
Now [...]

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Apple’s iPad and ebooks: a first look

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On average, I read about 4 to 5 books a week (fiction and non-fiction), depending on my work load. Latest-release books retail between AUD$19.99 and AUD$32.99.
Hence buying physical books can be quite expensive and just as important, they take up a lot of room! I’m getting close to having about 2500 books and pretty soon [...]

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Why the iPhone lacks multitasking

I use the Bloomberg application on my iPhone to check the prices of commodities, read news about the share market and see where various stock exchange indices stand. While using this application, I might get the ‘bing’ sound that tells me I have received email in my MobileMe account. Here’s what I need to do [...]

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iPad won’t tether

It seems that Steve Jobs has replied to a customer’s query as to whether or not the upcoming iPad will access the internet via an iPhone with tethering enabled.
What was the answer?
Put simply: NO.
That’s it. That was Steve Jobs’ answer. Two letters. NO.
Well, fuck you Apple and screw you Steve. This is not the first [...]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

May you have a healthy,
safe and prosperous
New Year.