Taiwan's National Palace Museum to open first-ever joint exhibition with ChinaOctober 2nd, 2009 Taiwan museum to open joint exhibition with ChinaTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's National Palace Museum said Friday it will open its first-ever joint exhibition with China next week, 60 years after they split amid civil war. The exhibition reunites treasures from China with those that Beijing has long said were stolen when they were taken to Taiwan.
Fox Reads Scripts On A KindleSeptember 27th, 2009 Actress MEGAN FOX has invested in an electronic reading device to scan through movie scripts because she can't bear to touch dry paper. The Transformers star admits she suffers from serious neuroses and hates the feel of paper against her skin.
Taiwan says it will bar visit by Uighur activist to avoid harming ties with ChinaSeptember 25th, 2009 Taiwan to bar visit by Uighur activistTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's interior minister said Friday the island will bar a visit by Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, whom Beijing has accused of inciting ethnic violence in China's far west. The decision was made "in consideration of our national interests," Chiang Yi-hua said.
Sony to sell main North America TV plant to Taiwan company, to outsource manufacturingSeptember 1st, 2009 Sony to sell TV plant in Mexico to Taiwan firmTOKYO — Sony Corp. has agreed to sell its main television factory in North America to a Taiwanese company, the Japanese electronics maker said Tuesday, as it struggles to cut costs and stem massive losses.
Sony announces $399 e-book reader with wireless connection, taking on Amazon's $299 KindleAugust 25th, 2009 Sony plans a Kindle rival with wireless downloadsNEW YORK — Sony Corp. plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books, injecting more competition in a small but fast-growing market by adopting a key feature of the rival Kindle from Amazon.com.
Upcoming IREX e-book reader to include wireless access to Barnes & Noble e-bookstoreAugust 24th, 2009 IREX e-reader to have wireless e-bookstore accessWESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — IREX Technologies Inc.
Jay Leno says he hopes to be a star-maker for young comedians on his new NBC prime-time showAugust 20th, 2009 Leno: Ready to become star-maker on new NBC showBURBANK, Calif. — Jay Leno said he's looking forward to being a star-maker for young comedians on his new prime-time show.
Phones and PCs put e-book reading within easy reach, no Kindle neededAugust 14th, 2009 Phones, PCs put e-book within reach of Kindle-lessNEW YORK — A few weeks ago, Pasquale Castaldo was waiting at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport for a delayed flight, when a man sitting across from him pulled out an Amazon Kindle book-reading device. "Gee, maybe I should think about e-books myself," Castaldo thought.
In latest bid for e-book customers, Sony will release $199 Reader, a third off Kindle priceAugust 5th, 2009 New Sony e-book reader $100 cheaper than KindleSAN FRANCISCO — Electronic books are often mentioned in the same breath as Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle digital reader. Now e-book rival Sony Corp.
More books in more places: New e-book reader to use AT&T network, imitating Amazon's KindleJuly 22nd, 2009 New e-book reader to use AT&T networkNEW YORK — Following in the footsteps of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, another e-book reader is set to get a wireless connection from a cellular carrier, letting it access books anywhere there's a signal. AT&T Inc. planned to announce Wednesday that it will support an electronic book reading device due early next year from Plastic Logic Ltd., a Mountain View, Calif.-based startup based on British display technology.
Kindle minus the reading: Pirated copies of Orwell's "1984" pulled from Amazon.com's e-readerJuly 18th, 2009 Pirated copies of Orwell books pulled from KindleNEW YORK — A pirated e-book of "1984" led to an Orwellian moment for Kindle customers. Users of Amazon.com's e-reader device were surprised and unsettled over the past day to receive notice that George Orwell works they had purchased, including "1984" and "Animal Farm," had been removed from their Kindle and their money refunded.
Amazon lowers price of Kindle electronic reader to $299 from $359July 8th, 2009 Amazon lowers Kindle e-book reader price to $299NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. cut the price of its Kindle electronic reading device to $299 on Wednesday in an effort to attract more bookworms and make the gadget a mainstream hit.
Prime View of Taiwan to buy E Ink, maker of Kindle display, for $215MJune 1st, 2009 Kindle display maker E Ink gets acquired for $215MNEW YORK — E Ink Corp., the maker of the innovative display for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and other devices, has agreed to be acquired by a Taiwanese company for $215 million. The acquirer is Prime View International, which has been Cambridge, Mass.-based E Ink's manufacturing partner in supplying "electronic ink" displays for Amazon's and Sony's e-book readers.
A larger Kindle book reader could alter the economics of textbooks and periodicalsMay 6th, 2009 A larger Kindle could upend textbooks, periodicalsNEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. is widely expected to unveil a new Kindle electronic book device with a larger screen Wednesday, which would be geared for textbooks, magazines and newspapers and possibly shake up the economics of multiple industries at once.
Amazon unveils $489 Kindle with large screen, considered better for textbooks, newspapersMay 6th, 2009 Amazon seeks more paths for sales with new KindleNEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. hopes a bigger version of its Kindle electronic reading device can be a hit, even if it's more expensive, and the company is aiming it in part at college students who are eager to save money on their textbooks.
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