Regardless of whether you just hate carrying both a wallet and your phone, or you like to read on your phone and are just trying to have your iPhone appear to be more book like — you have to admit that the BookBook iPhone 4 case has some style. Granted, that is not to say more »

Publishers, music labels, movie studios and ships near the Suez Canal all have one thing in common: they hate pirates. What if there was a quantitative linkbetween higher sales and piracy, would the piracy haters ease their stance (except, perhaps the ships near the Suez)? One childrens book seems set to prove that piracy can more »

Amazon announced their Q4 2011 quarterly earnings just recently and they dropped a rather interesting little fact in — they are now selling more Kindle books then they are paperback books. Yup, it seems the Kindle is winning. Of course, having people read is really not about winning, but it seems the ereader is gaining more »

Just recently, during the annual BookExpo convention in New York, Google announced plans to begin selling ebooks. Right off the bat, you would think they have to do something to one up Amazon in order to properly fight in that space, however it seems Google may have a nice plan in the works. According to more »

One of the growing markets within the tech world at the moment is the e-reader, a futuristic answer to the book. Lots of manufacturers are getting in on the act following in the footsteps of the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Readers, it was only a matter of time till portable consoles caught up with this trend. It would appear that Nintendo is ready to go the e-reader route with their first eBook software allowing you read books on your DS.

The DS would seem like a good solution: it is small, it has a touch screen, it can connect to the Internet and many people have them which translates to a large user base.

I’d rather not tell you how I found this exclusive deal that will save you $29.99, but I can tell you to thank Oprah. It seems odd to talk about her again after doing so a couple of weeks ago when she was pimping out the Kindle reader from Amazon. This time, Snapfish.com was on more »

I have to admit, recently, if text is not staring at me from a screen I become uninterested very quickly. Although, from reading about this upcoming book, I might have to actually read a book, or find a Kindle to read it on. The book is called “iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind,” by Gary Small. Small is a neuroscientist from UCLA. The idea of actually reading the book somewhat defeats the point made in the book, however.

The book says that through technology, we are learning to use more parts of our brains. Through doing simple things most of us probably take for granted such as sending text messages and Internet searching our brains become “more adept at filtering information and making snap decisions.” The book also claims that technology is increasing creativity and and accelerating learning. Sounds pretty good to me. Find out more after the break.

I get confused when I can’t tell an endorsement from a paid endorsement. One minute there is a report that talk show host Oprah Winfrey has declared Amazon’s Kindle her “favorite new thing” and the next is a big advertisement with Ms. Winfrey on Amazon. A quick search on the tubes proves I am unsuccessful at finding out if she was paid to make this claim or not.

The Oprah show painted the Kindle as a wonder: not frivolous as it will save you money in the long run and a super green way to read books. I can hear the trees applauding from here. More after the break.

Sony’s latest model in their Reader family, the PRS-700 gives consumers the opportunity to choose how they would like to experience reading electronically. It is much closer to an actual “book” experience, but with all the cool e-reader add-ons.

The PRS-700 features an interactive touch display, that allows readers to actually flip pages simply with the slide of a finger. You can also look for terms in a book or a document, take notes on the virtual keyboard, or even use the stylus pen to highlight text you find especially important or interesting. This PRS-700 has plenty more features, check them out after the break.

For those who have read, or currently read 2600 Magazine this may be considered a must have book. Although its a little hard to truly say that, as I have yet to be able to grab a copy for myself, it just sounds logical. The very large book, which comes in at 888 pages includes a “best of” dating back 24 years and continues up to present date.

“Hackers invariably find the one hole in an otherwise perfect system or will spend inordinate amounts of time to get around a barrier previously thought to be impenetrable. But the one thing hackers do more than anything else is share information with those who are interested. This book is a gateway into this mysterious yet familiar world of endless technology and security experimenting.”