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Microsoft aims for Windows 8 e-reader dominance  

Tuesday 01 May at 8:45am

Microsoft aims for Windows 8 e-reader dominance

by The Gadget Show

Microsoft has ramped up its plans for its Windows 8 tablets and future Windows 8 e-readers by investing $300 million in e-book supplier Barnes & Noble Inc’s Nook e-Book business. Is this the start…

Nintendo Wii U to double up as E-Reader?  

Tuesday 03 January at 9:36am

Nintendo Wii U to double up as E-Reader?

by The Gadget Show

The Nintendo Wii U will be the first major console launch for 2012. We have yet to know exactly everything it can do, or release date if truth be known, but already the rumours are flying in. The…

Amazon UK: Kindle sales on fire  

Monday 25 October at 8:08am

Amazon UK: Kindle sales on fire

by The Gadget Show

For an awful long time the only way to get your hands on an Amazon Kindle e-reader in the UK was to buy the US version and have it shipped over – at considerable expense.We complained long and hard…

Nook e-reader goes the Android route  

Thursday 22 October at 9:15am

Nook e-reader goes the Android route

by Fwd Tech

E-readers are the gadget-creators tech du jour. Barely a day goes by without a new one popping up. Toady it’s the turn of the Nook e-reader. But what makes the Nook stand out from the crowd? It’s…

Google eBook store incoming 2010  

Friday 16 October at 10:59am

Google eBook store incoming 2010

by Fwd Tech

With e-readers sprouting up with more frequency than JLS at the moment, it was no surprise to learn that Google is stepping into the electronic book market, announcing its very own eBook store: Google…

Amazon Kindle finally arrives in UK  

Wednesday 07 October at 8:32am

Amazon Kindle finally arrives in UK

by Fwd Tech

It’s taken seemingly longer than James Cameron’s 3D epic Avatar has to reach cinemas, but finally the Amazon Kindle e-reader has been made available worldwide. And that includes good old Blighty.

S…

Cybook Opus is a good read  

Wednesday 23 September at 9:01am

Cybook Opus is a good read

by Fwd Tech

Paper’s so over-rated. And it’s made of trees. You, my friend, need to join the electronic book revolution. The latest e-reader to hit the market is the Cybook Opus – the lightest around at just 150g!...

Sony leafs through new Readers  

Wednesday 26 August at 8:20am

Sony leafs through new Readers

by Fwd Tech

The e-reader war is hotting up! Sony has just outed the Sony Reader Pocket and Touch e-readers for the UK, you know, for people who like reading but don’t like carrying a library’s-worth of paperbacks…

Sony Readers to kill the Kindle?  

Wednesday 05 August at 9:17am

Sony Readers to kill the Kindle?

by Fwd Tech

Paper’s soooooooo last century dahling. You want to get yourself an e-reader. Luckily, Sony’s just gone official with two new e-readers to take on the Kindle (if and when it gets released over here):...

Elonex joins the e-reader party  

Thursday 02 July at 8:37am

Elonex joins the e-reader party

by Fwd Tech

Elonex continues the e-reader revolution following hot on the heels of the Amazon Kindle DX in America and the Cool-er eBook over here, with its own digital protable book storer – the Elonex eBook. ...

Kindle surprise!  

Tuesday 10 February at 2:45pm

Kindle surprise!

by Suzi Perry

Okay, so you already know about the Amazon Kindle 2, but why should you care? It’s just another e-reader, isn’t it? Hardly, Charlie! We absolutely love the Sony PRS-5050 e-reader, but this will blow…

Amazon re-kindles the Kindle e-reader  

Monday 09 February at 4:54pm

Amazon re-kindles the Kindle e-reader

by Fwd Tech

The Amazon Kindle 2 has just been launched. It’s official. The Kindle, not to be confused with Detective John Kimble, the character Arnie played in 1990 hit comedy Kindergarten Cop, is an e-reader! ...