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By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) The monkeys are running the zoo: Rafe Needleman, Brian Cooley, and Brian Tong, with producer Lynn Fu, cover the iPhone finally getting MMS, Google's patent on its home page, Amazon re-delivering 1984 to Kindle, and the closure of the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge.

By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) In this case it refers to Jeff Bakalar's face, but it could also refer to Amazon, Steve Jobs, and Skype. Well at least in part. Find out all about all of these things in today's scary and caliente episode. --Tom … Amazon says it was a glitch…

By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) VOICE MAIL Kevin iPhone evidence? E-MAIL Regarding the gentleman who left a voicemail on Friday’s podcast wanting to know why Apple is charging ten dollars for a firmware upgrade to the iPod Touch, why don’t they just give it away for free, I’d like to propose the following theory:

By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) iPhone OS 3.0: What you need to know http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10198292-37.html Amazon’s Kindle targeted by patent infringement suit http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/03/amazons-kindle-targeted-by-patent-infringement-suit.ars

By Paul Biba New digital reading devices are once again triggering predictions about the demise of the paper-bound book. Early adopters hope devices like the Amazon Kindle will transform and rejuvenate the publishing industry. But many readers are unwilling to give up their dog-eared copies of the...

By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) EMAIL Several people wrote in askling if the Kindle menus are spoken. They’re not. But there is a petition that Mike from Serotek sent us if you want to push Amazon into making the Kindle more accessible. http://www.petitiononline.com/Kindle2/petition.html

By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) E-MAIL Amazon has a sense of humor. I was showing my wife the Amazon App on my iPhone last night and I attempted to take a picture of my TV and see what Amazon Remembers would suggest. Somehow I fudged the photo but decided to send it anyway. We laughed pretty hard when the

By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/27/technology/copeland_hearst.fortune/index.htm Wil Wheaton vs. Authors’ Guild vs. Kindle http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/26/wil-wheaton-vs-autho.html E-MAIL Buzz Crew,

By David Rothman In the end, it isn’t just Stanza/Lexycle vs. Amazon. It’s Adobe and Stanza/Lexycle, both, against Amazon—much more of an even match than David B. might suppose. Related: Adobe’s new e-book software ratchets up fright against Amazon Kindle: The new Adobe Reader Mobile SDK is aimed at smartp...

By David Rothman So what’s Ingram Digital up to these days in the area of e-books? Among the topics: –Kindle vs. iPhone. The device "that’s going to prevail has not been invented yet." In fact, he’s doubts that the industry will standardize on a particular device the way the Apple iPod dominates music.

By buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) Authors Guild upset with Kindle 2 speech-to-text http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10161104-93.html Apple to gear up for $99 iPhone http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10161368-37.htm I have never used the SD card slot on my Kindle 1 so I doubt I will miss it when I upgrade to the Kindle 2.

By Robert Nagle Here’s the mp3 of an Advisorpress.com podcast I did with Peter Johnson on the subject “What’s Up with Ebooks?” This 55 minute discussion provides a good overview about the ebook world in November, 2008. From the promo: See author the Author Marketing Teleconferencing Calls also on the Adv...

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By ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst) There's no real surprise in this news from Bloomberg, but in speaking to a group of stockholders and financial analysts about a 3G-capable iPhone, AT&T's chief executive Randall Stephenson said, "You'll have it next year." Steve Jobs justified Apple's failure to include faster 3G...

Amazon has taken its knowledge of books and online selling to create a simple digital reading device. The main problem is the $400 price tag, which could come down if Kindle takes off