Saturday, December 8, 2012

postheadericon The i has it when it comes to selling newspapers

In a sea of ??disappointing sales, there is hope on the horizon in the form of independent little brother - but few evidence that it has a strong free website makes a big difference Sometimes simple facts tell a simple story. The

independent little brother 20p they call "

," says sales of 304,691 copies ABC given day in October. This is 44.08% more than in October 2011, and 7.67% from September this year. course, it finagles family to consider here. competition bulk Some copies were stripped the independent mother and pushed . however, actual sales, depends almost 60,000 in 12 months . A clear and quick read through the week found a market. So, above all, is the one that costs only a fraction of its weight over competitors. If this is not the

October after a month would be totally wrong for the domestic market: a total of approximately 8.69 % in October last year. wince by Daily Star and immersion Sun

(up to 13 years , 76% and 12.17% respectively). Fears Daily Express

Telegraph

and

one month he won A few months ago, but there is a clear message.

not seem to matter if you have a strong website, free or not. The

Post
, which has lost nearly 7% on the sale of printing - 13.19% compared to its rival Express

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postheadericon Can a Kindle ever take the place of a book?

A book is a book is not a machine, said Beth, one of the prize winners for young critics. You agree - or you become an e-reader? Take our survey!

never ceases to enrage whenever I hear someone say: "I just read a wonderful book on my Kindle." Mentally I have myself for not impulsively "No In fact, not just read a wonderful book on the Kindle, you read the words of a story off the screen of a machine. "A book is a book, not a machine.

A book cover paper or cardboard pages filled, whether photos, stories, diary entries or letters of a loved one, collected over the years.



Books are like people: each is unique, each has its own story to tell. They need a shelf and need a home. They can be torn or broken as you can break a bone. They can become famous like us. Born and grow old as we are.

A book is something you read then laughed or cried, and then stored on a shelf years later. Then removed the dust and cried how reminds me of all the thousands of times I read as a child. Maybe he was under the covers with a flashlight, saying that his parents did not see the light or in the garden on a summer day with the book to protect their eyes from the sun, waving their pages under the nose for the familiar "booky" smell.

Books

to staff, bent, folded, marked by dirty hands. They can be scribbled and signed by the author in a book by a great day.

Books and albums. They have been here for centuries, things pick up in our spare time - to help us move and pleasantly reminiscent of past pleasures. Hopefully it will be here for long.

So, as I look at the camera in my hands, my heart leapt with joy at the power of some people to think about all that extra space in my suitcase and shelves or money you save . I am not surprised by their finesse and strength - you do not have to worry about breakage. I love being able to walk into any "library" and buy a "book" at any time in the comfort of my own home.

No! But when I look at the Kindle, I see distant memories that many hours at the bookstore on the road, running my hands on the shelves, selecting novel after novel. Then, the store is closed.
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Sunday, December 2, 2012

postheadericon Digital-only publishing: an everyday tale of print, pride and prejudice

refusal to take seriously only imposes limits digital publication reader and author alike first novel by Jeff Noon

Vurt won the C. Arthur Clarke in 1994. Later books are critically acclaimed novels

pollen

and

Car falls
, noon decided to publish independently, and only in digital. He says it gives him more freedom in his writing, and connecting with their fans. The fans are not just in the UK either: rather than simply being available in different jurisdictions as doing business between publishers, the book is available at all times, in a variety of formats. But like other digital works mentioned earlier in this column, you will not see release dominant views of the last works of the South.

The world of books is still a bias against in digital mode, and in particular the digital workflow. A printed publication is an essential condition for the opinion of newspapers, magazines and contest entries, despite the wide range of work available online and in ebooks. The smell of vanity publishing is still clinging to independent publishing and digital text only. In Victorian times, the first books are not considered serious works: you were a "good writer" when he received his first serial publication in a newspaper or magazine. Such was the mark of the editorial quality. In both books have become more widely available and better product, attention to hardcovers and paperbacks - and stayed there. Even paperback books were rejected for consideration:. Paperback edition remains essentially much to receive notification of the media to publicize the cheapest edition



always draw lines. Many say that the impression of revisions is less important now, and the digital editions are more suited to online traffic, easily connected and discussed by the communities of interest that do not require the approval of critics praised . There are also practical difficulties around formats and equipment. But newspaper readers and followers of literary prizes will be lost if work continues to fall outside its jurisdiction.


Aa> Ebooks Science Fiction



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Saturday, December 1, 2012

postheadericon Apple Explores Internal Fans For Mobile Devices, Headphones That Are Also Speakers

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postheadericon Terry Pratchett's Discworld books to spawn iPad app

Jobs in

Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Map for iPad began, but no release date yet set

Having sold over 70 million books in his writing career, Terry Pratchett is now turning its attention to the App Store. Announced plans for an iPad app based on his Discworld books.

"You might think this is good news: a new application of Discworld is coming", Pratchett announced in a teaser video of 17 seconds on the official website of the application. "It's a secret, so keep it under your hat!"

A release date for the application has not been announced beyond the "Coming Soon" message at the end of the video. The publisher Transworld Publishers, a division of Random House.

The company has worked on the implementation of the agant British developer who has worked in a number of applications with publishers, the last two applications for Shakespeare Cambridge University Press.

What makes this new application, accompanied by an interactive timeline of the First World War, historical documents and video interviews, audio and reading books Morpurgo. It is also a collaboration, this time between the original book publisher Egmont, publisher tactile press applications, the Illuminations theater and business.

Another example of fiction (adult) became in 2012 applications is Random House Clockwork Orange, completing the 1961 text with audio clips original typescripts and author Anthony Burgess and discuss critical Book.

Meanwhile, this week launched five improvement HarperCollins e-books based on The Hobbit, capitalizing on the publicity surrounding the upcoming film trilogy based on Tolkien's book.

The editor has worked with Yudu Media Developer visual companion on the film's official guide, The Official Annual World hobbits and the fairy tale film, using the platform of Apple iBooks include interactive maps, puzzles and images zoom.



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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

postheadericon Must See HDTV (November 26th - December 2nd)

Must See HDTV November 26th  December 2nd

is that friends, the time the weekend, when we say goodbye to the regular college football season. Although there are lots of NBA, college basketball, college hockey and NHL
action
support, not everything will be the same until the trays are booming. TNT brings a couple of shows fall hiatus, and we have some 3D Blu-ray titles on the shelves. See below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly list of elements to consider in TV, Blu-ray and video games.


The Walking Dead


After a second season often poor (to finish), hit AMC show was firing on all cylinders since, and we are really disappointed we finished the first half of the third season soon. Between trips to and from the prison of the city, so I'm sure there was a lot of action, those who choose the parties and, oh yes, zombies.

(AMC, December 2nd, 21:00)

College Football



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postheadericon Early-Morning Raid Sent To Confiscate 9-Year-Old's Winnie The Pooh Laptop For Downloading Music

nature quite disproportionate measures taken in response to it. The "three strikes" collective punishment of the homes that are available in France, New Zealand and South Korea is an example of this. Finland, we learned of another action completely over-the-top:
CIAPC, the company that had The Pirate Bay blocked by ISPs in Finland, followed by an alleged file sharer and demanded a cash payment. However, the owner of the Internet account has refused to pay for things that have escalated to an unprecedented level. In response, this week Police raided the home of 9 years of the suspect, and Winnie the Pooh confiscated his laptop
specifics are startling:.



Tuesday morning at the door of the family home called to 20 hours and the man who works in the hospitality industry, had a scare. The police were at the door with a search warrant authorizing the hunting of evidence related to illegal file sharing.



This attack early in the morning would be more appropriate to deal with serious and dangerous criminals girls 9 years (almost no mention of the father holds his daughter download attempts failed, which causes them to go buy the music legally anyway). Similarly, the fact that for a trivial case the account holder's name and address were obtained from the ISP, and a warrant issued, shows how the control law has been.
Under the evil influence of authors' societies, it seems that the police are now little more than a gang of thugs sent around ridiculous hours of the day scare people who refuse to pay the amounts claimed arbitrary. It is difficult to reconcile this colossal waste of police time and public money to the deadly threat of terrorism, which are supposed to live in: intimidating members of the public in this way really a priority for the Finnish State? It is also disappointing to see that the legal system in Finland and elsewhere to make these powerful lobbies terrible perversion of what is supposed to be impartial, proportionate justice for all.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

postheadericon Jolla shows off Sailfish mobile OS in official video, pushes speed, multitasking

Jolla shows off Sailfish mobile OS, promises 'effortless multitasking,' speed galore

As promised, showed its new operating system launched Jolla Sailfish today and said that the user interface is synonymous with speed and multitasking, while reducing the need to use finger dancing . The experience starts from the home screen, where users will be able to control music playback or to end a call with a system of "block" menu without opening the respective applications. Implementation of Finland also said that "many" applications running on Android phones Sailfish without modification, through a single port is needed for best performance. Jolla provides software that manages not only the players smartphones material as a new partner

ST-Ericsson, but

tablets smart TVs and automotive systems

s, for example. To see for yourself, watch the official video after the break. [Photo credit: MTV3 in Finland]

Gallery: UI presentation Jolla


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Monday, November 26, 2012

postheadericon MSI GTX 660 Twin Frozr OC Edition Review

MSI GTX 660 Twin Frozr OC Edition

MSI GTX 660 Twin Frozr OC Edition MSI

, the GTX 660 AM

Map

is a great all-around which includes a healthy part of the overclocking and the side to keep you Frozr costs. Its clock speed of 53MHz base stock is a decent 1033 Mhz, and when running at full load, which saw his 130MHz clock speed increase on 1110 MHz shares, which is well above specifying stock clock pulse. Sport III Twin Frozr cooler three copper heat pipes, aluminum fins and two fans 8 cm accommodated in a housing of a metal alloy for directing air flow. Like other GTX 660 cards, power connector uses a 6-pin single, but unlike other sports extra-long 9-inch PCB (Gigabyte, the board of directors AM is only 7.5 inches, but the cold is really 9 inches long).

Benchmarks During testing, the MSI ran shoulder to shoulder with Gigabyte, the clock speed AM offers similar loss of all the evidence, but by a very narrow margin. The maps have also been linked to the category of noise / heat, as both ran silently at full load and a slight 63 C. MSI Afterburner software is usable, but nothing to write and send the card AOS thin beam consists of a single Molex to PCIe adapter with the software CD.



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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

postheadericon AMD shutters key Linux support lab in Germany as part of company-wide layoffs

AMD shutters Linux support lab as part of companywide layoffs

pain

job cuts recently announced by AMD could brandish the Linux community, the chipmaker has closed a small but important Linux OS research center in Dresden, Germany. The center employs 25 employees who have contributed to the AMD PowerNow and port to new Linux distributions, and in accordance with

The H

, many engineers who had higher processor powerful chipset revision of the operating system would be pink slipped. The closure will not affect the GPU and APU development, according to the source, but we do not know exactly who will take over from the old team Dresden - although the research center in Austin, Texas, is reported as a bet probabilities.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

postheadericon Kim Dotcom - pass notes No 3,276

File Sharing tycoon has ambitions Megaupload Mega with his successor - as long as he stays out of prison

Age:

Appearance:. As a small bouncy castle black

This is a very cruel comment. There are many overweight people who struggle with low self-esteem. puntocom I could be one of the other.

What makes you say that? It is a living magnate filesharing extravagant mansion in New Zealand surrounded by giant photographs of himself.

is probably a little less. should be the kind of fear that makes you go around in a convertible pink Cadillac and a Rolls Royce with the license plate "GOD". Because these are the cars Dotcom, or at least they did until they are taken in a police raid in January, which was subsequently deemed illegal.


His what?

Oh, he also strange electro pop songs with his wife. And before the police raid, was the world's No. 1 player modern warfare.


right. Another thing I have not mentioned? Born in Kiel, Germany, under the name Kim Schmitz. If he is extradited to the United States, and convicted, he could face decades in prison. Police found hidden in a safe with a shotgun sawed off. He was previously convicted in Germany for fraud and insider trading. According to the Motion Picture Association of America is "the greatest writer counterfeiter in the world."



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