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Photos: The new-look $100 laptop
Photo The new One Laptop per Child (OLPC) machine - the XO-2 - is one large touch display that can be transformed into a hinged laptop with a touch keyboard, an electronic book or two-screen display. The XO-2 will be about the size of a book, as seen... [21 May 2008]
Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas
Photo The dinky laptop weighs in at 0.92kg, its dimensions are a roughly book-sized 22.5cm x 3.5cm x 16.5cm and it has a built in webcam should you fancy doing a spot of vlogging. Amazon Kindle e-book reader [03 Dec 2007]
Photos: Amazon enters the e-book world
Photo Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled the company's e-book reader, the Kindle - the latest entry into the long unspectacular market for electronic handheld devices for reading material ranging from novels to newspapers. [23 Nov 2007]
Photos: Inside the British Library's digital books project
Photo The British Library is working with Microsoft and imaging company Content Conversion Specialists (CCS) on a massive book digitisation project. The digitisation studio has been up and running at full steam since the beginning of September and it is... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos of the month - July 2007
Photo Book publisher Penguin joined the Second Life party this month by running a series of events in the virtual world for the launch of a new novel by William Gibson. A British Airways 747 taxis past Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5, which will become... [27 Jul 2007]
Photos: Inside the world's best known RFID bookshop
Photo The historic town of Maastricht in the Netherlands is home to one branch of the country's second largest book chain, BGN, housed in a striking 12th century church. Vink told silicon.com the cost of the smart shelves is currently too high but the... [16 Apr 2007]
Caption competition 10: I'll be your Bezzie mate
Photo Nicky Rich nd: Bezos gets confirmation that the final Harry Potter book is coming out soon. This competition is now closed, read the winning entry and the runners up below. WINNER: "Yes! We only delivered the Christmas presents two weeks late this... [05 Jan 2007]
Photos: Top of YouTube - 10 clips taking the net by storm
Photo Current TV, an internet channel, flashed back to this prophetic 1981 news package on the computer revolution featuring a young, unscripted Steve Jobs and visions of PCs that one day would be the size of a book (gasp). [21 Jul 2006]
Photos: Mobiles of the future
Photo Each device has three possible form factors - two of which can be seen here: the open book and the slider; the third form is the candy bar. Students at Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London have been coming up with designs for the... [13 Jun 2006]
Photos: Future tech from HP boffins
Photo HP has developed prototype e-book devices that can be used to read books, newspapers and view digital photograph albums. The latest prototypes use 'riffling' technology that allows the device to show digital book pages that can be turned in a... [12 Apr 2006]
Photos: A day in the life of an Amazon.co.uk order
Photo They will handle predominantly electric goods, such as cameras and DVD players, while the Marston Gate centre will continue to offer all of Amazon's goods as well as housing the company's DVD rental business.am Here's my book on the shelf. [26 Aug 2005]
Photos: Harry Potter and the logistical nightmare
Photo Amazon.co.uk has received 350,000 pre-orders for the book which is released at midnight on 15 July. Due to an embargo imposed by publisher Bloomsbury on filming and photography, these images, supplied by Amazon, are from the last campaign to... [13 Jul 2005]
