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Kindle slows its way into Germany

By Wayne On June 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

According to this report, the negotiation of the wireless connection price between Amazon and wireless carriers in Germany broke down, which suggests that people in Germany still have to wait for another few months until they can get hands on this hot ebook reading device. It has been said that the carriers asked for [...]

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How much do you spend every year in your university education cost?

By Wayne On June 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

University cost could easily amount to $20,000 each year for tuition in the United States, and that is quite a lot for most of us. In Europe, for example, in the Great Britain, due to recent fee growth, it could cost more than £3,000 per year. In Germany, some states still hold a free tuition [...]

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University sued by groups because Kindle use hurts blinded student

By Wayne On June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

It was reported that two groups representing the interest of the blind sued Arizona State University to stop it from distributing electronic textbooks using the Kindle digital reading device. These two groups, the National Federation of the Blind and American Council of the Blind, said that blind student cannot use the device’s menus to [...]

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R.I.P. Michael Jackson

By Wayne On June 26, 2009 · 2 Comments

This is somehow off-topic, but I can’t help thinking of this. R.I.P, the pop icon.

Explore the Michael Jackson discography if you have a Spotify account.

Examiner also gives a list of books about Michael Jackson.

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Google blocked in China

By Wayne On June 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

Some Google services,  including Gmail,  are believed to have been blocked in China for a couple of  hours on June 24, cited by some local sources. People couln’t receive or send their emails from Gmail, a popular email service in China. This action seems to be the sequel of the recent blame of the pornography [...]

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Wired editor ‘steals’ content for ‘free’ book

By Wayne On June 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Wired editor Chris Anderson has been caught plagiarizing from Wikipedia for his new book: Free: The Future of a Radical Price. The book is sold for $26.99. This violates the copyright license governing Wikipedia. Seems quite ironic, isn’t it?

Anderson responded with “this is my screwup… I feel terrible about it.”, and promised [...]

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Harvard University to cut 275 jobs

By Wayne On June 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Harvard University announced 275 job cut on Tuesday as a consequence of the declining endowment triggered by the financial crisis, as the media reports. Harvard’s endowment, the nation’s largest, which was $37 billion on June 30 last year, shrunk to $29 billion by December, and projected to end this month at about $25 billion. This [...]

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Students against education reforms in Germany

By Wayne On June 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Last week, more than 10,000 student demonstrated in about 70 cities around Germany to call for improved school condition and funding.

After several federal states started to abandon the ‘free tuition’ policy, the conflict began to elevate. Students have to pay at least 500 euro each semester. It is not a small amount of [...]

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