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the change is starting, ebook sales are finally passing printed book sales. I don't think that this will affect anyone in the developing world. book collectors can still collect books, but just digitally. the publishing business can still make profit, by selling these books, emagazines are making more sales than printed ones as well. the world is evolving, and the article said that by approximately 2025, printed books will be obsolete, and a new form of getting information will be in effect.

its a wrist health tracker. its also a watch, that tells time and date. but what's special about this one is that when it measures your movement for the day, it will give you tips on improving your daily schedule so that you can have a healthier life style, this is $200 but it is also an accelerometer and a GPS. it can also measure sleep length and is small and light weight

NASA has set up a cool contest. basically they're giving 150 people who follow them on twitter a chance to be there and see the launch of the Mars Rover, this is a one in a lifetime chance, and if you win then you will be given a tour of the facility, you will get to meet the staff and see the launch from the bunker. However, all expenses are not all paid, because you have to pay for travel and accommodations, but I bet all of the winners are still going to go, because this just doesn't happen everyday.

Looks like business mans might use watches instead of phones. We're making technology a whole lot smaller and much more efficient. If this technology becomes a success Nokia might step up its name and might be able to compete with other big time companies (well slowly). Right now Nokia brands dominates most of Asia and plans to expand along North America.

Or use phones for watches

The article said that windows 8 is going to be the next big thing in computers, its said to be the future of computers. This is mainly because of of its lack of a mouse pad. instead it uses a stylis, so that you can write on the screen and it will recogize the style of writing. its is also portable however the article said that the screen is oddly shaped. Window 8 use more apps and the cloud will make it even better. This article basically explains all of the new features with windows 8 and how it is useful.

This is a new device that just attaches to dog collars. It will track the pet down no matter where it goes. it just attaches to the collar, so that you will never lose your dog. you just have to charge the battery before going on a walk because the battery only lasts a week, but if you do not charge it regulary then that number will obviously decrease. this device comes with an app so that you can use your phone too.this device will help new pet owners find their pets in case something goes wrong. Maybe I should get one for my brother, he doesn't take directions like "stay here," or "follow me," very well.

Still think mobile gaming isn't a big deal? GameStop disagrees. Though they may not be as in-depth or graphically stimulating as console or PC-based games, but mobile games are accessible to everyone. My grandma can't play L.A. Noire, but she's beat every level of Angry Birds. So it only makes sense that GameStop has decided to put a couple new devices on its shelves: the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

Sony is suffering from yet another hack attempt on its networks. But this time, the company seems to be better prepared, and apparently all credit card information is safe. Philip Reitinger, Sony's Chief Information Security Officer, has posted an article on the official PlayStation blog explaining the incident.

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The "reduction in workforce" telegraphed by HP a few weeks ago appears to finally be taking place, according to a source inside the company. Apparently the formal emails have gone out and the entire San Diego Software unit is being rolled up. The number laid off is around 500, which tallies with previous estimates of up to 525.

MindJolt, the game distribution company that was acquired by MySpace founder and former CEO Chris DeWolfe last year, has made two significant acquisitions in the gaming space today- game developer Social Gaming Network (SGN) and game network Hallpass Media. The acquisitions were first reported by the New York Times. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.

Research In Motion is on a quest for goodwill after last week's massive outage that left BlackBerry users without service for three days. The company just took to the wires and announced that over a $100 worth of premium apps will eventually be free for a limited time and enterprise users will also net one month of free technical support. RIM hopes SIM 3, Bejeweled, N.O.V.A. and many more will help calm the nerves those BlackBerry users thinking of jumping ship.

Today, at eBay's new developer conference, Innovate, CEO John Donahoe told reporters that the company plans to roll out image-recognition technology for its mobile offerings by the end of the year. Yes, that's right. Images, get ready to be recognized.

There's no escape. The Blackberry service outage is now impacting users on almost every planet, CNN reports. Tatooine and Coruscant appear to not have been affected yet, but users all over Geonosis, Naboo and Yavin were reportedly hit hard. Our thoughts are with their inhabitants.

Musical snippet sharing app SoundTracking joins eight other featured apps in the Apple App Store today, highlighting its deep iOS 5 Twitter integration alongside those of Instagram and Flipboard.

Lytro came out with a new camera which is 4.4 inches long and 8 oz in length, it has a touch screen, and 8x zoom. there is only 2 buttons on it, shutter and power. it also comes with 8 and 16GB, so it can hold a LOT of pictures. To me, I really don't care for this camera, yea its convenient,, but I don't like to take pictures of everything i see, plus, it's also $400, which is unbelievable. This may appear to be an awesome gadget to some, but to me , it's just not worth it, it's also a cube like kaleidoscope type thing, it's just plain strange.

We all know that Steve Jobs' death was a big impact on the computing environment, but now another CEO has passed away. Robert W. Galvin the CEO of Motorola has passed away on Oct 11 2011. Since 1959( when Robert Galvin became chairman) he's been the head of the company until 1990. He made 11Billion Dollars in that year alone. He died at the age of 89. He will be missed.

Bose came out with some new headphones called the OE2, it is apparently just as comfortable and has just as good quality, as Dr.Dre, the difference is the price, instead of paying over $200 you pay about $150, are they trying to beat Dr.Dre.

Adobe has now launched an Adobe reader which supports ios, which means that ipads, iphones and ipods are now able to pdf files. which is pretty cool. you can use the web email. it also comes wit more features like, finding texts in documents bookmarking, zooming and wirelessly printing