Libraries Lend More Movies Than Netflix, Study Finds
The survey, released this year by OCLC, a nonprofit library co-operative and research organization, found that public libraries in the United States lend an average 2.1 million videos every day, slightly more than the 2 million that Netflix ships. The other top two competitors, Redbox and Blockbuster, come in at 1.4 million and 1.2 million respectively, according to daily averages provided by ...
Fans trek to Kentucky to celebrate Joss Whedon
Per usual, Comic-Con was very Whedon-y this year: Director/writer/superhero Joss Whedon spoke about upcoming projects -- including The Avengers ...
Are Amazon's New Kindles Tablets-in-Training?
Amazon's new, slimmed-down Kindle devices are notable for several things, not the least of which are the upgrades to their experimental WebKit browser. It's faster and easier to navigate, says Amazon, and its new "article mode" feature extracts the main text-based content from Web pages for easier reading. Free Web browsing with Kindle over 3G or WiFi is also part of the package, thanks to a new ...
Picking up Penguins for 75 years
A colourful history of the famous book publisher
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