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...Wednesday, Amazon is expected to introduce a new, bigger-screen Kindle aimed at the textbook market and newspapers. The Wall Street Journal reports that half a dozen universities will be giving students the new Kindle in the fall; Amazon has also struck deals with a number of textbook publishers. (See the top 10 gadgets...
...what will emerge on top? The Kindle or some other e-reader? The bigger question is whether readers, used to getting content for free on the Web, will be willing to pay for it on a device that's better suited to reading...
...sites. In early 2008, Facebook noticed a marked increase in the number of scams. "We're the most effective distribution platform on the Internet," says Ryan McGeehan, the company's incidence-response manager. "The level of person-to-person connection doesn't exist anywhere else. And as we get bigger, we become a bigger target...
...Here's the bigger problem: hiding money underneath the mattress risks making the financial system less efficient. And withholding investment from the stock market will depress company valuations. In other words, "if trust has been significantly affected by the crisis," Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics, said in a lecture last month, "it will have damaging consequences for investment and growth in the future." (See pictures of the financial crisis in London...
...Mexican citizens, and are not discriminating in nature. The issue is purely a matter of public health and quarantine inspection," Ma said in a statement on the ministry's website. "China understands Mexico's concern for its citizens in China, but we hope Mexico could focus on the bigger picture of fighting against the epidemic ... and deal with the issue in an objective and calm...