Why are the ebooks more expensive? In the article it talks about how you can buy a paper back book for 9$ but the ebook is 12$, why? Also the problem is you can not give away ebooks, sure you can share for a 2 week period on some but you can’t give it away. No longer will the system of passing down the family books that you thought were good, now the kids will have to buy their own if they want it.

I remember going though my own families books and reading them. When I was nine I remember picking up my older brother’s copy of Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast Club and reading it or the books on WWII that my dad had laying around. That will no longer happen in the future. Growth will be dampend because of this. Since e-books are setup in such a way that sharing is not allowed. Sure the publishers and authors want and should get there cut but how will this happen in the family in the future. Should a family buy one reader that everyone should share? How would it be shared? How do you really share your computer right now with everyone in the family? The same is true with books, only one reader at a time. But my point is sure one reader at a time, but you have multiple readers of that one printed book. Now you can not do that. I wonder if we have taken a step back from the meaning of the Gutenberg’s printing press where the idea was that you print as many copies as you can and as many people can read as many single copies printed as can be.

Also with the effect of with the ebooks that they can pull any book off the device that the ebook creators feel should not be out there. Just think Amazon did that with the “Nineteen eighty four” and “Animal Farm”. What will stop them or anyone else in the future.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703447004575449953277291226.html

This article is very informative and I would suggest it as reading to anyone that wants to start getting a business presence on line. But not only is this good for businesses but also for clubs, groups, everyone. Just have a plan that you want on and go for it.

http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/how-to-run-your-business-online-for-10-and-a-google-account-matt-silverman

Here is BetaDays QR Tag. Not sure what I’m going to do with it.

We all knew this was coming. Of course they relax the rules to allow the use of iPads. Now that several months have gone by and the technical people spend a lot of their nights figuring out how to how use it safely in their corporate environments. And what training they could get for some of the common software that the bosses are using. Also also to learn the answers to questions like “How do I print” and “How do I get this stuff on my SD card” or at least find the information so when the boss asks they can say Apple didn’t provide an easy way, here is what you need to do every time.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/24/corporate_it_departments_relax_rules_to_allow_apples_ipad.html

Big Brother making sure you recycle your stuff. If the tracking of your trash says you didn’t bring out your recycling container enough times they will know and then search your regular trash and fine you if they find at least 10% was to be recycled! I thought this would be in California but it’s actually happening in Cleveland Ohio.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/city_of_cleveland_to_use_high-.html

Atlantic plastic wasteland accumulation slowing? How could this be the worlds ocean dump getting smaller? Is it because of recycling? I hope it goes way, it may take a hundred years but my future ancestors need it that way. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11031291

Microsoft does it again; change something and then everyone scrambles to change settings and update there other apps because of the new feature and on it goes. Microsoft just doesn’t get it, quit changing things, people hate change. I don’t care if the new feature is really neat and you will be able to make money off of it by sailing ads or teaming up with companies to have them do promotions so people will come to a place and get coupons or cash for showing up. I don’t care. What I do care is the recklessness of you Microsoft for adding this feature so that stalkers and bulgers will know where I am and in the case of the stalker see where I am, and the bulger to rob me when I’m not home. And why would anyone want to check in all the time to let everyone know where they are? I never liked telling my parents where I am at. Oh wait sorry Microsoft did it again this time it’s Facebook. I just get carried away since you always are on my mind, you big lovable company. Love you Papa Bill and Papa Steve!

http://www.pcworld.com/article /203761/facebook_places_the_catandmouse_game_continues.html?tk=hp_new

Isn’t this just like Microsoft, buy up a company and then shut it down. Oh wait this is Apple that is doing it. They have iAd which Quattro Wireless help build. We all know Steve Jobs: Good artists copy great artists steal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439983908711508.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Forced time off for a half a million employees in there Foxconn company community. It’s to cut down on stress that it’s employees are feeling with the 131.80$ a month pay before the drastic overtime that they have to put in and the living conditions in a this company town. No word on the 20% raise that was announced in May that the employees were to be given. I don’t know the culture so I hope this works, killing one’s self is just wrong.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/20/apple_partner_foxconn_boosts_entertainment_time_to_curb_suicides.html

Google getting ready the Chrome Web Store. So developers can get ready for when it launches latter this year. Isn’t this a little like Microsoft’s open call to Developers. Is Google really just looking to see how many people / items to sale in it’s store?

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1728962/google-calls-chrome-applications