Ever since Apple announced it earlier this year, the iPad has been hailed as the Savior of Everything, from Savior of the Publishing Industry to Savior of the Comics Industry.
In reality, it’s neither of those.
The publishing industry has to contend with a few issues before ebook readers (like the Kindle and to an extent, the (more)

Google’s motto is, “Don’t Be Evil.” In a New York Times interview with the company’s head of operations in China, Kai-Fu Lee championed the easy access to information that Google provides as a panacea for China’s struggling rural class.

No doubt that by now you have seen multiple reviews of Apple’s iPad, but we at The Current didn’t want to jump the gun. We wanted to highlight as many of the features that students would use on the device in the review- so we gave the iPad a proper test, passed it around the office, did our homework on it and even took it on the road.

Beginning Feb. 9, those who signed up for Gmail account got a message offering Google Buzz as an extra service. Buzz is Google’s latest attempt at creating competition for sites like Facebook and Twitter in the social networking world, and it is linked directly to users’ Gmail accounts.
Buzz provides connectivity similar in function to that (more)

Until recently, Amazon.com had been able to set prices for e-books unchecked. Typically, that price was $9.99 for bestsellers.