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Movie preview for Hubble 3D

Yeah, I know I’m showing my space science geekiness, but I’ve been following Hubble since the 1980s when it was being constructed. I remember it being plagued with problems, massively over budget, and when deployed the unthinkable was discovered — it was crippled by a fault in one of its mirrors. It took another space [...]

Amazon, Macmillan, and the "agency model"

The key component of the dust-up between Amazon and book publisher Macmillan (who has since been joined by Hachette Books and HarperCollins) is the pricing model used to sell electronic books. Amazon wants to set a fixed price with a fixed dollar amount going to the publishers. Publishers don’t like this because it cannibalizes their [...]

Kindles, iPads, and cell phones (oh my!)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the Kindle and iPad and what the latter’s introduction into the marketplace will do to the former. I talked about it a little bit in my post when the iPad was introduced, and in the comments section there. There is some understandable defensiveness from those who have purchased [...]